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A RESOLUTION
APPROVING APPLICATION FOR WORKABLE PROGRAM RECERTIFICA-
TION, PROVIDING THE MECHANICS FM EFFECTIVELY DEALING
WITH THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLU•iS AND BLIGHT WITHIN SAID
CITY AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECT114G THE CITY MANAGER, FOR
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO PRESENT
SUCH "PROGRAM" TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED DOCU14ENTS AND
STATEMENTS TO THE AaAINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP ?SENT FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO THE
HOUSING ACT OF 191+9, AS AMENDED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, AS A CONDITION TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND
OTHER AID FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE HOUSING ACT OF 19491 AS
AMENDED, EACH COMMUNITY MUST ADOPT A WORKABLE PROGRAM OR OFFICIAL PLAN
OF ACTION FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND
BLIGHT AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF A WELL - PLANNED
COMMUNITY WITH WELL - ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY.LIFE; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS PREPARED FOR PRESENTA-
TION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SUCH A PLAN OF
ACTION, WHICH PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNING
BODY OF SAID CITY, AND APPEARS TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE AND EFFECTIVE PLAID OF
ACTION FOR THE AFORESAID PURPOSES; AND
WHEREAS, IT 1S THE DESIRE, PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF SAID CITY TO UTILIZE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
RESOURCES TO THE END THAT OUR CITY MAY RID ITSELF OF AND PREVENT THE
DEVELOPMENT OR SPREAD OF SLUMS AND URBAN BLIGHT AND UNDERTAKE SUCH COM-
MUNITY ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE SUITABLY EMPLOYED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES
OF SUCH PLAN:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT THE HERE114ABOVE MENTIONED WORKABLE PROGRAM
RECERTIFICATION FOR SAID CITY BE, AND THE SAME I'S HEREBY, APPROVED AS
THE OFFICIAL PLAN OF ACTION OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH
THE PROBLEM OF URBAN SLUMS AND BLIGHT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION OF.A WELL - PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH WELL -
ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENT FOR ADEQUATE FAMILY LIFE, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS
HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PRESENT, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SUCH "PROGRAM ", TOGETHER WITH ALL REQUIRED
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SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS, TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR APPROVAL PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF SAID HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED.
SECTION 2. THAT IT 13CI14G OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI BE RECERTIFIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL HOUS-
ING ACT OF 1949, AND IT BEING OF IMPERATIVE NECESSITY TO COOPERATE WITH
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN
ORDER THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI MAY RECEIVE THE
BENEFITS OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, ALL OF WHICH CREATES A
PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPEN-
SION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO 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 THAT SUCH EMERGENCY A14D NECESSITY EXIST, AND
HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, 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 PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE AV DAY OF September,
1971
ATTEST: ( O
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MAYOR
CITY SECRE AR THE CITY OF CORPU C ISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
-/5---DAY OF SEP E , 1971:
CIT ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ry
Ark DAY 0 , '19 //
TO THE MEMBERS 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.
R CTfL'LLYy
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORP HRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J- HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBERTO BOSQUEZ
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LO ZAND, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK