HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 69-76RESOLUTION NO. 69-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRE-
LIMINARY LOAN FOR LOW-RENT PUBLIC HOUSING.
WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate
substandard and other inadequate housing, to prevent the'spread of
slums and blight, and to realize as soon as feasible the goal of a
decent home in a suitable living environment for all of its citizens;
and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States Housing
Act of 1937, as amended, the United States of America, acting through
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (herein called ~h~
"Government"), is authorized to provide financial assistance to
local public housing agencies for undertaking and carrying out pre-
liminary planning of low-rent housing projects that will assist in
meeting this goal; and
WHEREAS, the Act provides that there shall be local deter-
mination of need for low-rent housing to meet needs not being ade-
quately met by private enterprise and that the Government shall not
make any contract with a public housing agency for preliminary loans
for surveys and planning in respect to'any low-rent housing projects
unless the governing body of the locality involved has by resolution
approved the application of the public housing agency for such pre-
liminary loan; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the County of K~rn
(herein called the "Local Authority") is a public housing'agency
and is applying to the Government for a preliminary loan to cover
the cost of surveys and planning in connection with the development
of low-rent housing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Bakersfield as follows:
1. That there exists in the City of Bakersfield a need
for such low,rent housing which is not being met by private enterprise;
2. That the application of the Local Authority to the
Government for a preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed
$32,800.00 for surveys and planning in connection with low-rent
housing projects of not to exceed approximately 82 elderly dUelling
units is hereby approved.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 13th day of September, 1976, by the
following vote:
I~S~. %%UUNp~Ii~.~E, ENN B TON, I]LEECKER, CHRISTENSEN, MEDDERS, ROGERS, SCEALES, STRONG
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN. :/~d;;)-'}-~ ~ ~
IoTunY d ' Clerk of the
c ~f Bakersfield