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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07433 RES - 12/09/1964vMP:12 -9 -64 RESOLUTION 't AUTHORIZING THE CITYfS PARTICIPATION WITH THE t FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER TITLE II(B) OF PUBLIC I, LAW 8$ -452; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. = WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL, ON MAY 27, 1964, ADOPTED A POLICY STATEMENT CONCERNING POVERTY AND NEED IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI COMMUNITY; r AND WHEREAS, THE STAFF OF THE CITY AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL s AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE CAREFULLY STUDIED THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS k EXISTING IN THE COMMUNITY; AND } WHEREAS, CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH TITLE II(B) OF PUBLIC LAW 88-452 TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MOBILIZE • THE FULL RESOURCES OF THE COMMUNITY: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: + c SECTION 1. THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY APPLIES FOR PARTICIPATION UNDER SAID ACT AND EXPRESSES ITS DESIRE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT OR CON- TRACTS WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND/OR THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAMS GENERALLY } OUTLINED ON EXHIBITS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 AND AGREES TO SERVE AS ACCOUNTING AGENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT 5. SECTION 2. THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY, AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE SUCH DOCUMENTS AND PERFORM SUCH ACTS IN BEHALF OF THE CITY AS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM ABOVE OUTLINED. SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ASSURE PARTI- CIPATION OF THE CITY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERA- TIVE NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDI- NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED w 7433 , AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIfVE PUBLIC�NECESS "ITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL 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 SO RESOLVED, THIS THE_DAY OF DECEMBER, 1964. ATTEST: f L A YOR CITY SECRETARY 4 1 THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THI THE y DAY OF DECEMBER, 1964: CITY ATTOR EY December 8, 1964 Public Health and Welfare Purpose - The local health and welfare department will help school systems carry out plans such as "school readiness" programs for pre - school children, "remedial" instruction, voca- tional preparation and adult classes. The program will be directed toward removal of health and social problems that inhibit people from using educational opportunities. There will be involvement of "hard -to- reach" families in the poverty area in resolution of their problems. Scope - The program will be available to all the poor people in Nueces County, the service area of the department. Services will include social work, public health nursing and edca- tion. Methods - The department will appoint from present staff a supervisor of program. Social Workers will be assisted by paid'neighborhood aides, drawn from the area, in getting to know and understand the people, identifying leadership element and helping them use it construc- tively, and describing their social problems, both communal and individual. Through social case work of sufficient depth and duration, the social work teams will assess problems, and help develop plans for solutions. Liaison will be developed with schools' and other social agencies' personnel. Development and use of resources through referral will be stressed. It is anticipated that emphasis will be placed on interpretation of the social components of ill- ness to medical personnel and reciprocal interpretation of medical findings of affected people. Group process will be used to enable formation of informal groups for discussion of problems of living. Public health nurses will bring programs such as immunization closer to the people. They will be assisted by clinic aides chosen from the area. Nurses and public health educators will give individual and group instruction in personal and environmental hygeine. The health and welfare corps will be an integral part of the Nueces County anti - poverty team. Health and Welfare Services Budget - January 1 thru September 30, 1965 City CAP Administration - 10% of salary of Director of Health and $ $ Welfare and Director of Welfare 1 - Supervisor - 6 months @ $605, 3 months @ $633 1 - Social