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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