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Home My WebLink About04417 RES - 12/14/1955GGP:AC:12/j jj A RESOLUTION AUTHORI7_IHG THE CITY MANAGER TO FILL AN APPLICATION REQUESTING THE RESERVATION OF CAPITAL GRANT FUN03, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS APPROVING THE UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR AN URBAN RENEVIAL PROJECT, AND THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR DEDEP,AL ADVANCE OF FUNDS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. '111EREASI UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING ACT CF 19491 AS AMENDED AND THE HOUSING ACT OF 1954 THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR IS AUTHUI'IZED TO EXTEND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCALITIES IN THE ELIMINATION AIJD PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF THEIR SLUMS AID URSAN BLIGHT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND UNDERTAKING OF URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS; AND WHEREAS, IT IS DESIRABLE AND lid THE PUBLIC INTEREST 'CHAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CIi I;ISTI, TEXAS PREPAI;E SURVEYS AND PLANS Pf °,ESENTLY ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY ,$613„100.00, IN ORDER TO UNDERTAKE AND CARRY OUT AN URBAN iiENEWAL PROJECT OF THE CHARACTER CONTEMPLATED BY SECTION 11O(C) OF SAID TITLE Ip IN THAT CERTAIN AREA, PROPOSED AS AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI COUNTY OF NUECES; AND STATE OF TEXAS] AND DES- CRIOED AS FOLLOWS: THAT CERTAIN AREA LOCALLY KNOWN AS THE BAYVIEW- 13LUFF SUBDIVISION IN AND OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BOUNDED GENERALLY AS FOLLOWS: 1. ON THE NORTHEAST BY THE EAST R.O.W. LINE OF WEST BROADWAY STREET WHICH IS PARALLELED BY THE MISSOURI — PACIFIC R.R. YARD TRACKS. 2. ON THE WEST SY THE PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN GENERAL TRANSPORTATION CO. AND A SPUR OF THE MISSOURI— PACIFIC R.R. SINGLE TRACKS). 3. ON THE SOUTH THE AREA BOUNDARY RUIJS MIDWAY THROUGH THE BLOCKS BETWEEN ANTELOPE & BUFFALO STREETS AND PARALLEL TO THETA. 14. ON THE EAST THE AREA BOUNDARY LINE FOLLOWS THE OUT- SIDE R.O.W. LINE OF PARTS OF TANCAHUAj CARANCAHUA AND UPPER N. BROADWAY STREETS; AND WHERLAS� THE ABOVE —CITED FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES AS A CONDITION TO THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR A LOAN AND CAPITAL GRANT FOR AId URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT THAT THE LOCALITY PRESENT TO THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADNIINISTitATOiY A WORKABLE PROGRAMS AS SET FORTH IkN SECTION 101(C) OF SAID TITLE 1, FOR UTILIiEING APPROPRIATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT THE DEVELOP- 1'4ENT OR SPREAD OF, SLUMS AND URBAN BLIGHT, TO ENCOURAGE NEEDED URBAN REHABLLI.— TATIONR TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BLIGHTED, DETERIONATED3 OR SLUM yql_l AREAS OR TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER FEASIBLE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE SUITABLY EMPLOYED TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF SUCH A PROGRAM; AND WHEREAS, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT CONTRACTS FOR LOANS AND CAPITAL GRANTS FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (1) THE APPROVAL OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCALITY IN WHICH THE PROJECT 15 SITUATED; (2) THE PROVISION OF LOCAL GRANTS —IN —AID WHICH MAY CON- SIST OF DONATIONS OF CASH, LAND, DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL WORK, AND THE INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, UTILITIES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OR THE PROVISION OF OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR FACILITIES; AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEASIBLE METHOD FOR THE RELOCATION OF FAMILIES DISPLACED FPiOM THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: I SECTION 1. THAT THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE IS A SLUM, DLIGHTED, DETEcPZIORATED OR DETERIORATING AREA APPROPRIATE FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND THAT THE UNDERTAKING BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, OF SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR AIJ URBAN 4ENEWAL PROJECT OF THE CHARACTER CON- TEMPLATED BY SECTION 110(C) OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLE- MENTED, IN THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE, IS HEREBY APPROVED AND DEEMED TO SE AN UNDERTAKING OF A PUBLIC PURPOSE. SECTION 2. THAT THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SAID TITLE I TO ASSIST URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IS NEEDED AND THAT THE HOUSINC AND HOME FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR IS HEREBY REQUESTED TO NESEP.VE FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PRO- JECT IN THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL AREA DESCRIBED ABOVE FEDERAL CAPITAL GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT Ti ENABLE THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,TO FINANCE THE UTADERTAKING OF THE PROJECT. SECTION j. THAT IT 15 COGNIZANT OF THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED IN THE UNDERTAKING AND CARRYING OUT OF URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UI:IDER TITLE I, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SAID TITLE I RESPECTING THE WORKABLE PROGRAM MENTIONED ABOVE, AND THAT IT IS THE SENSE OF THIS BODY (A) THAT A FEASIBLE METHOD FOR THE RELOCATION OF FAMILIES DIS- PLACED FROM THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA, III CONFORMITY WITH SAID TITLE I, CAN DE PREPARED, AND (B) THAT LOCAL GRANTS —IN —AID, CONSISTING OF DONATIONS OF CASH, LAND, DEMOLITION OR REMOVAL WORK, ARID THE INSTALLATION, CONSTRUCTION OR RECON- STRUCTION OF STREETS, UTILITIES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OR THE PROVISION OF OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS DIR FACILITIES, NECESSARY FOR CARRYING OUT IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA THE URBAN RENEWAL OBJECTIVES OF SAID TITLE 1 —2— r. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, CAN AND WILL BE PROVIDED IN ANA A14OUNT WHICH WILL NOT DE LESS THAN ONE -THIRD OF THE NET PROJECT COST AND WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE FCDVRAL CAPITAL GRANT, WILL BE GENERALLY EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROSS PROJECT COSTS AND THE PROCEEDS Ot; VALUE OF PROJECT LAND SOLD, LEASED OR RETAIiIED FOR USE IH ACCORDANCE WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAID. SECTION -4. THAT THE FILING OF All APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF COR- PUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR AN ADVANCE OF FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF ArIERICA III AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ;�0u,100.00 FOR SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR AN U17DAN 1ZFNLWAL PHOJECT III THE U2DAN fiENEWAL. A EA DESCiZIUED ABOVE IS HEREBY APP OVED, AND THAT THE CITY I'IANAGEiZ OF THE CITY OF CO.i;PUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DlIZECTED TO EXECUTE AND FILE SUCH APPLICATION WITH THE HOUSING AND HOHE FINANCE ADiIINISTRATOi;, Al -0 TO PROVIDE SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A14D TO FUR- NISH SUCH DOCUMENTS AS PSAY BE REQUIRED BY SAID ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO ACT AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SECTION 5. THE FACT THAT All UftDAN RENEWAL PROJECT IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, FOR' THE IMMEDIATE RELIEF OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN REMOVING THE SLUd•I AREA DESIGNATED HEREIN, AND TO INITIATE THAT PROJECT IN THE IAOST EXPEDITIOUS MANNER POSSIBLE WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND AID AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE AND AID MUST BE FILED IMMEDIATELY AND THEREBY CNEATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC r NECESSITY RECLINING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHABTEirt l'1ULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLYQN THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE REGULAI'i MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUPICIL, AND THE IrAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPER- ATIVE NECESSITY EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE SE SUSPENDED, AND THAT THIS RESOLUTION DE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM A14D AFTER ITS PASSAGE, AND IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED. /// PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE `'F'DAY OF DECEMBERS 1955. ..---- jjj ---- per° i I CITY SEcL,E T 1:Y THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO GAL FOI DECEMW -R , 1955 CITY /.TTOPNEY -3- 4 • . Corpus isti, Texas 1955 TO THE_ WABERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus. Christi, _Texas Gentlemen: For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- siow 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, hereby 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 CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter Rule was suspended by the following vote: Farrell D. Smith Minor Culli W. J. Roberts B, E, Bigler Manuel P. Maldonado i The above ordinance was passea by the following vote: Farrell D. Smith Minor Culli W, J, Roberts B, E. Bigler Manuel P, Maldonado Fyn