4491 RESOLUTION NO 4,491
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION
FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT
WHEREAS , Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides
for the making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to States and local public bodies to assist them in
the beautification and improvement of open-space and other public
urban land where such assistance is needed for carrying out a
local program which is important to the comprehensively planned
development of the locality; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas desires to
beautify and improve open-space and other public urban land to
facilitate their increased use and enjoyment; and
WHEREAS , Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the
regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating that Title prohibit discrimination on the basis of
race, color, or national origin in the use of all facilities and
improvements provided by Federal assistance; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock is cognizant of the
conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out
of programs assisted under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961,
as amended, including those relating to labor standards and equal
opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities
proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and
improvement of open-space and other public land exceeds the usual
expenditures of the City of Little Rock for comparable activities by
$78, 842.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS :
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SECTION 1 . That an application be made to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount
authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended,
for urban beautification and improvement of open-space and other
public urban land, which amount is presently estimated to
be $39,421, and that the City of Little Rock will provide the
balance of the cost .
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 City of Little Rock.
SECTION 3 . That the proposed urban beautification
activities are in accordance with the beautification program
prepared by Little Rock, Arkansas of importance to the
comprehensively planned development of the locality, and that,
should said grant application be approved, the City of Little Rock
will undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification
activities 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 City of Little Rock with
regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .
SECTION 5 . That the United States of America and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby
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are, assured of full compliance by the City of Little Rock with
the Federal Labor standards imposed under Title VII of the
Housing Act of 1961, as amended.
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ADOPTED: January 18, 1971
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ATTEST: APPROVED: // :176
Mayor
City Clerk