CC Resolution No. 383 RESOLUTION NO. 383
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN , TEXAS ,
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO EXECUTE AND
FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT TO SECURE A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE AND NO/100 ($40,879.00) DOLLARS
TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEWLY DEDICATED PARK ADJA-
CENT TO THE EXISTING N. C. FOOTE PARK FOR OPEN-SPACE USES;
AGREEING THAT ANY SUCH GRANT MADE SHALL BE USED BY THE CITY
TO DEVELOP SAID LAND FOR PERMANENT OPEN-SPACE USES; ASSURING
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY WILL FULLY COMPLY WITH APPLI-
CABLE REGULATIONS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND CITY
CLERK TO ATTEST THIS RESOLUTION FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN.
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 and development
of permanent interests in land for open-space uses where such assistance is
needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program for the
provision and development of open-space land as part of the comprehensively
planned development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, herein sometimes referred to as "Applicant" ,
desires to develop fee simple title to certain land known as the N. C. Foote
Five Acre Park, which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land
for a city 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/or developed; 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 (1 ) 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, the City of Baytown desires to make application for a grant
for the development of such land; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of developing the land for City
park purposes will be the sum of $81 ,758.00, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN , TEXAS:
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, which amount is presently estimated to be
Forty Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine and No/100 ($40,879.00) , and that
the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds available to
it.
Section 2: That the Director of Parks & Recreation 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 and development 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, develop, and retain said land for the
uses 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: 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 the Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing
Act of 1961 , as amended.
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Section 6: That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, and
the City Clerk to attest, this resolution for and on behalf of the City Council
of the City of Baytown, Texas .
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of
the City of Baytown on this ay ofe , 1972.
(1,76- Z,
C. GLEN WALKER, Mayor
ATTEST:
1 C D J cn-'�
NA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL ICHA SON 41yAttorney
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