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RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF ACTION,OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM
OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT WITHIN SAID CITY AND AUTHORIZ-
ING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER, FOR AND ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PRESENT SUCH "PROGRAM'-'
TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS TO
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY
FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE-PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF THE
FEDERAL HOUSING ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, AS A CONDITION TO CERTAIN PRESCRIBED FEDERAL FINANCIAL
AND OTHER AID AND ASSISTANCE, SECTION 101 (C) OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING ACT
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OF 1954, AS AMENDED, REQUIRES THE SUBMISSION TO THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE
ADMINISTRATOR BY EACH-LOCALITY OF A PROGRAM (WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AN OFFICIAL
PLAN OF ACTION, AS IT EXISTS FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH
THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF A WELL — PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH
WELL — ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY LIFE) FOR UTILIZING APPROPRIATE
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESOURCES TO ELIMINATE, AND PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OR
SPREAD OF, SLUMS AND URBAN BLIGHT, TO ENCOURAGE NEEDED URBAN REHABILITATION,
TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BLIGHTED, DETERIORATED, OR SLUM AREAS,
OR TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OF THE AFORESAID ACTIVITIES OR OTHER FEASIBLE COMMUNITY
ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE SUITABLY EMPLOYED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF SUCH A
PROGRAM; AND
WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN PREPARED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR PRESENTATION TO THE SAID HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADMINI-
STRATOR SUCH A PLAN OF ACTION, WHICH PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED
BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SAID CITY, WHICH PLAN APPEARS TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE
AND EFFECTIVE PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE AFORESAID PURPOSES; AND
WHEREAS IT IS THE DESIRE, PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF SAID CITY TO UTILIZE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESOURCES
TO THE END THAT OUR CITY MAY RID ITSELF OF AND PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OR
SPREAD OF SLUMS AND URBAN BLIGHT AND UNDERTAKE SUCH OF THE AFORESAID ACTI-
VITIES OR OTHER FEASIBLE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE SUITABLY EMPLOYED TO
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ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF SUCH PLAN:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT THE HEREINABOVE MENTIONED "PROGRAM FOR
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT" FOR SAID CITY BE, AND THE SAME IS HEREBY, APPROVED
AS THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF ACTION OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING
WITH THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF A WELL - PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH
WELL - ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY LIFE, AND THE CITY MANAGER
IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PRESENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF SHE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH "PROGRAM", TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED SUP-
PORTING DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS, TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HOUSING AND
HOME FINANCE AGENCY FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SAID TITLE
I, HOUSING ACT of 1954, AS AMENDED.
SECTION 2. THAT IT BEING OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI BE RECERTIFIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF THE
FEDERAL HOUSING ACT OF 1954, AND IT BEING OF IMPERATIVE NECESSITY TO CO-
OPERATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY IN ORDER
THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI MAY RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF
SAID TITLE I OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED, ALL OF WHICH
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY-AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE
PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND
THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST,;AND
HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS RESOLU-
TION BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND
BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
PASSED ANDAPPROVED, THIS THE ! DAY OF JUNE, 1962.
ATT
AYOR
CITY SECR TA THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, T
APPROVED AS O LEGAL FORM IS
U DAY JUNE, 1962:
CITY ATTORNEY
• CORPUS CHRIST y TEXAS
D AY OF y 19z
TO THE MEMBERS OF< THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; 11 THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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t ;« RESPECTFULLY,
0M YOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE% x
' BEN F. MCDONALD • - - - - -� .
. TOM R. SWANTNER
• DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE; J
BEN F. MCDONALD GbIl
• TOM R. $WANTNER
' DR. JAMES L. BARNARD -- - - - - -- CK" e �:..
JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
` W. J. ROBERTS
\� JAMES H. YOUNG
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