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RESOLUTION NO. 42' 727
WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act:jof 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 Fayetteville, Arkansas (herein sometimes referred
to as "Applicant") desires to develop municipal park facilities to certain
land known as Lake Fayetteville recreation area, which land is to be held
and used for permanent open -space land for nature study areas, hiking,
picnicking, fishing, boating and other types of active and passive
recreation; 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 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 indivi-
duals 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 development of said land
will be $120,000.00;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
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 $60,000.00, and that the applicant will pay the balance of the
cost from other funds available to it.
2. 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,
3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and to file such application' wiith,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 corres-
pondent of the Applicant.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 19a day of a4tn _. , 1972.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK 41
CERTIFICATE OF
The undersigned hereby certifi
1. She is the duly qualified
Fayetteville, Arkansas (herein call
its records.
2. The attached resolution is
resolution as finally adopted at a
the 19th day of September, 1972,..an
3.. The meeting was duly conve
accordance with law and, to the ext
notice of the meeting was given. A
the meeting, and a legally sufficie
voted in the proper manner for the
other requirements and proceedings
adoption or passage of the resoluti
out, and otherwise observed.
4. If an impression of the s
stitutes the official seal of the
hereby executed under the official
below, the Applicant does not have
an official seal.
S. The undersigned is duly
IN WITNESS M)E-REOF, the under
_�y day of r:'.t ��'/y.^ ; 19
J
(SEAL)
NG OFFICER
that:
acting City Clerk of thc1Ci.ty of
the "Applicant") and the keeper of
a true and correct cony of tihe
eeting of the Applicant held on
duly recorded in her office.
ed and held in all respects in
nt required by lain, due and proper
legal quorum was present throughout
t number of members of the Applicant
doption of the resolution. All
nder law incident to the proper
n have been duly fulfilled,lcarried
1 has been affixed below, it con-
plicant, and this certificate is
eal. If no seal has been affixed
nd is not legally required to have
horized to execute this cerfif.icate
I
gned has hereunto set her hand this
en Young
itv Clerk