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RESOLUTION 2022-12 A RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING POLICIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - MITIGATION (CDBG-MIT) PROJECTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT— DISASTER RECOVERY (CDBG-DR) PROJECTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROJECTS AND ADHERENCE TO THE REGULATIONS DESCRIBED THEREIN WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas, (hereinafter referred to as "City") has been awarded and/or allocated federal funding through a Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Section 109 of the Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act. (24 CFR 6); the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-6107); and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and for construction contracts greater than $10,000, must take actions to ensure that no person or group is denied benefits such as employment, training, housing, and contracts generated by the activity, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; and WHEREAS, the City, in consideration for the receipt and acceptance of federal funding, agrees to comply with all federal rules and regulations including those rules and regulations governing citizen participation and civil rights protections; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended and 24 CFR Part 75, is required, to the greatest extent feasible, to provide training and employment opportunities to lower income residents and contract opportunities to businesses in the project area; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Section 104(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, and State's certification requirements at 24 CFR 91.325(b)(6), must adopt an excessive force policy that prohibits the use of excessive force against non-violent civil rights demonstrations; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Executive Order 13166, must take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful access to services in federally assisted programs and activities by persons with limited English proficiency (LEP) and must have an LEP plan in place specific to the locality and beneficiaries for each project; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, does not discriminate on the basis of disability and agrees to ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities have access to programs and activities that receive federal funds; and