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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended,
• provides for the making of grants by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to States and local public bodies to assist them
in the acquisition and development 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 City of Evanston (herein sometimes referred
to as "Applicant") desires to acquire and develop a fee simple
interest to certain land known as 718-726 (even numbers) Washington
Street and 719-727 (odd numbers) Madison Street, which land.is to
be held and used for permanent open -space land for park and re-
creation use; and
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(WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
• the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated
against b cause of race, color or national origin in the use of the
land acquired and/or developed; 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) assurance that
families and individuals displaced as a result of the open -space land
project are offered decent, safe, and sanitary housing within the City
of Evanston, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and (3)
compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal employment
opportunity; and
WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquiring and de-
veloping said interest will be $303,200., as itemized in the
application; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of necessary de-
molition and removal of improvements on the land will be $16,000;
and
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WHEREAS it is estimated that the total amount of reloc-
ation payments to be made to eligible site occupants displaced from
the property to be acquired will be $20,050:
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE.IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON:
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, which amount is presently
estimated to be $184,500, and that the Applicant will pay the balance
of the cost from other funds available to it.
2. That adequate open -space land for the locality cannot
effectively be provided through the use of existing undeveloped or:.
predominately undeveloped land.
3. 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 su::h contracts as are required by said Department, and to act
as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant.
4. That the proposed acquisition and development 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,
develop, and retain said land for the use designated in said appli-
cation and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
5. That the United States of American and the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full
compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
6. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of
• descent, safe and sanitary housing which is available to persond dis-
placed as a result of the open -space land project, at prices which
are within their financial means, and which are not generally less
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desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commerical
facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and
families, and it is -the sense of this body that such displacees,
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if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
7. 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 Applicant with the Federal labor standards
imposed under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended.
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
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Adopted I�Xarch 10,
Recorded
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Sack M. Siegel
Corporation Counsel
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APPROVE
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