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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE PREPARATION
OF A COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAM FOR JACKSONVILLE ARKANSAS,
AND THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A FEDERAL GILANT TO ASSIST
IN FINANCING ITS PREPARATION.
WHEREAS under Title 1 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the
Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to make grants for
the preparation or completion of Community Renewal Programs; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Metro-
politan Area Planning Commission of Pulaski County prepare a Community
Renewal Program for the City of Jacksonville , situated in the
County of Pulaski, and State of Arkansas, as one of the participants of
the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission's application for a Community
Renewal Program grant;
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the Federal contract for a grant to
assist in the preparation of the Community Renewal Program will require,
among other things, that: (1) the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
shall prepare the Community Renewal Program with all practicable dis-
patch; (2) the Community Renewal Program shall conform to the general
plan of the Locality as a whole; and (3) other local obligations and
responsibilities in connection with the preparation of the Community
Renewal Program:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council OF THE
City of Jacksonville.
Section 1. That the preparation of the Community Renewal Program
referred to above by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is hereby
approved.
Section 2. That the financial assistance under Title 1 of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, referred to above is required to enable
the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission to finance the preparation
of the Community Renewal Program.
Section 3. That it is fully cognizant of the obligations and
responsibilities that are imposed by a Federal contract for a grant to
assist in the preparation of a Community Renewal Program, and it is
the sense of this body that such obligations can and will be fulfilled.
Section 4. That the filing of an application by the Metropolitan
Area Planning Commission for a grant under Title 1 of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, in an amount not to exceed $69,000 to assist in
financing the preparation of a Metropolitan Community Renewal Program
is hereby authorized and approved.
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Mayor
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