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:30 TUESDAY JANUARY 25, 1972 (1) Chatham Heights Baptist Church Trustees (references: Deed Book 44, page 270, and Deed Book 46, page 26, Martinsville Corporation Court Clerk's Office; Deed Book 79, page 558, and Deed Book 81, page 274, Henry County Circuit Court Clerk's Office); and (2) Dillard (reference: Deed Book 7, page 407, Martinsville Corporation Court Clerk's Office); which lands are to be held and used for permanent open-space lands for park and recreational pruposes; and ,- WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations of the Department of Housing & Urban Development (effectuating the Title) provide that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color, or national origin in the use of the lands acquired and/or developed; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring and developing interests in the Chatham Heights Area and the cost of developing interests in the West Martinsville Area will be $69,428.00; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this twenty-fifty day of January, 1972: (1) That an application be made to the Department of Housing & Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount presently is estimated to be $34, 714.00, and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds available to it; (2) That the City Manager of the City of Martinsville is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application with the Department of Housing & Urban Development, to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Department, to execute such contracts as are required by said Department, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant; .- (3) That the proposed acquisition and development in the Chatham Heights Area and ,the proposed development in the West Martinsville Area are in accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses and, should said grant be made, that the Applicant will acquire, develop and retain said lands for the use designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing & Urban Development; and (4) That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing & Urban Development be, and they are hereby, assured of full compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the Department of Housing & Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.