O-2012-3415 contract/HOME Program IV

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ORDINANCE NO. 2012- 4 (57 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $728,804.00 FROM HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR FUNDING THE CITY OF LA PORTE'S HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (HOME) PROGRAM; APPROPRIATING A SUM OF UP TO $59,640.00 IN CITY MATCHING FUNDS TO FURTHER THE CITY'S GOAL OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A 5% CONTINGENCY $9,108.00 OF THE MATCH AMOUNT FOR A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF $68,748.00; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council hereby approves and authorizes the agreement or other undertaking described in the title of this ordinance, in substantially the form as shown in the document which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such document and all related documents on behalf of the City of La Porte. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and to affix the seal of the City to all such documents. City Council appropriates the sum of up to $59,640.00 and a 5% contingency amount of $9,108.00 for a total allocation of $68,748.00 from Capital Improvement Account Number 015-9892-611- 1100, to fund said Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program. Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof