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Resolution authorizing the filing of an amended application <br />• . with the Department of Transportation, United States of <br />America, for a grant under the Urban Mass Transportation <br />Act of 1964, as amended <br />WHEREAS, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make <br />grants for mass transportation projects; <br />WHEREAS, the contract for financial assistance will impose certain <br />obligations upon the applicant, including the provision by it of the <br />local share of project costs; and <br />WHEREAS, it is required by the U. S.Department of Transportation <br />in accord with the provisions of Title VI --,of the Civil Rights Act of <br />1964, that in connection with the filing of an application for assistance <br />under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, the applicant <br />gives an assurance that it will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights <br />Act of 1964 and the U. S. Department of Transportation requirements <br />thereunder: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by.the Council of the City of <br />Charlottesville, Virginia <br />(1) That the City Manager is authorized to execute and file an <br />amended application on behalf of the City of Charlottesville <br />• with the U. S. Department of Transportation, to aid in the <br />financing of a bus transit system including the purchase of <br />twelve small -to -medium size diesel buses equipped with two- <br />way radios, construction of a maintenance building, installation <br />of shelters, signs and benches, purchase of maintenance and <br />custodial equipment, purchase of vehicle washing facility, <br />construction of a vehicle fueling facility, and purchase of <br />two vehicles for use in management of the system; purchase of <br />a radio for the Transit Manager's car; and the purchase of <br />usable buses and equipment of the existing private bus transit <br />system. <br />(2) That the City Manager is authorized to execute and file with <br />such application an assurance or any other document required by <br />the U.S. Department of Transportation effectuating the purpose <br />of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. <br />(3) That Cole Hendrix, City Manager, is authorized to furnish such <br />additional information as the U. S. Department of Transportation <br />may require in connection with the application or the project. <br />• <br />