HomeMy WebLinkAbout14471 RES - 08/23/1978JKH:hb:8 /23/78
A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE CONCEPT OF A RECREATION CENTER FOR THE
HANDICAPPED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO BE OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AND TO BE OPERATED ON A NONPROFIT BASIS
AND OFFERING ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A SUITABLE SITE
FOR THE SAID RECREATION CENTER; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Park and Recreation Board met in regular session
on May 16, 1978; and
WHEREAS, the Board voted to recommend that a site be located
for the Life Enrichment Center; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need to provide recreational
facilities for all citizens of the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, there has been substantial public interest over a number
of years concerning the need for a recreational facility for the handi-
capped; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Johnny Rodriguez Life Enrichment
Center voted unanimously to administrate and take full responsibility for
the operation of the center after approval of the contracts written by
the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the Johnny Rodriguez Life Enrichment Center has been
a very successful organization in Corpus Christi, with its goals being the
enrichment of the lives of all handicapped persons in Corpus Christi and
the Coastal Bend area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi has
determined that a recreation center for the handicapped, open to the public
and operated on a nonprofit basis, would be an asset for the City and that
the utilization of publicly owned land as a site thereof would be compatible
with the best interests of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Greenwood Park located at Greenwood and Gollihar
would be available as such site:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council hereby endorses the concept
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of a recreation center for the handicapped, open to the public and operated
on a nonprofit basis, as a desirable addition to the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. That at least 5 acres in Greenwood Park located at
Greenwood and Gollihar in the City of Corpus Christi is hereby made available
for the construction thereon of a recreation center for the handicapped and
related activities, to be constructed without the use of public funds of the
City of Corpus Christi, subject to the negotiation of a lease agreement
between the City and a nonprofit corporation under which the nonprofit
corporation will operate and maintain the center at no cost to the City.
SECTION 3. That in the event the above described site is
determined not to be completely suitable for such project, the City Manager
of the City of Corpus Christi is instructed to attempt to identify as an
alternate more suitable site, subject to the approval of the City Council.
SECTION 4. The fact that construction and operation of a
recreation center for the handicapped would be an asset to the City and the
fact that the City Council, as representatives of the citizens of Corpus
Christi, endorses the establishment and maintenance of such a recreation
center at the earliest practicable date 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 be passed finally on the date
of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from
and aft its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this the .?3 day
of 1978.
ATTEST:
We
City Secretary `
APPROVED:
2-3 DAY OF AUGUST, 1978:
J. BRUCE AY'COCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By /61 /
Assistant Cit orney
MAYOR
HE Ci US CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Tex
_day of 19�
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 suspension 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 ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF C HRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance was passed
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
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