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RESOLUTION NO. 4,392
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF
APPLICATION FOR GRANT TO ACQUIRE OPEN-
SPACE LAND; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 , as
amended, provides for the making of grants by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development to states and local public
bodies to assist them in the acquisition of permanent interests
in land for open-space uses where such assistance is needed to
carry out a unified or officially coordinated program for the
provision of open-space land as part of the comprehensively
planned development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock (herein sometimes
referred to as "Applicant") desires to acquire Fee Simple Interest
to certain land known as eight (8) acres more or less lying
South of High Point and South Side Additions and North of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in Little Rock,
Arkansas, which land is to be held and used for permanent open-
space land for development as a Neighborhood Park; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development effectuating that Title provide that no person shall
be discriminated against because of race, color, or national
origin in the use of the land acquired; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for
Federal Grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities
upon the applicant and will require among other things ( I )
assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result
of the open-space land project are offered decent, safe, and
sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards,
and (3) compliance with Federal requirements, relating to equal
employment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring
said interest will be Eight Thousand Three Hundred and NO/ 100
Dollars ($8, 300. 00) .
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
SECTION I . That an application be made to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount
authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 , as
amended, which amount is presently estimated to be Four
Thousand One Hundred Fifty and NO/ 100 Dollars ($4, 150. 00),
and that the applicant will pay the balance of the cost from
other funds available to it .
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and to file such application
with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide
additional information and to furnish such documents as may
be required by said Department, to execute such contracts as are
required by said Department, and to act as the authorized
correspondent of the applicant .
SECTION 3. That the proposed acquisition is in
accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-
space uses, and that, should said grant be made, the applicant
will acquire, and retain said land for the use designated in
said application and approved by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development .
SECTION 4. That the United States of America and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby
are, assured of full compliance by the applicant with regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SECTION 5 . This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption .
ADOPTED: 1 e 1, 1970
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