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A RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION OF CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVING THE
PREPARATION OF A COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAM FOR CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS AND THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A
FEDERAL GRANT TO ASSIST IN FINANCING ITS PREPARATION;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to make grants for
the preparation or completion of Community Renewal Programs; and
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits dis-
crimination on the basis of race, color or national origin under any pro-
gram or activity receiving Federal financial assistance; and
WHEREAS it is desirable and in the public interest that the City
of Corpus Christi prepare a Community Renewal Program for the City of Corpus
Christi, situated in the County of Nueces and State of Texas; and
WHEREAS it is recognized that the Federal contract for a grant to
assist in the preparation of the Community Renewal Program will require,
among other things, (1) preparation by the City of Corpus Christi of the
Community Renewal Program with all practicable dispatch; (2) conformance
of the Community Renewal Program with the general plan of the Locality as
a whole; (3) provision of the Locality's share of the cost of preparation of
the Community Renewal Program; and (4) other local obligations and respon-
sibilities in connection with the preparation of the Community Renewal Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
1. That the preparation of the Community Renewal Program referred
to above by the City of Corpus Christi is hereby approved.
2. That the financial assistance under Title I of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, referred to above, is required to enable the City of
Corpus Christi to finance the preparation of the Community Renewal Program.
3. That it is fully cognizant of the obligations and responsi-
bilities that are imposed by a Federal contract for a grant to assist in the
preparation of a Community Renewal Program, and that it is the sense of this
body that such obligations can and will be fulfilled.
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4. That the filing of an application by the City of Corpus
Christi for a grant under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
in an amount not to exceed $360,468 to assist in financing the preparation
of a Community Renewal Program for the Locality is hereby authorized and
approved.
Passed and approved, this 3AJ---I day of February, 1971.
ATTEST:
City Secs. t ry R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1971:
j ity Attorney
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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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 fol owing vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore