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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-8RESOLLxiON APPROVING AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AGRELMENT WITII THE IIOUbJLk% AUTHORi'I'~ OF TH~ CITY OF DENr~~, TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF DENTON, 1~%S. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TE~S, AS FOLLOWS 1) The Amen~ent attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, said amen~ent benng to the Cooperatzon Aqree- ment between the Czty of Denton, Texas and the Housxng Authority of the Czty of Denton, Texas ~s hereby approved 2) Pursuant thereto, the Chairman of maid Housing Authority is hereby authorized and directed to execute saxd Amendment to the Cooperatxon Agreement zn the name of samd Housxng Authorxty, and the Executive Director xs hereby dzrected to seal and attest saxd endment to Cooperation Agreement wlth the Seal of the Housing Authority of the CltV of Denton, Texas. 3) This Resolutmon shall become effectxve x~edxately PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6th day of December, A. D 1972 DE~TON; ~y~S E DAVIS, C~%RMAN~ ATTEST NE I L ~4EX~/~EOTOR HOUS1NC AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FO~ AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AGRFEMFNT BETWEEN TEE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND THE HOUSIN~ AUTIIORITY OF TtIE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS WHEREAS, on the 8th day of Julv, 1970, the City of Denton, Texas (herein called the "Munlcipallty") and the Hous3ng Authority of the C~t¥ of Denton, Texas (hereln called the "Local Authority") entered lnto a Cooperation Agreement (herein called the "Agreement") whereby the Local Authority agreed to undertake the development of certain low-rent housing un,ts and the ~unlclpal~tv agreed to assist and cooperate w~th the Local Authority in such development, and WIIEREAS, the Agreement provided that its terms should applv only to low-rent housing pro]ects comprising approximately 250 un~ts of low-rent housing for the elderly, disabled and hand~capped; and WHEREAS, the Local Authority proposes to develop additional units of ]ow-rent housing, and WHEREAS, the Municipality and the Local Authority are desirous of amending the Agreement to include such additional un~ts. NOW, THEREFORE, ~n cons~derat3on of the premises ~t is a~reed that the Agreement %~ hereby amended as follows 1) The term "Public Housing Administration ('P~') as used in the Agreement shall mean the "United States of America Government') " 2) beck,on 2 of the Agreemen~ is modified ~o ~e~d ~ f~ilow~ The Local Authorlt¥ shall endeavor (a) to secure a con- tract or contracts w~th the Government for loans and annual contr~butlons covering one or more projects com- pr&s~ng approximately 400 un~ts of low-rent housing, and b) to develop and administer such project or projects each of which shall be located w~th~n the corporate limits of the Munlclpallty. The oblxgat~ons of the parties here- to shall apply to each such pro]ect" IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Mun&e&pal~ty and the Local Authority have respect&vely caused this Amendment to be duty executed as of the 12th day of December, A. D. 1972. CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS TTEST ~ILL ~E~, ~¥©R 0~ ~{OLT, CITY S~.CRETARY R~~- ~ AmTORNEv AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1972. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the present existing post office facility was constructed circa 1922 to serve a population of 7,600 citizens and had 18 employees; and WHEREAS, the exact facility now serves in excess of 40,000 patrons and has a roster in excess of 108 employees, with little or no structural additions being made thereto; and WHEREAS, in 1950 said facility was deemed inadequate and obsolete by U.S. Government survey teams; and WHEREAS, through great effort and cost to the citizens of Denton, plans were made and land was purchased to provide a site for a new postal facilities for its citizens, and WHEREAS, on June 12, 1967, a contract of sale was executed by the General Services Administration (GSA), of the United States of America and the City of Denton, Texas, obligating the City to prepare apprximately 90,000 s~uare feet of Civic Center land for sale to G.S.A. not later than September 30, 1967, and further providing for the cash consideration of 170,000 and the conveyance by the qovernment to the City of real property described as all of Block 17, Original Town of the Csty of Denton, Texas, or more familiarly re- cognized to be the existing post off~ce facility, appraised at that date to be worth $93,000; and WHEREAS, on March 30, 1970, the sale was closed between said parties