HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN FEB 27 1975 SPECIAL SESSION
CITY COUNCIL - CITY OF BEAUMONT
HELD FEBRUARY 27 , 1975
BE IT REMEMBERED that the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, met in
special session this the 27th day of February, 1975, with the following present:
HONORABLE: Ken Ritter Mayor
Calvin Williams Councilman, Ward III
Leroy Evans Councilmam, Ward IV
Absent: Don Cash Councilman, Ward I
Vi McGinnis Councilwoman, Ward II
Appointed Officials : Kenneth Devero City Manager
Myrtle Corgey City Clerk
Lavon Jones Asst. City Attorney
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Mr. Joe Impey, Community Development Director, summarized the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant application for federal assistance under the Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 . Included in this application is a statement of needs:
Housing, Health & Social Services, Neighborhood Preservation, Pedestrian-Bi-
cycle Safety, Recreation, and Environmental Quality or Beautification. He
stated that $629, 000. 00 has been indicated as the eligible amount of the City
of Beaumont. The first year will be devoted to assembling facts needed to im-
plement the program in the second and third year of funding.
Mrs. Marty Reimers, Chairwoman of the Community Development Block Grant AdviT- ,
spry Committee, said that the Committee, while working with a March lst dead-
line, tried to be as thorough as possible yet keep the application as flexi-
ble as possible.
Mr. Collis Cannon, 4735 Pine Street, member of the Advisory Committee, asked
that consideration be given to adding Census Tracts 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 19 & 20
to the application because he said there is considerable housing in these
tracts that can be rehabilitated without moving low-income families into areas
where the homes are from $18, 000 to 40, 000 and also too far from social ser-
vices and public transportation.
Mr. Cannon was told that adding these tracts would not effect the application
but they would be added if he would feel more comfortable with the application.
Mrs. C. J. Landry, member of the Advisory Committee, asked if adding these
tracts would interfere with the City receiving the grant.
She was told that they should not effect the application because tracts all.
over the City would be considered when funds are received and the program is
begun.
Mr. W. E. Kinnear, 1810 Washington Blvd. , asked if a location would be provided
as a meeting place for Senior Citizens under this program. He was told that
nothing would be provided for such a facility in this first year but he was
reminded that these facilities are provided by the Beaumont Housing Authority
in the Senior Citizen Housing and that programs were conducted there by the
City Parks & Recreation Department.
Mr. A. B. Bernard, 4135 Pierre Drive, member of the Advisory Committee, asked
if the application would be revised as requested. He was told that it would
be revised.
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Unknown, Beaumont Housing Authority, addressed the Council to say that the Beau-
mont housing Authority wishes to cooperate any way they can. She further
stated that the Committee had just learned that they were still in the process
of processing applications from elderly citizens for places to live in the
Housing Authority Properties from 1972 .
Ms. Olivia Gonzales, 999 Avenue E, said that her own mother had been waiting.
since 1970 for housing.
A resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for a Community Development
Block Grant under Title I of the Housing & Community Development Ac:t. of 1974
was approved on a motion made by Councilman Williams and seconded by Councilman
Evans. (Resolution 75-79)
Question: Ayes : All Nayes : None
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There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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I, Myrtle Corgey, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, Texas, certify. that .t.he
above is .a true copy of the special session of the City Council held February
27, 1975.
Myrtle Corgey
City Clerk
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