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RESOLUTION OF GOVERNING BODY OF CITY OF GEORGETOWN
APPROVING UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR AN
URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION.
WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (herein re-
ferred to as "Title I"), the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized
to extend financial assistance to local public agencies in the elimination and
prevention of the spred of their slums and urban blight through the planning and
undertaking of urban renewal projects; and
WHEREAS it is desirable and in the public interest that the City of Georgetown
Texas make surveys and prepare plans, presently estimated to cost approximately
One Hundred Sixty -Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty -Six dollars ($164,836.00)
in order to undertake and carry out an urban renewal project of the character
contemplated by Section 110(c) of Title I, in that area proposed as an Urban
Renewal Area, situated in the City of Georgetown, County of Williamson, and State
of Texas, which is described as follows:
See Exhibit "A"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESLOVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE URBAN
RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum, blighted,
deteriorated, or deteriorating area appropriate for an urban renewal project
and that the undertaking by the City of Georgetown, Texas of surveys and plans for
an urban renewal project of the character contemplated by Section 110(c) of Title I
in the proposed Urban Renewal Area is hereby approved.
2. That the financial assistance available under Title I is needed to enable
the City of Georgetown, Texas to finance the planning and undertaking of the pro-
posed Project.
3. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking
and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance
under Title I, including those relating to (a) the relocation of site occupants,
(b) the provision of local grants-in-aid, (c) the prohibition of discrimination
because of race, color, creed or national origin, and (d) the requirement that
the locality present to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, as a pre-
requisite to approval of the application described below, a workable program for
community improvement, as set forth in Section 101(c) of Title I, for utilizing
appropriate public and private resources to eliminate and prevent the development
or spread of slums and urban blight.
4. That it is the sense of this body (a) that a feasible method for the
relocation of individuals and families displaced from the Urban Renewal Area,
in conformity with Title I, can be prepared, and (b) that the local grants-in-
aid can and will be provided in amount which will be ;not less than one-fourth
of the Net Project Cost of the Project and which, together with the Federal
capital grant, will be generally equal to the difference between Gross Project
Cost and the proceees or value of Project land sold, leased, or retained for us e
in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
b. That the filing of an application by the City of Georgetown, Texas for
an advance of funds from the United States of America to enable it to defray
the cost of the surveys and plans for an urban renewal project in the proposed
Urban Renewal Area described above is hereby approved.
R-144 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION
SURVEY AND PLANNING
PROJECT APPLICATION 4-1-1
EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE OF RECORDING OFFICER
The undersigned hereby certifies, as follows:
(1) That he is the duly qualified and acting Secretary of the City of Georgetown,
Texas herein called the "Municipality," and the keeper of its records including
the journal of proceedings of the City of Georgetown,'Texas herein called the
"Governing Body";
(2) That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy of the resolution
as finally adopted at a meeting of the Governing Body held on the 28th day of
March, 1966, and duly recorded in his office;
(3) That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance
with law and to the extent required by law due and proper notice of such meeting