HomeMy WebLinkAbout39 of 1975 - A resolution authorizing the filing of an application for Code Enforcement grant with the United Sta I1 ., .. 1 ___
' Resolution No. 3
{ I gy Stephen M. Harmsen
COMMISSIONER
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1 Authorizing the filing of an application
for Code Enforcement grant with the
United States Department of Housing
• • and Urban Development, which is
II supplemental and a revision of the
I' previously approved application dated
March 14, 1974, -to make a change in
the project area(s).
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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF CITY COMMISSIONERS
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
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 Division of Housing Rehabilitation, 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 Development; and
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrim-
ination 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 of
occupancy thereof:
NOW, THEREFORE, RE IT RESOLVED BY THE SALT LAKE CITY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY DIVISION OF HOUSING REHABILITATION.
1. That an amendatory application be filed with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development on the behalf of the Salt Lake City Division
of Housing Rehabilitation 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
no,../ estimated to he $672,978.00, in an area or areas to be designated
and specially described in such application, and that the Mayor is here-
by authorized arid 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 he necessary for the grant
applied for, to execute and file requisition for funds and to act as
the authorized representative of the Salt Lake City Division of Housing
Rehabilitation in the accomplishment of the code enforcement program.
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• 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement
grant the Salt Lake City Division of Housing Rehabilitation 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 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 Salt Lake City Division of Housing Rehabilitation with regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders.
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(Mayor)
(Attesting Officer)
Chief Deputy City Recorder ROLL CALL
VOTING Aye Nay
Mr.Chairman
Greener
Harmsen
Hogensen
ItAlikkk
Phillips /
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