HomeMy WebLinkAbout15868 RES - 11/05/1980A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF TWO GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR
SECTION 5 FUNDS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION;]
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION, THE FIRST
FOR OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980-81,
AND THE SECOND FOR CAPITAL ASSISTANCE TO AID IN THE
FINANCING OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSIT SYSTEM, ALL AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED AND SET FORTH IN A CAPITAL GRANT APPLICATION,
A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND
MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "AVDESIGNATING
THE CITY MANAGER AS THE AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
AUTHORIZING HIM TO SIGN SAID GRANT APPLICATIONS AND
ANY OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
THE APPLICATIONS AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO
ACCEPT THESE GRANTS UPON THEIR APPROVAL BY DE-
PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
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
ann 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,authorized to execute and
file two applications on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, with the
U. S. Department of Transportation, to aid in the financing of capital improvements
to the City of Corpus Christi Transit System and to aid in the financing of
operating assistance projects, respectively; both pursuant to Section 5 of the
Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended.
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SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute
and file such application and assurance or any other document required by
the U. S. Department of Transportation effectuating the purposes of Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager is authorized to furnish such
additional information as the U. S. Department of Transportation may require
in connection with the application of 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 operating assistance
projects.
SECTION 6. That the necessity to authorize the above resolution
at the earliest practicable date 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 that such emer-
gency and necessity exist, having requested the suspension of the Charter
rule and that this resolution be passed finally• on the date of its intro-
duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO RESOLVED, this the SI day of November, 1980.
ATTEST:
C ty Secretary
APP VED:
47- DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1980:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant C yitorney
MAYO
THE CI OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
,'` day of
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,
The Charter rule was
Luther Jones '
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
suspended by the following vote:
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
by
the
following vote:
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