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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09693 RES - 04/01/1970A 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 (AIRPORT 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 officially 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 (herein sometimes referred to as "Applicant ") desires to acquire and develop fee title to certain land known as Airport Park, which land is to be held and used for permanent open -space land for park and recreation uses; and WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectu- ating that title, provide that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color,or national origin in the use of the land ac- quired and /or developed land; 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 $39,445; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of development of said land will be $46,205; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of necessary demolition and removal of improvements on said land will be $1050; 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 $28,400: 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 $76,845, 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 predominately 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 applica- tion 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 by 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 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 the public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individ- uals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacees, if any, will be relocated in 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 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, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its intro- duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after Its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the ` L10- day of April, 1970. ATTEST: f City Secr tar 1^- APPROVED: MAYO /s! DAY OF APRIL, 1970: T E CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS �-4 i • Atto ney Corpus Christi, Texas L � day of , 197 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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 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, 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, r YOR THE CITY CF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore The above ordinance was passed by the fol cuing vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. f Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. 'Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore C E R T I F I C A T E THE STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF NUECES X I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, do certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 9693, express- ing the willingness of the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi to make application for a federal grant to acquire and develop open space land (Airport Park), as passed and approved by the City Council on April 1, 1970, as more fully set forth in the fore- going resolution, as some appears in the official records of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, of which records I am the lawful custodian. WITNESSETH My Hand and the Official Seal of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, this 2nd day of April , A.D„ 19 70 . (SEAL) T. 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