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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10266 RES - 05/26/1971A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO MAKE APPLICATION UNDER TITLE S IX OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1965 FOR A FEDERAL GRANT FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides for the making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to States and local public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of open -space and other public urban land where such assist- ance is needed for carrying out a local program which is important to the comprehensively planned development of the locality; and WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, hereinafter called City desires to beautify and improve open -space and other public urban land to facilitate their increased use and enjoyment; and WHEREAS, Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,�color, or national origin in the use of all facilities and improvements provided by Federal assistance; and WHEREAS, the City is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed ` in the undertaking and carrying out of programs assisted under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, including those relating to labor standards and equal opportunity; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and improvement of open - space and other public land exceeds the usual expenditures of the City for comparable activities by $210,717. 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, for urban beautification and -w 10266 a improvement of open -space and other public urban land, which amount is presently estimated to be $106,010, and that the City will provide the balance of the cost. SECTION 2. 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 City. SECTION 3. That the proposed urban beautification activities are in accordance with the beautification program prepared by the City of Corpus Christi, of importance to the comprehensively planned development of the locality, and that, should said grant application be approved, the City will undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification activities designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SECTION 4. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full com- pliance by the City with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. SECTION 5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full com- pliance by the City with the Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended. SECTION 6. 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 -2- 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 RESOLVED, this the__;K4day of , 1971. ATTEST: City Secret y THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED: /DAY OF 44 —✓/i 1971: l' Cil6y Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas day of ZW,, 1971 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, MAYOR ' ITHE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was susphrrded 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 folio ing vote: .Tack R. Blackmon Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases fL p Ken McDaniel (ill W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore Q,