HomeMy WebLinkAbout19307 RES - 05/13/1986A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE APPLICATION OF THE NUECES COUNTY MHMR
COMMUNITY CENTER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Nueces County MHMR Community Center is the designated
mental health authority for the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, the Nueces County MHMR Community Center
provided mental health services for fifteen years; and
WHEREAS, the demand for programs for the chronically mentally ill is
increasing because of deinstitutionalization, and population growth; and
WHEREAS, the Nueces County MHMR Community Center has prepared a
six-year Service Area Comprehensive Plan which addresses the increased demand
for mental health services; and
has
successfully
WHEREAS, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development has initiated a special Program of grants, loans,
and Section 8 housing certificates for eligible grantees; and
WHEREAS Corpus Christi, Texas, is the smallest eligible grantee and
there is a need to demonstrate how smaller communities may develop systems of
care offering a range of services to help the chronically mental ill function
more effectively in their everyday lives;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the application by the Nueces County MHMR Community
Center to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Program for the Chronically
Mentally I11 is fully endorsed.
SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for
efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an
emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to
consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular
meetings so that this resolution is passed and shall take effect upon first
reading as an emergency measure this the 13th day of May, 1986.
ATT ST: ,
City Secretary CMAYOR
THE CIT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPRIV D. / r DAY OF MAY, 1986
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Ci y Attorney
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance
or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule
as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three
regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule
and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced,
or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Council Members
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the following
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik alai
Linda Strong ___
vote:
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