HomeMy WebLinkAbout14651 RES - 12/13/1978JKH:hb:12 /13/78
A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR
SECTION 5 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $642,051 FOR FY
1978 -•79 WPTH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNDER THE URBAN MASS
TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED; DESIGNATING
THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
AUTHORIZING HIM TO SIGN SAID GRANT APPLICATIONS
AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SUB-
MIT THE APPLICATION AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY
TO ACCEPT THE GRANT UPON ITS APPROVAL BY DEPART-
MENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make
grants for mass transportation projects; and
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; and
WHEREAS, it is required by the U. S. Department of Transportation
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 contracts, 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 is hereby authorized to execute
and file an application for $642,051 for FY 1978 -79 on behalf of the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas, with the U, S. Department of Transportation, to
Od in the financing of operating assistance projects pursuant to Section
5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, and to sign any
documents and certifications required to submit the applicati LRalLMED
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SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby 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 purpose of Title VI of the Ci'vi'l Rights Act of 1964.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager 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. That the City Manager is authorized to execute grant
contract agreements on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi with the U. S.
Department of Transportation for aid in the financing of the operating assistance
projects and any other documents necessary to accept the grant upon its
approval by the Department of Transportation.
SECTION 6. The necessity to authorize the City Manager to make
application as soon as practicable to obtain available Federal funding
for the above described project creates a public emergency and an imperative
public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordi-
nance 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 6 day of December,
1978.
ATTEST:
City Secr tars MAYOACITY US CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
3 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1978:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY -
By
Assistant Attorney
Corpus Christi, Tex
- �-day of 191
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 CIT44 PUS CHRISTI, 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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