HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-149 CCR Member Howard Heck introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 66 -149
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR
GRANT TO ACQUIRE OPEN -SPACE LAND AND AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR AND CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID APPLICATION
WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, provides
for the making of grants by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to
States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition of permanent
interests in land for open -space uses where such assistance is needed for
carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program for the provision and
development of open -space land as part of the comprehensively planned
development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS the Village of Brooklyn Center (herein sometimes referred
to as "Applicant desires to acquire fee title to certain lands known as:
Parcel 1: Parcel 515, Plat 89027, Hennepin County
Parcel 2: Parcel 2015, Plat 89027, Hennepin County
Parcel 3: Parcel 1015, Plat 89034, Hennepin County
Parcel 4: Parcel 500, Plat 89035, Hennepin County
Parcel 5: Parcel 1410, Plat 89026, Hennepin County
Parcel 6: Lots 3 -8 and lots 13 18 (both inclusive) Block 1,
North River Estates Addition, Hennepin County
Parcel 7: Lots 9 24 (inclusive) Halek's 5th Addition, Hennepin
County
Parcel 8: Parcel 5600, Plat 89105, Hennepin County
Parcel 9: Parcel 5500, Plat 89105, Hennepin County
Parcel 10: Part of Parcel 510, Plat 89100, Hennepin County
Parcel 11: Parcel 4500, Plat 89034, Hennepin County;
which land is to be held and used for permanent open -space land for park
and recreation uses; and
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations
of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating that Title, provide that
no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color, or national
origin in the use of the land acquired, and
WHEREAS it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will
impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the Applicant and will
require among other things (1) assurances that families and individuals
displaced as a result of the open -space land project will be relocated into
decent, safe, and sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor
standards, and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal
employment opportunity; and
Resolution No. 66 -149
WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said interests
will be $163,875. 00; and
WHEREAS it is estimated that the total amount of relocation payments
to be made to eligible site occupants displaced from property to be acquired
will be $400.00;
NOW, BE T RESOLVED b the Village Council of the
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Village of Brooklyn Center
1. That an application be made to the Housing and Home Finance
Agency for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act
of 1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be $81,938.00,
and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds
available to it.
2. That the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and file such application with the Housing and Home Finance Agency,
to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may be
required by said Agency, to execute such contracts as are required by said
Agency, and the Mayor is authorized to act as correspondent for the Applicant.
3. That the proposed acquisition is in accordance with plans for
the allocation of land for open -space uses, and that, should said grant be
made, the Applicant will acquire, and retain said land for the use desig-
nated in said application and approved by the Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
4. That the United States of America and the Housing and Home
Finance Administrator be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance
by the Applicant with regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency
effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
5. 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 open -space land project, 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 Housing and Home Finance Agency.
May 31, 1966
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
C lerk
Resolution No. 66 -149
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded
by member Earl Simons and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, john Leary, Earl Simons
and Howard Heck,
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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