HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #0790RESOLUTION NO.. '~ (/
City of Canton, Illinois Date ~~~Q, yci.,nua~~ 7~
A RESOLUTION TO GIVE NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1977, AND THE AUTHORIZATION TO FILE A FY79 MULTI-YEAR
COMPREHENSIVE PREAPPLICATION DOCUMENT FOR NON-METROPOLITAN DISCRETIONARY
AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BLOCK GRANT ASSISTANCE
WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the public interest of the City of Canton,
Illinois, to avail itself of financial assistance provided by the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1977, to commence and undertake a FY79
Multi-Year Comprehensive Housing and Community Development Program within
the City of Canton; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that a Federal contract for such financial assistance
will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon and to the City of
Canton and will require among other things:
1. Approval of a satisfactory application transmitted to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development
2. Certification by the City of Canton or its designer relateing to '
activities such as civil rights, citizen participation, acquisition
of property, environmental policies and accounting procedures
3. Other local obligations and responsibilities in connection with the
undertaking and carrying out of a Multi-Year Comprehensive Community
Development Program within the City of Canton; NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois:
1. That the Department of Housing and Urban Development is assured of full
compliance by the City's City Council with certification relating to
all regulations and administrative rules relating to the Civil Rights
Acts, citizen participation, acquisition process, accounting procedures,
the Hatch Act, minimum wage and minimum hour provisions of the Fair
Labor Standard Act and all requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1968
2. That the Mayor of the City of Canton, Illinois is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare such certification and to assume full compliance
with all certification as outlined in Item 1 above;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of Canton, Illinois that a Multi-Year
Comprehensive preapplication document on behalf of the City of Canton for a Non-
Metropolitan Discretionary Area Block Grant under the guidelines of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1977 is hereby approved and that the Mayor of
the City of Canton, Illinois is hereby authorized to execute and file such pre-
application document with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and
to provide such documentation as may be required and to act as the authorized
correspondent of the City of Canton relating to the Community Development process.
PASSED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, THIS ~~ ~ DAY OF J 0.h u.0. r ~~ , 1979, A.D.
APPROVED
arlan E. Crouch, 1~tayor
EXAMINED:
J hn J. Mc rthy, Cit ttorney
CERTIFIED:
N ncy Wh' es, City Clerk