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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-03-22 143-Y RESOLVE143-Y Introduced by Councilor Minsky, March 22, 1971 CITY OF BANGOR QIELEJ �Imhnf Approving _Re9uest Fp[ Q2Da 1 1 A iSLdll=.r For A cede_._.. By the City Coumil of the Cft of Beeped: BBSOLVBD, WN DREad section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as mended, authorizes the secretary of Housing and Urban Development to makegrants to municipalities and counties t assist Nem Inc rrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas n which such enforcement, together will certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and W RREAS it has been found and determined by this hotly that there exists in this locality retrain 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 WNRR&.$ it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant o Section 117 will impose certain obligations and respone ibilities upon the City of Bangor, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who my be displaced as result of the code enforcement and public improvements program are relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and [SEMS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination n the basis of race, color, o national origin under any programactivity receiving Federal fina ial a assistance and Executive Order 11063 prohibits dis- crimfastion on basis ofrace,color, creed or national origin in sale, lease, o other disposition of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TUE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR: 1. Thataapplication be filed with the Department of Dousing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of Bangor for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of L949, as amended, of three-focttha of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a cOde enforcement program which c ov estimated to be $242,438 in an area or as to be designated and specially described in such application, and thatthe City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, to provide such additional information and furnish such comments as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract a contracts a may benecessary for the grant applied for, cute and file requisition for foodsand to act as the authorized representative of the City of Bangor In the accomplishment of the code enforcement program. 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement grant the City of Bangor will maintain a level of expenditures for case enforcement activities, exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas, that i notless 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 fltimely 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 i available to persona displaced as a cult of the code enforcement and related public impro s programs,at priceswhich are n within their financial me and which a c 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 Bangor with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI Of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. IN CITY COUNCIL Mar. 22, 1971 PASSED. 193-Y RESOLVE Regne9t £nr Financial Assistaoee for CadeEnforcement N __._