Resolution No. 765216
RESOLUTION NO. 765
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA
AUTHORIZING 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 then 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 effect-
uating 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 assistance; 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 pro-
posed 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 $105,090.
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 improve-
ment of open -space and other public urban land, which amount is presently
estimated to be $52,545, 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 Development, 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.
RESOLUTION NO. 765
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress,
at a regular meeting on the 27th day of March, 1967.
ATTEST:
7/T
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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d/
MAYOR OF THE CITY OE
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 27th day of March, 1967, by the following
vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Bowen, Harvey, Kanel, McCarney, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK 0 THE CIT
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