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A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH
APPLICATION FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
INITIATING MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND PREPARATION FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi has been designated as an
entitlement city under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974;
and
WHEREAS, the City has submitted an application to the Department
of Housing and Urban Development for Community Development funds; and
WHEREAS, said application has been approved and pending is formal
execution of the contract:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Authorization is hereby given for the expenditure of
funds requested in the application for block grants, for the purpose of
Initiating management procedures and preparation for the implementation
of the program, the authorization to remain in effect until such time
as the application is formally executed. It is understood that all funds
expended during this period will be reimbursable to the City from the
approved grant.
SECTION 2. The necessity to initiate management procedures and
prepare for implementation of the program under the Housing and Community
Development Act 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 that such emergency
and necessity exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter
rule and that this resolution be passed finally on the date of its intro-
duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after
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its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this theday of April,
1975.
ATTEST:
Ci ty ecretary MAYOR
APPYQVED: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF APRIL, 1975:
Acting City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
"4X1 . day of
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.
Respectfu
MAYOR
THE CITY 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 r
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Ia +hy
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jomes T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark