HomeMy WebLinkAbout04276 RES - 07/06/1955A
r: RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING THE CITY A':AW ER OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS, TO NE-
GOTIATE IITH THE COTV IS5IONER OF URBAN
RENEWAL OF TdE HOUSING AND NOME FINkNCE
4GENCY, AND STUDY NEST) FOR ND PRLBABLE
COST OF AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT FOR TflE
;ITY OF CMIUS CHRIST!, i MD RECC11 %, "EM
i'i COURSE OF ,ACTION TO THE CITY CCDNCIL;
, DECLARING AN O'IERGENCY.
E'i EREAS, Section 314 of the housing Act o£ 1954
provides as follows:
"1. The sousing anc home Finance i;dministrator is author-
ized to make grants, subject to such terms and conditions
as lie shall prescribe, to public bodies, including cities
and other political subdivisions, to assist them in devel-
oping, testing, and reporting methods anti techniques, and
carrying ont dearonstrations arid, other activities for the
prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.
[do such grant shall exceed two - thirds of the cost, as de-
termined or estimated by said EWministrator., of such ac-
tivities or undertakings. In administering this section,
said idministrator shall give preference to those under-
takings which in his judgment can reasonably be expected
to (1) contribute most significantly to the improvement of
methods and techniques for the elimination and prevention
of sluris and blight, and (2) best serve to guide renewal
programs in other communities. Said Administrator may
make advance or progress payments on account of any grant
contracted to be rude pursuant to t:iis section, notwith-
standing the provisions of section ::646 of the Revised
utat.utes, as amended. The aggregate amount of grants made
under this section shall not exceed ?5,vvd.6vJ anC- shall be
payable from the capital grant funds provided under and
authorized by section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended. ";and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi by virtue
of its public expressway program presents an unusually
good opportunity for the City to avail itself of a federal
participation grant in urban renewal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi has a rec-
ognized national record of accomplishment in the elimina-
tion of unsafe, insanitary, dangerous, and dilapidated
houses within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, in private conference.between officials
of the City Government, interested civic leaders, and of-
ficials of the Housing and Home Finance Agency of the Fed-
eral Government, the City of Corpus Christi has been verb-
ally designated as being eligible for a demonstration
grant subject to preparation and acceptance of an official
application; and
WHEREAS, it is pointed out by the Area Develop-
ment Committee Report that 47.6% of our population (as of
the date of its publication) resided in 20% of our area
and further that this area is generally considered blighted
by substandard living conditions; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing figures generally conform
to national averages for these conditions and national sur-
veys further point out that these areas usually are respon-
sible for 45% of a city's total expenditure and yet account
for only 6% of its revenue ;.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS in the interest
of public health and welfare and in the interest of raising
the standards of living in these blighted areas to an
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equivalent enjoyed by those of our citizens whose housing
meets the standards of Fire, lwnbing, Dealth, Safety,
General troelfare and f-oral Cones co hereby authorize the
City k�i&nager for the City of Corpus Christi to pur-
sue further Ue possibility of obtaining an urban .Renewal
(rant sander the provisions aforementioned and other pro-
visions of the Act. The City hananer is instructed to enter
into negotiation witG t;ke Commissioner of the urban Pe-
newal = .dmin.istration of the E7ousing and iioine Finance r-,gency
to determine the extent of the City's participation in this
program and to make recommendations on how this partici-
pation can best be financed. The City C�anager is further
authorizPr': to make recommendations on the adequacy of exist-
ing codes and ordinances and prepare a plan and budget to
be considered by this Council.
The necessity for immediately designating an officer
of the 1ity to take the action provided in the foregoing
resolution creates a public emergency and public imperative
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule 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 several meetings of the City Council, and the
mayor having declared that such public emergency and impera-
tive 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 effect and be in full
force and effect from and after its passage IT I5 ACCORDINGLY
SO RES(LVED.
H,SSFl) AND M111ROVED Thi.s � � , day of ,
1955. .
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CORPUS CH`:I S T I , T'(AS
1955
TO THE ME14ERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHP.I S'TI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY E %:13T 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 (IF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE,
HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE_ CR REQUIREMENT AND PA55
THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
4.�F � -C %C.� ✓L.[c��
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE;
FARRELL D. SMITH
P91HOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
E. SIGLER
M,ANUEL P. MALDONADO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE°
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLEER
MANUEL P. MALDONADD
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