Worker II - 6 months @ $418, 3 months @ $438 2 - Social Worker II - 6 months @ $418, 1 month @ $438 2 - Social Worker II - 5 months @ $418 6 - Neighborhood Aides (part time) 9 months @ $100 6 - Neighborhood Aides " 6 months @ $100 6 - Neighborhood Aides " " 3 months @ $100 1 - Registered Nurse - 6 months @ $350, 3 months @ $365 1 - Registered Nurse - 6 months @ $350, 1 month @ $365 2 - Clinic Aides (part time) - 9 months @ $100 1 - Clerk - 6 months @ $235, 3 months @ $246 1 - Clerk - 6 months @ $215, 1 month @ $225 1 - Clerk - 5 months @ $215 Retirement and Insurance - 10% Total Personnel Costs Car Allowance Telephone - 9 months @ $20 Office Supplies and Minor Tools 2,397 2,090 $ 4,487 449 $ 4,936 180 200 5,529 3,822 5,892 2,090 5,400 3,600 1,800 3,195 2,465 1,800 2,148 1,515 1,075 $ 40,331 4,033 $ 44,364 $ 3,300 Total 2,397 5,529 3,822 5,892 4,180 5,400 3,600 1,800 3,195 2,465 1,800 2,148 1,515 1,075 $ 44,818 4,482 $ 49,300 $ 3,300 180 200 Total Program Cost $ 5,316 $ 47,664 $ 52,980 December 7, 1964 Housing - The 1960 Census of Housing reports within the City of Corpus Christi a total of 51,667 housing units of which 7,241 were deteriorating and 2,823 were dilapidated or 19.5% were either dilapidated or deteriorated. The seven census tracts in the target area contain 14,065 or 27% of the total housing units. Of this 27 %, 4,651 were deteriorated and 2,337 dilapidated. Of the dilapidated units, 349 had no flush toilet facilities. In other words, approximately 83% of the dilapidated units and 64% of the deteriorating units are contained in the target area which',includes only 27% of the City's total housing units. The proposed housing program is based on the assumption that persons living in dilapidated housing, sometimes overcrowded and without minimum sanitary facilities, often cannot adequately cope with the challenge of obtaining an adequate education or competing in the job market. Frequently substandard conditions exist because of the unwillingness of non - resident owners to bring their structures up to standard or the lack of knowledge on the part of owner occupants which, if available, would allow the full utilization of existing resources such as FHA low interest home improvement loans and time payments for City sewer extensions. The City has under study a revision in its Sub - Standard Building Code, which, when adopted, will meet FHA's code requirements for a Workable Program for Community Improvement. When adopted, the new Housing Code will provide a basis for intensive action to eliminate dilapidated units and to either eliminate or improve units with- out hot and cold water and flush toilets. Two additional inspectors will be added to work full time in the target area to improve living conditions through clearing some structures, requiring certain improvements to rental properties, and working with owners living in the target area to improve their housing by showing them how to utilize all of the private and public resources already available and encouraging new approaches to accomplish the desired result. Housing Services Budget - 9_months - January 1 thru September 30, 1965 Personnel Building Official - 9 months @ $726 - 10% Inspector II - 6 @ $481 - 4 @'$504 - 33 -1/3% To be added Inspector I - 6 @ $399 - 3 @ $418 - 66 -2/3% Inspector I - 6 @ $399 - 3 @ $418 - 100% Retirement and Insurance - 10% Total Personnel Office Supplies and Minor Tools Gasoline and Vehicle Maintenance Car Allowance - $50 x 9 Telephone - $20 x 9 Attorney's Cost - Cases in Target Area 33 -1/3% of $12,000 annual cost for one Attorney, including clerical and office expenses. Total Program EXHIBIT 2. City CAP Total $ 653 $ 653 1,466 1,466 2,432 2,432 3,648 3,648 $4,551 $3,648 8,199 455 365 820 5 006 $4,013 IL019 $ 200 $ $ 200 250 250 450 450 180 180 _4,000 4,000 $9,636 4 463 1$ 4.099 December 7, 1964 Recreation Services In order for the educational programs to be successful, the residents in the target area must want to improve themselves, be able to communicate with each other, and develop satisfaction, pride, and joy in their daily activities of living. The recreation program has been designed with these goals in mind. It will be housed in some of the educational centers and in existing recreational buildings during after school and evening hours and will include: 1. Organized intra -mural athletics. 2. Neighborhood organizations such as mothers' councils, forums, self- improvement, senior citizens, and hobbies. 