HomeMy WebLinkAbout08533 RES - 07/19/1967RESOLUTION
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 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE HOUSING ACT OF
1949, AS AMENDED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, AS A CONDITION TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
AID FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED,
EACH COMMUNITY MUST ADOPT A WORKABLE PROGRAM OR OFFICIAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR
EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT AND FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF A WELL — PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH WELL— ORGAN-
IZED ENVIRONMENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY LIFE; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SUCH A PLAN OF ACTION,
WHICH PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SAID
CITY, AND 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 s
TO THE END THAT OUR CITY MAY RID ITSELF OF AND PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OR
SPREAD OF SLUMS AND URBAN BLIGHT AND UNDERTAKE SUCH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS
MAY BE SUITABLY EMPLOYED TO 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 '
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PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE ESTABLISH-
MENT AND PRESERVATION OF A WELL—PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH WELL - ORGANIZED ENVIRON-
MENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY LIFE, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED TO PRESENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH
"PROGRAM ", TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS,
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TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR
APPROVAL PURSUANT ,TO THE PROVISIONS OF SAID HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED.
SECTION 2, THAT IT BEING OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI BE RECERTIFIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING
ACT OF 1949, AND IT BEING OF IMPERATIVE NECESSITY TO COOPERATE WITH THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER
THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI MAY RECEIVE THE BENEFITS
OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, ALL OF WHICH CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGEN-
CY 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 RESOLUTION BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS IN-
TRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
P S E, I IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE 1DAY OF
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TTT "YYY j-
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN -'
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OP, REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL,
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE GR- •� a.
RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
M r R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS S D BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ✓
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR. �J
KEN McDANI EL
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLO NG VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
J. A. "JACK" GRANT
P. JIMENEZ, JR., M. D.
GABE LOZANO, SR. al
KEN McDANI EL