Resolution No. 725RESOLUTION NO. 725
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZ-
ING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION GRANT
WHEREAS, Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides for the making of
grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to States and
local public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of
open -space and other public urban land where such assistance is needed for
carrying out a local program which is important to the comprehensively
planned development of the locality; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress desires to beautify and improve open -
space and other public urban land to facilitate their increased use and
enjoyment; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national
origin in the use of all facilities and improvements provided by Federal
assitance; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress is cognizant of the conditions that are
imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of programs assisted under
Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, including those relating
to labor standards and equal employment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed
to be carried out in performance of beautification and improvement of
open -space and other public land exceeds the usual expenditures of the
City of Cypress for comparable activities by $79,090.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS:
1. That an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing
Act of 1961, as amended, for urban beautification and improvement of open -
space and other public urban land, which amount is presently estimated to be
$39,545, and that the City of Cypress will provide the balance of the cost.
2. That the city Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute
and to file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban
Developmenjy to provide additional information and to furnish such documents
as may be required by said Department, to execute such contracts as are
required by said Department, and to act as the authorized correspondent of
the City of Cypress.
3. That the proposed urban beautification activities are in
accordance with the beautification program prepared by the City of Cypress,
of importance to the comprehensively planned development of the locality,
and that, should said grant application be approved, the City of Cypress
will undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification activities
designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
4. 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 Cypress with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a
regular meeting held on the 26th day of September, 1966.
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CITY CLERK 0 0 E CI OF CYPRESS
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I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 26th day of September, 1966, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Bowen, Harvey, Kanel, McCarney, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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CITY OF CYPRESS