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A RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO MAKE APPLICATION UNDER
TITLE VII OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED,
FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP OPEN
SPACE LAND (ELGIN PARK); AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, TITLE VII OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED,
PROVIDES FOR THE MAKING OF GRANTS BY THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT TO STATES AND LOCAL PUBLIC BODIES TO ASSIST THEM IN THE
ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT INTERESTS IN LAND FOR OPEN -SPACE
USES WHERE SUCH ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED FOR CARRYING OUT A UNIFIED OR OFFICI-
ALLY COORDINATED PROGRAM FOR THE PROVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN -SPACE
LAND AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN AREA;
AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, HEREIN SOMETIMES
REFERRED TO AS "APPLICANT", DESIRES TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP FEE TITLE TO
CERTAIN LAND ADJACENT TO ELGIN PARK, WHICH LAND IS TO BE HELD AND USED
FOR PERMANENT OPEN -SPACE LAND FOR PARK AND RECREATIONAL USES; AND
WHEREAS, TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND THE
REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT EFFECTUATING
THAT TITLE, PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE
OF RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE USE OF THE LAND ACQUIRED AND/OR
DEVELOPED; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT THE CONTRACT FOR FEDERAL GRANT
WILL IMPOSE CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES UPON THE APPLICANT
AND WILL REQUIRE AMONG OTHER THINGS: (1) ASSURANCES THAT FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE OPEN -SPACE LAND PROJECT ARE
OFFERED DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY HOUSING; (2) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL
LABOR STANDARDS; AND (3) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST OF ACQUIRING SAID
INTERESTS WILL BE$94,005.00; AND
WHEREAS, IT 15 ESTIMATED THAT THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT OF
SAID LAND WILL BE 33,000.00; AND
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WHEREAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST OF NECESSARY DEMOLITION
AND REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS ON SAID LAND WILL BE $2,550.00; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RELOCATION
PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO ELIGIBLE SITE OCCUPANTS DISPLACED FROM PROPERTY TO
BE ACQUIRED WILL BE $3,500:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT AN APPLICATION BE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A GRANT IN AN AMOUNT AUTHORIZED BY
TITLE VII OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED, WHICH AMOUNT IS
PRESENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE .65,1+53.001 AND THAT THE APPLICANT WILL PAY
THE BALANCE OF THE COST FROM OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE TO IT.
SECTION 2. THAT ADEQUATE OPEN -SPACE LAND FOR THE LOCALITY
CANNOT EFFECTIVELY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE USE OF EXISTING UNDEVELOPED
OR PRODOMINATELY UNDEVELOPED LAND.
SECTION 3. THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED TO EXECUTE AND TO FILE SUCH APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO
FURNISH SUCH DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY SAID DEPARTMENT, TO EXECUTE
SUCH CONTRACTS AS ARE REQUIRED BY SAID DEPARTMENT, AND TO ACT AS THE
AUTHORIZED CORRESPONDENT OF THE APPLICANT.
SECTION 4. THAT THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT IS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LAND FOR OPEN -SPACE USES, AND
THAT, SHOULD SAID GRANT BE MADE, THE APPLICANT WILL ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND
RETAIN SAID LAND FOR THE USES DESIGNATED IN SAID APPLICATION AND APPROVED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
SECTION 5. THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SECRETARY
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BE, AND THEY ARE HEREBY, ASSURED OF FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICANT WITH REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT EFFECTUATING TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT OF 1964.
SECTION 6. THAT THERE EXISTS IN THE LOCALITY AN ADEQUATE
AMOUNT OF DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO PERSONS
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DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF THE OPEN -SPACE LAND PROJECT, AT PRICES WHICH ARE
WITHIN THEIR FINANCIAL MEANS, AND WHICH ARE NOT GENERALLY LESS DESIRABLE
IN REGARD TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES THAN THE
DWELLINGS OF THE DISPLACED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND IT IS THE SENSE
OF THIS BODY THAT SUCH DISPLACEES, IF ANY, WILL BE RELOCATEDIN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
SECTION 7. THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SECRETARY
OF.HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BE, AND THEY ARE HEREBY, ASSURED OF FULL
COMPLIANCE BY THE APPLICANT WITH THE FEDERAL LABOR STANDARDS IMPOSED UNDER
TITLE VII OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961, AS AMENDED.
SECTION 8. THE NECESSITY TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
PROMPTLY MAKE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES, CREATES
A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SU5-
PENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THATNO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED
FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE
MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE 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 ORDAINED, THIS THE°(JJ-7k4DAY OF DECEMBER, 1968.
ATTEST:
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1968:
CITY ATTORNE,
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
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TO THE MEhSERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR
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 IS INTRODUCED OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON L.
RONNIE SIZEMORE ('
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY, JR.
P. JIMENEZj JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR.
KEN MCDANIEL
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JACK R. BLACKMON
RONNIE SIZEMORE _
V. A. "DICK" BRADLEY JR.
P. JIMENEZj JR., M.D.
GABE LOZANO, SR. C'
KEN MCDANIEL I
W. J. "WRANGLER" ROBERTS