R-2016-05 City of La Porte, Texas, Regarding Civil Rights for CDBG Project Number C2014-0043

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RESOLUTION NO. 2016- 2016 -OS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, REGARE3ING CIVIL RIGHTS -FOR CnBG PROJECT NUMBER C2014-0043; FIN171NG COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; ANI7 PROVInING AN EFFECTIVE SATE HEREOF. Whereas, the City of La Porte, Texas, (hereinafter referred to as "City") has been awarded CE>BG funding through a COBG grant from Harris County Community Services department (hereinafter referred to as Project Number C2014-0043; Whereas, the City of La Porte, in accordance with Section 109 of the Title I of the Housing and Community E)evelopment Act. (24 CFR 6); the Age Eiscrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-6'107); 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 CABG activity, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability; Whereas, the City of La Porte, in consideration for the receipt and acceptance of federal funding for the Contract, - agrees to comply with all federal rules and regulations including those rules and regulations governing citizen participation and civil rights protections; Whereas, the City of La Porte, in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban C)evelopment Act of 1968, as amended, and 24 CFR Part 135, is required, to the greatest extent feasible, to provide training and employment opportunities to lower income residents and contract opportunities to businesses in the CABG project area; Whereas, the City of La Porte, 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 4ppolicy that prohibits the use of excessive force against non-violent civil rights demonstrations; Whereas, the City of La Porte, 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 Whereas, the City of La Porte, in accordance with Section 8O8(e)(5) of the Fair Housing Act (42 USC 3608(e)(5)) that requires HUD programs and activities be administered in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of the Fair Housing Act, agrees to conduct at least one activity during the contract period, to affirmatively further fair housing; NOW, THEREFORE, 13E IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, THAT THE CITY OF LA PORTS ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING: 1. Citizen Participation Plan and Grievance Procedures; 2. Section 3 Policy; 3_ Excessive Force Policy 4. Section 504 Policy and Grievance Procedures; and 5. Fair Housing Policy. Passed d approved this � day ofp �'��✓l 2096_ Attest: „h'O By. ity Secreta ry L uis Rigby, a r `- ity Attorney