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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
COU CIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM
PRESENTED BY
CO M M I551 ON E � DAT°
WFiEREAS, Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1g4g, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to m�,ke
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 detsriorat-
ing areas for which a program of ooncentrated 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 11'7 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities
upon the City of Saint Paul , among which is the obligation to
assure that any persons who may be displaced as a result.� of the
code enforcement and public improvements programs 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 the 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 CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL:
l . That an amendatory application be filed with the Department
of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of Saint �;.;;
Paul for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing �
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas Nays
Carlson
Dalglish Approved 19—
Meredith __In Favor `
Peterson
Sprafk� Mayor
Tedesco A gainst
Mr. President, Byrne FOR APPRO D
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PUBLISNED JUI� 61970 0
ORIGI�YAL TO CITY CLERK 2���.�5
- CITY OF ST. PAUL FOENCIL NO.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
COUNCIL RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM
PRESENTED BY
COMMISSIONER DATF
Act of 1949, as amended, of two-thirds of the cost of undertaking
and carrying out a code enforcement program, which cost is now
estimated to be �5 ,811 ,259.00, in an area or areas to be desig-
nated and specially described in such application, and that the
Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such
amendatory application, to provide such additional information
and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract or con-
tracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for, to execute
and file requisition for funds, and to act as the authorized
representative of the City of Saint Paul in the accomplishment of
the code enforcement program.
2. That during the period of the contract for the code en-
forcement grant the City of Saint Paul will maintain a level of
expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expen-
ditures in any federally assisted code enforcement of 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, at prices which are within their financial
means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to
public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the
dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the
sense of this body that such displacees, if any, will be relocated
in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development. �Y Z� 1���:Q
COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas Nays ��� 2 � ����
Carlson
Dalglish A roved 19—
Meredith l� �In Favor
.�e�e�snn. �
Mayor
Sprafku �Against
Tedesco
Mr. President, Byrne ��Ep JuN 6 1970
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