TR-87-1 C. i - RESOD IOC+
002 A Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to submit a grant`
3 application under the Massachusetts Small Cities Block Grant
4 Program to the Executive Office of Communities and Development
005 for a $125 , 000 grant to the Work Opportunity Center, Inc_
006 and authorizing the Town Manager to receive and expend
007 Small Cities Block Grant Funds
008 WHEREAS , the Work Opportunity Center, Inc. , is a private, non-
009 profit corporation that provides day vocational training to the
1010 mentally retarded and physically handicapped ; and,
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1012 current facility located at 271 Park Avenue , West Springfield is too
013 old , inadequate , and inefficient to provide adequate training programs
014 to its 80 clients ; and,
1015 WHEREAS , the Work Opportunity Center , Inc. , is planning to
016 build a new 18, 000 .square foot facility which will cost approximately
017 $750, 000 on 2.4 acres of land on Suffield Street, Agawam; and,
1018 WHEREAS , the Work Opportunity Center, Inc. , requires $125 ,000
019 of GAP financing to accomplish this project; and,
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1020 WHEREAS , all Human being should be allowed to live meaningful
021 and productive lives ; and,
1212 WHEREAS , it is in the public interest to promote such training
3 programs in the Town of Agawam; and,
1024 NOW THEREFORE , the Town Council of the Town of Agawam hereby
025 votes to approve said submission and authorizes the Town Manager to
026 submit the Grant Application under the Massachusetts Small Cities
1027 Block Grant Program to the Executive Office of Communities and Development
028 for a $125, 000 grant to the Work Opportunity Center , Inc . , and
029 authorizes the Town Manager to receive and expend Small Cities Block
030 Grant Funds .
031 DATED THIS 18th DAY OF February , 1987 .
032 Donald M. Rheault
' 033 Town Council President
034 "Approved as to legal form
P35 Town Solicitor
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