3. Special classes in swimming, physical fitness, sports, cooking, arts and crafts 4. Community nights. The initial phase will provide one center in the West Oso School District and three additional centers to work with the three existing centers in the Corpus Christi School District component of the target area. Recreation Services Budget Personnel City CAP Total Assistant Recreation Supervisor 10% - $6,036 $ 604 $ $ 604 4 - Recreation Supervisors - 2 for 8 months 4,356 4,356 2 for 6 months 3,228 3,228 2 - Sr. Recreation Leaders (Specialists) - 6 @ $215 2,580 2,580 Total $ 604 10,164 10,768 Retirement and Insurance 60 1,016 1,076 Total Personnel $ 664 $11,180 $11,844 Vehicle Maintenance and Fuel Supervisor - 10% $ 30 $ $ 30 Equipment and Supplies 300 2,000 2,300 Utilities - 3 buildings added use 150 150 Total Program Cost $11144 $13,180 $14,324 EXHIBIT 3. December 7, 1964 Library Services Library resources to support basic literacy training, pre - school programs, and other anti - poverty educational efforts are limited, consisting of la Retama Library at one end of the target area, minimum school facilities, and a proposed branch library at the edge of the area. The goal of the proposed program is to provide a specialized book stock, de- signed solely for the needs of the people in the target area, which can be made available to those participating in the various educational programs at the neighbor- hood centers. The program will be carried out through the use of a bookmobile to be made available by the State or City and an expanded Library staff. Monthly evaluation will guide the location and duration of stops and its overall value. In addition to its primary purpose or providing educational material, the stops should also attract those in the area to the neighborhood center and thus tend to reimforce neighborhood interaction, the educational focus and the neighborhood center concept. Library Services Budget - January 1 thru September 30, 1965 Personnel City CAP Total Senior Library Assistant - 8 months - 100% 6 @ $438 - 2 @ $459 $ $3,606 $3,606 Driver - 6 months @ $235(l) 1,410(1) 1,410 Clerks - 2 for 6 months @ $235(1) 2,820(1) 2,820 Total Personnel $1,410 $6,426 $7,836 Retirement and Insurance - 10% 141 643 784 Total Personnel Costs $1,551 $7,069 $8,620 Fuel and Vehicle Maintenance $ $ 400 $ 400 Supplies, Printing, Booklists 100 900 1,000 Book Stock 8,000 20,000 /_. 36f za 6— Total Program 12,651 $2,-3&9• $- (1) Could use Job Corps personnel if a City program under Title 1B is submitted and approved. EXHIBIT 4. December 7, 1964 Library Services Library resources to support basic literacy training, pre - school programs, and other anti - poverty educational efforts are limited, consisting of La Retama Library at one end of the target area, minimum school facilities, and a proposed branch library at the edge of the area. The goal of the proposed program is to provide a specialized book stock, de- signed solely for the needs of the people in the target area, which can be made available to those participating in the various educational programs at the neighbor- hood centers. The program will be carried out through the use of a bookmobile to be made available by the State or City and an expanded Library staff. Monthly evaluation will guide the location and duration of stops and its overall value. In addition to its primary purpose or providing educational material, the stops should also attract those in the area to the neighborhood center and thus tend to reimforce neighborhood interaction, the educational focus and the neighborhood center concept. Library Services Budget - January 1 thru September 30, 1965 Personnel City CAP Total Senior Library Assistant - 8 months - 100% 6 @ $438 - 2 @ $459 $ $3,606 $3,606 Driver - 6 months @ $235(1) 1,410(1) 1,410 Clerks - 2 for 6 months @ $235(1) 2,820(1) 2,820 Total Personnel $1,410 $6,426 $7,836 Retirement and Insurance - 10% 141 643 784 Total Personnel Costa $1,551 $7,069 $8,620 Fuel and Vehicle Maintenance $ $ 400 $ 400 Supplies, Printing, Booklists 100 '� A90x0 1,000 Book Stock 8,000 20,000 "2' 36 �- f 2 oz Total Program $9,651 a8- 3 ,� (1) Could use Job Corps personnel if a City program under Title 1B is submitted and approved. EXHIBIT 4. v PROJECT OPPORTUNITY Corpus Christi, Texas I. ADMINISTRATION Project Opportunity will be directed and administered by an already existing community coordinating group known as The Community Committee on Youth Education and Job Opportunities, hereinafter called Community Committee, and coordinated by an Operations Sub - committee, composed of one representative from each of the cooper- ating agencies and two representatives from the Community Committee on Youth Education and Job Opportunities, and for brevity shall hereinafter be designated as "Community Committee." An agency becomes a member of the Operations Sub - committee