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RESOLUTION 2019-09
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<br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ATTACHED POLICIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF
<br />LA PORTE, TEXAS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERALLY FUNDED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
<br />BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROJECTS AND ADHERENCE TO THE REGULATIONS DESCRIBED
<br />THEREIN.
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<br />Whereas, the City of La Porte, federal funding through
<br />a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG);
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Section 109 of the Title I of the Housing and Community Development
<br />Act. (24 CFR 6); the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-6107); and Section 504 of the
<br />Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and for construction contracts greater than $10,000, must take actions
<br />to ensure that no person or group is denied benefits such as employment, training, housing, and contracts
<br />generated by the CDBG activity, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability;
<br />Whereas, the City, in consideration for the receipt and acceptance of federal funding, agrees to comply with all
<br />federal rules and regulations including those rules and regulations governing citizen participation and civil rights
<br />protections;
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended,
<br />and 24 CFR Part 135, is required, to the greatest extent feasible, to provide training and employment opportunities
<br />to lower income residents and contract opportunities to businesses in the CDBG project area;
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Section 104(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act, as
<br />that prohibits the use of excessive force against non-violent civil rights demonstrations;
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Executive Order 13166, must take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful
<br />access to services in federally assisted programs and activities by persons with limited English proficiency
<br />(LEP) and must have an LEP plan in place specific to the locality and beneficiaries for each CDBG project;
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, does not discriminate on
<br />the basis of disability and agrees to ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities have access to programs and
<br />activities that receive federal funds; and
<br />Whereas, the City, in accordance with Section 808(e)(5) of the Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3608(e)(5)) that
<br />requires HUD programs and activities be administered in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of the Fair
<br />Housing Act, agrees to conduct at least one activity during the contract period of the CDBG contract, to
<br />affirmatively further fair housing;
<br />Whereas, the City, agrees to maintain written standards of conduct covering conflicts of interest and governing
<br />the actions of its employees engaged in the selection, award and administration of contracts.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE,
<br />TEXAS, THAT THE CITY OF LA PORTE ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING:
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