HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-088-05/17/1983-AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES OF AME RESOLUTION 83- 88
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
projects 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 Forty-one Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($241,326
00) , a Federal grant for operating assistance in the amount of Four Hundred
Eighty-two Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-three Dollars ($482,653 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 Eighty-two Thousand Six Hundred
Fifty-three Dollars (E482,653 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 1983, pursuant
to Section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended,
requesting the sum of Four Thousand Eighty-two Six Hundred Fifty-three
Dollars ($482,653 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 pur-
poses 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 Manger 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
17th day of May, A D 1983
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