HomeMy WebLinkAbout06623 RES - 09/05/1962�IMS:JKH:8 -3i -62
A RESOLUTION
APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN FOR LOW -
RENT PUBLIC HOUSING UNDER UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT
TO ENABLE THE LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY TO OBTAIN
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT PRELIMINARY PLAN-
NING OF LCW -RENT HOUSING PROJECTS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS LOCALITY TO ELIMINATE SUB-
STANDARD AND OTHER INADEQUATE HOUSING, TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SLUMS
AND BLIGHT, AND TO REALIZE AS SOON AS FEASIBLE THE GOAL OF A DECENT HOME
IN A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS; AND
WHEREAS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT
OF 1937, AS AMENDED, THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION IS AUTHORIZED TO
PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES FOR UNDER-
TAKING AND CARRYING OUT PRELIMINARY PLANNING OF LOW -RENT HOUSING PROJECTS
THAT WILL ASSIST IN MEETING THIS GOAL; AND
WHEREAS, THE ACT PROVIDES THAT THERE SHALL BE LOCAL DETERMINA-
TION OF NEED FOR LOW -RENT HOUSING TO MEET NEEDS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET
BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THAT THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION SHALL
NOT MAKE ANY CONTRACT WITH A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY FOR PRELIMINARY LOANS
FOR SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN RESPECT TO ANY LOW -RENT HOUSING PROJECTS
UNLESS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCALITY INVOLVED HAS BY RESOLUTION
APPROVED THE APPLICATION OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY FOR SUCH PRELIMI-
NARY LOAN; AND
WHEREAS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
(HEREIN CALLED THE "LOCAL AUTHORITY") IS A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY AND IS
APPLYING TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINSTRATION FOR A PRELIMINARY LOAN TO
COVER THE COSTS OF SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF LOW -RENT HOUSING;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. THERE EXISTS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI A NEED
FOR SUCH LOW -RENT HOUSING AT RENTS WITHIN THE MEANS OF LOW - INCOME FAMILIES;
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SECTION 2. THE APPLICATION OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY TO THE PUBLIC
HOUSING ADMINSTRATION FOR A PRELIMINARY LOAN 1 °N AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$7,500.00 FOR SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN CONNECTION WITH LOW -RENT HOUSING
PROJECTS OF NOT TO EXCEED APPROXIMATELY 200 DWELLING UNITS IS HEREBY
APPROVED; ,
SECTION 3. THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED IN LIEU OF RESOLUTION N0.
6540, ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 6TH DAY OF JUNE, 1962, WHICH
RESOLUTION No. 65140 IS HEREBY AMENDED BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATELY ENABLING THE HOUSING
- AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO OBTAIN A PRELIMINARY PLANNING
LOAN BY OFFICIALLY APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING
AGENCY FOR SUCH PRELIMINARY LOAN CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IM-
PERATIVE 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
SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION
OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE
DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH RESOLUTION TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECTFBOM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
RESOLVED, THIS THE 5TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1962.
-MAYOR
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, XAS
CITY SECRIfTARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM TH THE
5TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1962: ,
CITY ATT(TRNEY' 1
- CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF__�t�
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THH 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
y. 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; I, 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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• RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, S
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE'
BEN F.,MCDONALD
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD /
� JOSE R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS � O
`. JAMES H.. YOUNG / ..
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD f
' Tom R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES La• BARNARD ✓
JOSE R. DELEON
• M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
• _ - JAMES H. YOUNG
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