with the cash consideration of $170,000 being tendered to the City, the real property to be conveyed upon completion of a planned and funded post office facility for which con- structlon was thought to be imminent, and WHEREAS, to date, no effort seemingly has been made by any agency of the Federal Government to initiate construction of such new post off~ce facility and Federal office building, despite repeated assurances by various governmental officials that such proposed construction has been cleared for completion; and WHEREAS, it is the position of this Council that the Federal Govern- ment's lack of d~llgence to proceed in this matter, in utter disregard of the existing obvious need, despite the pre- sence of available funding and contrary to their expressed legal commlttment is tantamount to bad faith on their part, necessitating the City's implementation of whatever legal resources m~ght be available to it to protect its vested interest pursuant to law in behalf of its citizenry; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, that the City Attorney be authorized fully to take whatever action is legally necessary to implement the conveyance of the existing postal facility by the Federal Government to said C~ty and/or to initiate to said City reasonable com- pensatlon for its contInued use, which amount is deemed to be $1,5Q0.00 per month, effective January 15, 1973. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12th day of December, A. D 1972. B~'LL N~U, MAYOR HAROLD RAMEY , MORRIS KIBLER, COUNCILMAN GEORGE S~NEIDER, COUN I ' ATTEST 6oKs 0LT, CTY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED A~O LEG,~AL FORM: W~'RALI~ M~, ~TY ATTO~EY TY OF DENTON, TE~S AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAq, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A D. 1972. RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AGRFE~4FNT WITH THE HOUS1NG AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS: 1) The Amendment attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, said Amendment being to the Cooperation Agree- ment between the City of Denton, Texas and the Housing Authority of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby approved. 2) Pursuant t'~reto the Mayor ~s hereby authorized and directed to execute said Amendment to the Cooperation Agreement in the name of sald Clty, and the C~ty Secretary ~s hereby d~- rected to seal and attest sa~d Amendment tu Cooperation Agrce- ment w~th the Seal of the City of Denton, Texas. 3) Thls Resolution shall become effective immediately PASSED AND APPROVED this the 12 th day of December, A. D. 1972 BILL NEU, MAYOR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST. B~Oo~Ks HOLT, CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON~ TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: CITY (DF DLNTON, TLXA~ AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AC. REE~¥NT BETWEFN TUE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AND TIlE HOUSINC, AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS WHEREAS, on the 8th day of July, 1970, the City of Denton, Texas (herein called the "Municipality") and the HousJng Authority of the City of Denton, Texas (here~n called the "Local A~lthorltv") entered into a Cooperation Agreement (herein called the "Agreement") whereby the Local Authority agreed to undertake the development of certain low-ren~ housing units and the ~unlc]palltv agreed to a%slst and cooperate w~th the Local Authormty ~n such development, and WHEREAS, the Agreement provided that ~ts terms should apply only to low-rent housing pro3ects comprising approximately 250 units of low-rent hous3ng for the elderly, d~sabled and handicapped; and WHEREAS, the Local Authority proposes to develop additional unlts of low-rent housing, and WHEREAS, the Munlcmpal~ty and the Local Authority are deslrous of amending the Agreement to lnclude such addzt~onal un.ts. NOW, THEREFORE, in conslderat3on of the premises ~t is a~reed that the Agreement 3= hereby amended as follows 1) The term "Public Housing Admlnlstratzon ('pHA') as used in the Agreement shall mean the "United States of Amermca overnment') " ectlon2 of the Aqreement ~smodifiedtore~d ~sfollow=TheLocalAuthorityshallendeavor (a) tosecureacon-tractorcontractswzththeGovernmentforloansandannualcontributionscoveringoneormoreprojectscom-prisingapproximately400un.tsoflow-renthousing, andb) todevelopandadministersuchpro]ectorpro]ectseachofwhichshallbelocatedw~thlnthecorporatellmmtsoftheMunicipality. Theobligationsofthepartzeshere-toshallapplytoeachsuchpro3ect."INWITNESSWHEREOFtheMunicipalityandtheLocalAuthorityhaverespectivelycausedthisAmendmenttobedulyexecutedasofthe 12thday ofDecember, A. D. 1972CITYOFDENTON, TEXASATTEST. BILL