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RESOLUTION OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,769,517.00 FOR ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FLOYD LITTLE ATHLETIC CENTER AT HILLHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL.
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WHEREAS, Hillhouse High School at 480 Sherman Parkway, New Haven serves as a community hub for the City of New Haven (the "City"), having played a fundamental role in the City's education system for approximately 165 years; and,
WHEREAS, the City proposes to renovate the Floyd Little Athletic Center (the "FLAC") at Hillhouse High School; and,
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the FLAC could benefit from improvements to equipment and facilities including (but not limited to) repairs to the roof, reconstruction of an indoor track surface, updated concessions and common space, a contemporary scoreboard, and upgraded life safety systems (the "Proposed Renovation and Improvements"); and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4-66c of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (the "State") is authorized to extend financial assistance through the Urban Act Grant Program for purposes involving the promotion of community conservation and development and improvement to the quality of life for urban residents of the State such as the Proposed Renovation and Improvements; and,
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the City make an application to the State for the sum of Eight Million Seven Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($8,769,517.00) and to partner with New Haven Public Schools to undertake the Proposed Renovation and Improvements at the FLAC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the New Haven Board of Alders that:
1). It is cognizant of the conditions and prerequisites for State assistance imposed by Section 4-66c of the Connecticut General S...
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