HomeMy WebLinkAbout12624 RES - 05/28/1975e
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A RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AS THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY
RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT FUNCTIONS NECESSARY
TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE
PAYMENTS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE II, SECTION 8, OF THE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
provides for assistance to low and moderate income families; and,
WHEREAS, Title II of the aforementioned Act provides for housing'
assistance payments to eligible applicants who have been determined to be
in need of decent, safe and sanitary housing; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi has filed a housing assistance
plan with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development which
certifies the need for such housing in the City of Corpus Christi; and,
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
has allocated $711,000 to the City of Corpus Christi which should provide
housing assistance payments for approximately 368 families; and,
WHEREAS, the law requires that a public housing agency be
designated and be responsible for issuing to eligible lower income and very
low income families a "certificate of family participation" and other
administrative duties; and,
WHEREAS, the designated Public Housing Agency must have con-
siderable experience in the management of public housing including the
screening of applicants; and,
WHEREAS, the designated Public Housing Agency must actively
advertise for and seek out eligible applicants and home owners who may
participate in the program, contact known or potential home owners and
applicants to invite their participation, establish a list of available
housing potentially eligible for this use and contact the respective
owners to encourage participation, and do all in its power to insure
the success of this program:
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NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
12624
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SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi hereby requests and designates, conditioned upon approval of the
Housing Authority, the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi
as the Public Housing Agency responsible for carrying out the functions
necessary to implement and administer the housing assistance payments
program under Title II, Section 8 of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, for the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. The necessity to designate at the earliest
practicable date the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi as the
Public Housing Agency responsible for carrying out the functions necessary
to implement the aforesaid program 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 rule and that this resolution take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this the
,2f day of 1975.
ATTEST:
-dify MAYO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF MAY, 1975:
Acting City Attorney
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
077 0 DAY OF
TO THE MEWERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
COPPUS 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) 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.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED SY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GAGE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE F LOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE