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A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, FOR A GRANT UNDER THE URBAN MASS TRANS-
PORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED, DESIGNATING THE
CITY MANAGER, R. MARVIN TOWNSEND, OR HIS SUCCESSOR,
AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, AUTHORIZING HIM
TO SIGN SAID GRANT APPLICATIONS, THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE GRANTS WHEN MADE, AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
make grants for mass transportation projects;
WHEREAS, the contract for financial assistance will impose
certain obligations upon the applicant, including the provision by it
of the local share of project costs;
WHEREAS, it is required by the U. S. Department of Trans-
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portation in accord with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, that in connection with the filing of an application for
assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as Amended,
the applicant give an assurance that it will comply with Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the U. S. Department of Transportation
requirements thereunder; and
WHEREAS, it is the goal of the Applicant that minority business
enterprise be utilized to the fullest extent possible in connection with
this project, and that definitive procedures shall be established and
administered to ensure that minority businesses shall have the maximum
feasible opportunity to compete for contracts when procuring construction
contracts, supplies, equipment contract, or consultant and other services:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 1. That the City Manager, R. Marvin Townsend, or his
successor, is authorized to execute and file an application on behalf of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, with the U. S. Department of Trans-
portation, to aid in the financing of capital improvements to the City
of Corpus Christi Transit System, and to sign the acceptance of grants
when made and any other necessary documents required to complete the
project.
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SECTION 2. That the City Manager, R. Marvin Townsend, or
his successor, is authorized to execute and file with such application
an assurance or any other document or documents required by the U. S.
Department of Transportation effectuating the purposes of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SECTION 3. That R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager, or his
successor, is hereby authorized to furnish such additional information
as the U. S. Department of Transportation may require in connection with
the application or the project.
SECTION 4. That the City Manager is authorized to set forth
and execute affirmative minority business policies in connection with
the project's procurement needs.
SECTION 5. The necessity to authorize the City Manager to
make application as soon as possible to obtain available Federal funding
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 but 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 rLde and that this
resolution take effect and be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLv.ED, this the 19th day of February,
1975.
ATTEST:
CyEy Secrethry
AP D:
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1975:
Acting City Attorney
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
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Corpus Christi, Texas
day of -ei 19 %s
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
THEICI OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev.'Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark