Res 14-71 RESOLUTION NO. 14-71.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH APPROVING THE PREPA-
RATION AND SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY RE-
NEWAL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, AND THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO ASSIST IN FINANCING
ITS PREPARATION.
WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
is authorized to make grants for the preparation or comple-
tion of Community Renewal Programs; 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
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest
that the City of Delray Beach prepare a Community Renewal
Program for the City of Delray Beach, situated in the
County of Palm Beach and State of Florida, and being the
entire area inside the corporate limits of the city of
Delray Beach, Florida; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the Federal contract
for a grant to assist in the preparation of the Community
Renewal Program will require, among other things, (1)
preparation by the city of Delray Beach of the Community
Renewal Program with all practicable dispatch; (2) con-
formance of the Community Renewal Program with the general
plan of the Locality as a whole; (3) provision of the
Locality's share of the cost of preparation of the Communi-
ty Renewal Program; and (4) other local obligations and
responsibilities in connection with the preparation of the
Community Renewal Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA:
1. That the preparation of the Community Renewal
Program referred to above by the city of Delray Beach is
hereby approved.
2. That the financial assistance under Title I of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, referred to above, is re-
quired to enable the City of Delray Beach to finance the
preparation of the Community Renewal Program.
3. That it is fully cognizant of the obligations and
responsibilities that are imposed by a Federal contract for
a grant to assist in the preparation of a Community Renewal
Program, and that it is the sense of this body that such
obligations can and will be fulfilled.
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4. That the filing of an application by the city
of Delray Beach for a grant under Title I of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, in an amount not to exceed
$57,107. to assist in financing the preparation of a
Community Renewal Program for the Locality is hereby
authorized and approved.
5. That the city's authorized representative for
this Community Renewal Program is J. Eldon Mariott, city
Manager.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, on this the 12th day of April,
1971.
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