Resolution 2016-04 - Reso. 2016-04 - CDBG authorizations - 10-20-15 - 10/20/2015RESOLUTION NO. 2016-04
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
REAFFIRMING AND ADOPTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS POLICIES PURSUANT TO THE
TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (TxCDBG) CONTRACT
NUMBER 7215240.
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, (hereinafter referred to as "City of Huntsville ") has been
awarded TxCDBG funding through a TxCDBG grant from the Texas Department of
Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as "TDA "), Contract No. 7215240 (hereinafter
referred to as "the Contract ") executed on October 15, 2015;
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, in accordance with Section 109 of the Title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act. (24 CFR 6); the Age Discrimination Act of 1975
(42 U.S.C. 6101 - 6107); 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 CDBG activity, on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability;
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, 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 Huntsville, in accordance with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban
Development 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 TxCDBG project
area;
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, 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 policy that prohibits the use of
excessive force against non - violent civil rights demonstrations;
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, 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 Huntsville, in accordance with Section 808(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 of Contract No. 7215240, to
affirmatively further fair housing;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the city of Huntsville Texas,
Section 1 The City reaffirms the following policies in regards to Contract No. 7215240:
1. Section 3 Policy;
2. Excessive Force Policy;
Section 2 The City adopts the following Policies in regards to Contract No. 7215240:
1. Citizen Participation Plan and Grievance Procedures;
2. Section 504 Policy and Grievance Procedures; and
3. Fair Housing Policy;
Section 3 Designates the Director of Neighborhood Resources as the Civil Rights Officer and
Labor Standards Officer in regards to Contract No. 7215240.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of October, 2015.
ATTEST:
oodward, City Secretary
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
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Mac Woodwatd, May
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
rd Schneider, City Attorney