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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 1104, No Resolution Number1104 / RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, APPROVING AND CONCURRING IN RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR PROGRAM NO. KY. A-2 WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the public interest that the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency of Paducah, Kentucky (Local Public Agency) avail itself of the financial assistance provided by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to commence a Neighborhood Development Program in the urban renewal areas described on Annex No. 1, hereinafter referred to as the "Program"; and WHEREAS, it is recognized that the Federal contract for such financial assistance pursuant to said Title I will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the Local Public Agency and will require among other t (1) the provision of local grants-in-aid; (2) a feasible method for the relocation of individuals and families displaced from the urban renewal area comprising the Program; and (3) other local obligations and responsibilities in connection with the undertaking and carrying out of the Program; and WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimina- tion on the basis of race, color or national origin under any program or act: receiving Federal financing assistance, and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease or other disposition of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof; and WHEREAS, in those areas where clearance is proposed, the objectives of the Program cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of the urban renewal areas comprising the Program; and WHEREAS, it is hereby found by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, that there is a feasible method for the temporary or manent relocation of families displaced from the said urban renewal areas prising the Program and that there are, or will be provided, in the said areas or in other areas not less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities at rents or prices within the financial means of the families displaced from the areas, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings for such displaced families; and .vity 1105 WHEREAS, said Commission has found that the urban renewal areas com- prising the Program are blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas and that the Program will afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the community as a whole for the development of the areas by private enterprise; and WHEREAS, the Program conforms to the general or master plan for the development of the community as a whole; and WHEREAS, federal assistance is necessary to enable the areas to be re- developed in accordance with the Program and funds will be available for the community share of the costs as required by the Housing Act of 1949 as amended,, or other federal acts providing federal financial assistance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: 1. 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 Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. 2. That an application on behalf of the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency of Paducah, Kentucky for a loan under Section 102 (a) of said Title I in the amount of $775.189 and for a Program capital grant, a relocation grant, and a federal grant for the making of a rehabilitation grant to the full amount available for undertaking and financing the first instrument of such Program is hereby approved and concurred in by this Commission. 3. The Commission shall do such things and take such actions as are necessary or desirable in effecting approval of the aforesaid application of the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency. 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. ATTEEST: Mayor ,�/iIfLILGC/ �j/ /.AL3 f-d.Grx��r i City Clerk Passed by the Board of Commissioners October 6, 1969 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, October 6, 1969.