HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-114-09/07/1982-AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A SECTION 5 GRANT RESOLUTION 82- 114
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA FOR A SECTION 5 GRANT UNDER THE URBAN
MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make grants
for mass transportation projects, and
WHEREAS, the contract for financial assistance will impose certain
obligations upon the applicant, including the funding of the local share of
project costs, and
WHEREAS, it is required by the U S Department of Transportation in
accord with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
that in connection with the filing of an application for assistance under
the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, the applicant give
an assurance that it will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1966 and the U S Department of Transportation requirements thereunder,
and
WHEREAS, it is the goal of the applicant that minority business
enterprise be utilized to the fullest extent possible in connection with
this project, and that definitive procedures shall be established and
administered to ensure that minority businesses shall have the maximum
feasible opportunity to compete for contracts when procuring construction
contracts, supplies, equipment contracts, or consultant and other services,
and
WHEREAS, upon the commitment of local matching funds in the amount of
Two Hundred Four Thousand Five Hundred Forty-One Dollars ($204,541 00) , a
Federal grant for operating assistance in the amount of Four Hundred Nine
Thousand Eighty-Two Dollars ($409,082 00) could be approved, and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has determined that
it is in the best interest of the City that a grant application requesting
funding in the amount of Four Hundred Nine Thousand Eighty-Two Dollars
($409,082 00) , pursuant to Section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act
of 1964, as amended, be executed by the City Manager and submitted to the
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows
Section 1 That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to
execute an application for operating assistance for the year 1982, pursuant
to Section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended,
requesting the sum of $409,082 00
Section 2 That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to
execute and file with such application an assurance or any other document
required by the U S Department of Transportation effectuating the purposes
of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Section 3 That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to
furnish such additional information as the U S Department of Transpor-
tation may require in connection with the application or the project
Section 4 That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to set
forth and execute affirmative minority business policies in connection with
the project' s procurement needs
Section 5 That the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to
execute grant agreements with the U S Department of Transportation for aid
in the financing of the operating assistance projects
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
7th day of September, 1982
P1ayor
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City Clerk
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