Authorizing the submissio nofan amendator application for Code Enforcement grant and authorizing the Mayor to sign and execute all necessary documents for the project

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t J RESOLUTION NUMBER 307-72 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMENDATORY APPLICATION FOR CODE' ENFORCEMENT GRANT AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS TO SIGN AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, FORMS, AND CONTRACTS FOR PROJECT, INDIANA E-3 . WHEREAS Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949 , as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities and counties to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement , together with certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this locality certain 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 WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of South Bend, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public improve- ments program are relocated into decent , safe , and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ; and WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race , color, or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal financial 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: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. 1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of South Bend, for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949 , as amended, of two-thirds of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforce- ment program, which cost is now estimated to be $649 ,821 . 00 in an area or areas to be designated and specially described in such application, and that the Executive Director of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, to provide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute and file requisition for funds , and to act as the authorized representative of the City of South Bend in the accomplish- ment of the code enforcement program, and further authorizies that the Mayor of the City of South Bend is to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for grant applied for. 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforce- ment grant the City of South Bend will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities , exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas , that is not less 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 a timely 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 is available to persons displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related public improvements programs , CE-801