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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09775 RES - 05/27/1970JKH:5 -27 -70 A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN FOR LOW -RENT PUBLIC HOUSING; 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 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- MENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES FOR UNDERTAKING 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 LOW -RENT HOUSING TO MEET NEEDS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- MENT 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 APPLICATION OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY FOR SUCH PRELIMINARY LOAN; AND WHEREAS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (HEREIN CALLED THE "LOCAL AUTHORITY") IS A PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY AND IS APPLYING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PRELIMINARY LOAN TO COVER THE COSTS OF SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW -RENT HOUSING: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PRELIMINARY LOAN IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 FOR SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN CONNECTION WITH LOW -RENT HOUSING PROJECTS OF NOT EXCEEDING APPROXIMATELY 300 DWELLING UNITS FOR LOW - INCOME FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS HEREBY APPROVED. SECTION 2. THE NECESSITY TO IMMEDIATELY APPROVE THE AFORE- SAID APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY LOAN FOR SURVEYS AND PLANNING IN gI715 CONNECTION WITH LOW -RENT HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH CHARTER RULE,AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION 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 PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE 27TH DAY OF MAY, 1970. ATTEST: APPROVED: Q, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CITY ATTORNEY Corpus Christi, Texas -22&,day of , 19% 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, YOR THE CITY OF 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 twing Jack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel J W. J. 'Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore r: