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Ju~e 25. 1968 ~i~!~68-209 - "Bids were received at ll:0O A.M. on Friday, June 21, for a lease on qity owned property on Deep Creek Boulevard. Chandle~Harper submitted the only bid offering to pay rental of $500 per month, which is the same rental he is now paying for the exis~ting lease. This lease will run for a period of ten years with option torenew for an additional ten years. It further stipulates that a minimum of $S0,000 in improvements must be expended within the ten.year period or the option will not be rene~ed, tt further stipulates that a minimum of $2S,000 must be epended during the second ten year period. I recommend that this bidbe accepted and the proper City officials be authorized to sign the lease for this property." Motion of Mr. Johnson to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-210 - "I submit the attached resolution and recommend its adoption. This authorizes the submission of an application~the Department of Housing and Urban Development for i~beautif~ation activities grant;' The total estimated cost for the beautification activities covered by this application amount to $75,000. It is necessary to deduct-$5,115 as the base cost of activities during-the two preceding fiscal years making the base grant $69,885. The federal government ~ill provide 50% of this or a total of $34,942.50. The City's portion of this can be provided by services in kind such as labor, equipment and etc. The activities proposed under this grant would be beautification of City Park, George Washington Park, Mount Herman Neighborhood Park and Bayview waterfront. It also includes a beautification program for the Civic Center, Middle Street Mall, Alton Square, the Street~Tree Planting Program, highway and parkway median strips and other minor projects. It is necessary that this resolution be adopted before Jmne 50 in order that the City will be eligible to receive these founds during the next fiscal year." On motion of Mr. Barnes, the following resolution was adopted, without dissenting vote: "RESOLUTION OF APPLIC;dYr AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEmeNT GRANT WHEREAS%/f~[~eiIX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides for the making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to States and local public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of opanspace and other public urban land where such assistance is needed for carrying out a local program which is important to the com- prehensively planned development of the locality; and WHEREAS the City of Portsmouth desires to beautify and improve openspace and other public urban land to facilitate their increased use and enjoyment; and I~tIEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title prohibit d~scrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the use of all ~acilities and improvements provided by Federal assistance; and 1~tERBAS the City of Portsmouth is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the tuidertmking and carrying out of programs assisted ~nder Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, including those relating to labor standers and equal employment opportunity; and WHEREAS~ it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and improvement of open-space and other public land exceeds the usual expenditures of the City of Portsmouth for comparable activities hy $69,885.00. NOW, THERBFORB, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH: That an application bemade 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, for urban beautification and improvement of open-space and other public urbam~land, which amount is presently estimated to be $54,942.50, and that the City of Portsmouth will provide the balance of the cost. 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 reouired by said Department, to execute such contracts as are required by sa Department, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the City of Portsmouth. That th~ proposed urban beautification activities are in accordance with the beautification program prepared by t~e City of Portsmouth, of importance to the comprehensively planned development of locality, and that, should said grant application be approved, the City of Portsmouth, will undertake carry out, and complete said urban beautification activities designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That the Unite~ States of America and the Secretary of Mousing and Urban Development he, and they hereby are assured of full compliance by the City of Portsmouth~ regulations of tb~ Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 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 City of Portsmouth ~citk the Federal Zabor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended."