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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17 of 1972 - A resolution authorizing the filing of an application with the Department of Housing and Urban Devel • Resolution No. 17 Stephen M. Harmsen By COMMISSIONER Authorizing the filing of an application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant for a Code Enforcement Program for Salt Lake City. PreseMed to the Boird of Commissioners AND PASSED WO'_ 8 19 i 2 CITY IktCO' ROLL CALL VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, May 18, 19 72 Mr.G`hairman ►/ ✓Barker f(/ I move that the Resolution be adopted. Harmsen 11 (,tA Harrison Phillips RESOLUTION Result I // WHEREAS, Section 117 of Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities and counties to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this locality certain deteriorated or deteriorating areas for which a program of concentrated code enforcement, com- bined with certain public improvements, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon Salt Lake City, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who may be displaced as a result of the code enforce- ment and public improvements programs are relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assis- tance and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease, or other disposition of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SALT LAKE CITY COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF SALT LAKE 1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of Salt Lake City for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of Housing Act of 1949, as amended, of (two-thirds) of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforcement program, which cost is now estimated to be $360,000, in an area or areas to be designated and specially described in such application, and that the Salt Lake City Recorder is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such applica- tion, to provide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for, to execute and file requisition for funds, and to act as the authorized representa- tive of the City of Salt Lake in the accomplishment of the code enforcement program. 2. That during the period of the contract for the code en- forcement grant the City of Salt Lake will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expen- ditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly expenditure for such activities throughout the locality for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of the application. 3. That the locality has a program for and will provide in a timely manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforcement area. 4. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is available to persons displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacees, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 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 City of Salt Lake with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah this 18th day of May A.D. 1972. MAYOR ATTEST: C RECI R' Page - 2 CERTIFICATE OF RECORDING OFFICER The undersigned hereby certifies that: 1. He is the duly qualified and acting Salt Lake City Recorder of the Salt Lake City Corporation (herein called the "Applicant"), and the keeper of its records. 2. The attached resolution is a true and correct copy of the resolution as finally adopted at a meeting of the Applicant held on the 18th day of May, 1972, and duly recorded in his office. 3. Said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law and, to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting was given. A legal quorum was present throughout the meeting, and a legally sufficient number of members of the Applicant voted in the proper manner for the adoption of said resolution. All other requirements and proceedings under law incident to the proper adoption or passage of said resolution have been duly fulfilled, carried out, and otherwise observed. 4. If an impression of the seal has been affixed below, it constitutes the official seal of the Applicant, and this certificate is hereby executed under such official seal. If no seal has been affixed below, the Applicant does not have and is not legally required to have an official seal. 5. The undersigned is duly authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18th day of May, 1972. (Signat o' Recording Officer) (Tit e .b Ryng Officer) ATTEST: ( i a u e,o Attesting Officer) (Title of,„Attesting Officer)