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A RESOLUTION
MAKING FINDINGS AND STATING THAT DEMOLITION UNDER THE
HUD DEMOLITION. GRANT WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE
AND LOCAL LAWS AND THAT ALL AVAILABLE LEGAL PROCEDURES
WERE EXHAUSTED TO DEMOLISH SAID STRUCTURES BEFORE GRANT
FUNDS WERE USED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, under authority of Section 116 of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended, the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, has agreed to make a Federal grant to the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, to assist in a program of demolition of
structures which are unsound and unfit for human habitation, which program
is described in Application for Demolition Grant No. TEX. M -2; and
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the payment of a grant under
Section 116, it is necessary that the City of Corpus Christi exhaust all
other available legal procedures to secure remedial action by the owners of
the structures before governmental action is had to demolish them; and
WHEREAS, certain demolition work has been carried out under the
program and the City of Corpus Christi is desirous of receiving a grant
payment to cover the costs of such demolition:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the demolition of the structures set forth on the
schedule supporting the requisition for payment of Federal grant was in
accord with the requirements of State and local law and in the public interest.
SECTION 2. That all other available legal procedures to secure
remedial action by the owners of such structures were exhausted before govern-
mental action to demolish them was taken.
SECTION 3. The necessity to immediately make available findings
and statements concerning demolition of structures, all as more fully set
forth hereinabove, creates a public emergency and an imperative public neces-
sity 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 that such Charter rule be suspended, and that
this resolution be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take
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effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this the o;?J day of February, 1976.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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DAY OF_W_, 1976:
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CORPUS 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 TIIE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SMALL
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.
RESPECTFULI Y�
YOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON Luer
QR. BILL TIPTON - - -�
EDUARDO DE AGES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
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THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE LLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUSY
OR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE