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37 of 1973 - A resolution authorizing the filing of an amendatory application with the Department of Housing and Pr . . 1"-II ' i Res�u#ron ''No. 37 1 BY Stephen M. Harmsen I, _ COMMISSIONER I - t j Authorizing the filing of an amendatory application with the Department of 1 i i1 Dousing and Urban Development for a I I code enforcement grant for Salt T. ko', City. Presented to the Board of Commissioners AND PASSED ., JUN 121973 - r:i it4vt61)44‘16\Qt>01414%./ ., j ; i i I; ;I ROLL CALL VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, June 12 19 73 Ar.Chairman I move that the Resolution bf adopte4t. larker iarmsen larrison tt,. 4 'hillips RESOLUTION lesult /fr+' WHEREAS, Section 117 of the 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, combined 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 the Salt Lake City Code Enforcement Agency, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public improvements programs are relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment; 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 assistance 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 SALT LAKE CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 1. That an amendatory application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the Salt Lake City Code Enforcement Agency for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the 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 $672,978.00, in an area or areas to be designated and specially described in such application, and that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, 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 neces- sary for the grant applied for, to execute and file requisition for funds and to act as the authorized representative of the Salt Lake City Code Enforcement Agency in the accomplishment of the code enforcement program. 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforce- ment grant the Salt Lake City Code Enforcement Agency will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly -2- 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 enforce- ment area. 4. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is available to persons dis- placed as a result of the code enforcement and related public improve- ments 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 dis- placed 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 Housinc and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the Salt Lake City Code Enforcement Agency with regula- tions 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 12th day of June, 1973. Mayor ty or