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A RESOLUTION
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS, AND TO THE NUECES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE
DELEGATION ESPECIALLY, TO AMEND THE URBAN
RENEWAL LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, there is a critical and desperate need to
improve the living conditions of low- income families in the
urban areas of the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the cities in the State of Texas need to use
every available program to provide decent, safe, sanitary and
healthful housing for that portion of their populations residing
in areas classified as slums or blighted areas; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Texas,
Article 1269L -3 Section 5, V.A.T.S. requires that a city may
adopt a resolution to "exercise any of the powers conferred upon
cities by this Act" only after a favorable referendum; and
WHEREAS, it is difficult for people of low income areas
to participate in a referendum due to the provision that they
must be "qualified voters residing in said city, owning taxable
property within the boundaries thereof, who have duly rendered
the same for taxation "; and
WHEREAS, local control of an urban renewal is assured
by Federal Law without reference to a local referendum; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Housing Act of 1999, as amended,
establishes the requirement that the local governing body must
find, after public hearing, that "one or more blighted areas
exist in such city and that the rehabilitation, conservation,
or slum clearance and redevelopment, or a combination thereof,
of such areas is necessary in the interest of public health,
safety, morals or welfare of the residents of such city ", before
an urban renewal program may be undertaken, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
10855
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi urges the State Legislature to amend Article 1269L -3,
Section 5, V.A.T.S., of the Urban Renewal Law of the State of
Texas to repeal the present Section 5 of said statute containing
the requirement of a public referendum and instead, to hereafter
read as follows:
"Sec. 5. Finding of Necessity by City Council.
No city shall exercise any of the powers conferred
upon cities by this Act until after the City Council
shall have adopted a resolution, finding that: (1)
one or more slum or blighted areas exist in such city;
and (2) the rehabilitation, conservation, or slum
clearance and redevelopment, or a combination thereof,
of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of
public health, safety, morals or welfare of the resi-
dents of such city."
SECTION 2. The critical and desperate need to improve
the living conditions of the low- income families in the urban
areas of the State of Texas and to so advise the State Legislature
and the Nueces County Legislative Delegation creates a public
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the sus-
pension 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 introduction and take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after i passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO RESOLVED, this the Zo gt ay of y, 1972.
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City Secre ary YOR
THE CITY OF C US 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 SUSPE14D 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.
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE ✓ __(- �/'c�ycX/)
CHAR lES A. BONNIWELL ✓ __!
RoBERro Bosquez, M.D. /✓ -GCI
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH y- G
THOMAS V. GONZALES rr
GABE LOZANO, SR.
J. HOWARD STARK
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
RONNIE SIZEMORE
CHARLES A. BONNIWELL
ROBE RTO Bosquez, M.D.
REV. HAROLD T. BRANCH
THOMAS V. GONZALES
GABE LOZANO, SR. ✓
J. HOWARD STARK X