after a proposed program of such agency has received the approval of the Community Committee on Youth Educa- tion and Job Opportunities and the Office of Economic Opportunity. a. Community Committee This Committee is composed of members representing business, education, ethnic groups, industry, labor, professions, religion, local and state agencies. The com- mittee was originally organized in January, 1964, with the following purposes, to which it is dedicated and shall have the duty and obligation to continue to further these purposes: -- To protect and promote the future of youth, -- To promote Community action to improve employment opportunities for youth, -- To focus Community attention on the problems of in- school and out- of- sohool youth through the mass media of communication and through all agencies, both govenmental and private, which have an interest in youth, -- To serve as a clearing house for information regarding the problems of in- school and out -of- school youth and to organize channels for dissemination of this information to interested individuals and groups. The purposes of the Committee have since been expanded to include the following additional purposes, and in the furtherance of these purposes shall have and carry out the following duties: -- To make the Community aware of the extent and nature of the poverty problem, -- To analyze the Community's existing programs aimed at breaking the poverty cycle, -- To suggest to participating agencies new or modified programs which would improve the Community's anti - poverty efforts, -- To evaluate and recommend project proposals for inclusion as part of a Community Action Program, -- To evaluate continuously each approved program. b. The Community Committee hereby delegates the following duties and responsibilities to the Operations Sub - Committee, and which duties shall be performed by such Committees: -- To coordinate the day -by -day operations of Project Opportunity, -- To supervise Project Opportunity, -- To evaluate the progress of the respective projects and report, in writing, their c6nclusions to the Chairman of the Executive Committee. EXHIBIT 5. .A 2. ACCOUNTING The agency sponsoring an approved program will be responsible for directly receiving from the Community Committee, administering, and accounting for both the sponsor's share (10 %) and funds received under Public Law 88 -452. The sponsoring agency shall submit, as part of its program application, sufficient information to indicate its ability to adequately comply with the Public Law 88 -452 funds. The Community Committee will sub - contract to the City of Corpus Christi to act as general financial trustee for the Committee. Expenditures will be made after joint approval of the Operations Sub - Committee and the Chairman of the Committee's Executive Committee, and the authority of the responsible agency or administrator according to the approved budget. Community Committee shall retain a reputable certified public accountant firm to perform such duties and furnish such certified statements as may be required by the Office of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. 3. APPOINTMENT OF SUB - COMMITTEE BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee shall appoint an Evaluation Sub - Committee, consisting of not more than five members from its Board of Directors, of which no member shall be a paid employee of any agency administering a program under Public Law 88 -452. Its function shall be to observe and evaluate and report from time to time as directed by the chair- man of the Executive Committee to the operations Sub - committee and Board of Directors. 4. COMMUNITY COMMITTEE'S POWER OF APPOINTMENT The Chairman of the Operations Sub - Committee shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, annually, but may be removed at its pleasure and new appointment made. 5. RULES The Operations Sub - Committee shall operate under Roberts Rules of Law or under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by such Sub - Committee. CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS 4. OF /"-gyp, , 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 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; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO - DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY, YOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD (.�G ,JAMES H. YOUNG c. JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS W. H. WALLACE, JR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL NGiVOTE: JAMES L. BARNARD JAMES H. YOUNG JACK R. BLACKMON JOSE R. DELEON M. P. MALDONADO W. J. ROBERTS • a, W. H. WALLACE, JR. }