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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Municipality and the Local Authority have respect-
ively. -signed this Agreement and caused their seals to be affixed and attested as
of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST:
Claud Eads - City Secretary
ATTEST:
Ernest Lincoln, Secretary
Mo
Jay C. Sloan, Mayor, City of Georgetown
Housing Authority of City of Georgetown, Texas
Robert Soulen, Chairman
O RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN
FOR LOW -HENT PUBLIC HOUSING
V WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate substandard and
other inadequate housing, to prevent the gpread of slums and blight, and to
realize as soon as feasible the goal of a decent home in a suitable living
environment for all of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to provide
financial assistance to local public housing agencies for undertaking and carrying
out preliminary planning of low -rent housing projects that will assist in meeting
this goal; and
WIiE'REAS, the Act provides that there shall be local determination of need for
low -rent housing to meet needs not being adequately met by private enterprise and
that the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall not,make any contract
with a public housing agency for preliminary loans for surveys and planning in
respect to any low -rent housing projects unless the governing body of the locality
involved has by resolution approved the application of the public housing agency
for such preliminary loan; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Georgetown, Texas, (herein
called the "Local Authority") is a public housing agency and is applying to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development for a preliminary loan to cover
the costs of surveys and planning in connection with the development of low -
rent housing.
NOW, THERWORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Georgetown,
Texas, as follows:
1. There exists in the City of Georgetown, Texas, a need for such low -rent It
housing at rents within the means of low-income families;
2. The application of the Local Authority to the }department of Housing and
Urban Development forra preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00
for surveys and planning in connection with low -rent housing projects of not to
exceed approximately 200 dwelling units is hereby approved.
The Resolution was read in full, considered and discussed. Mr. Lyda moved
its adoption and Mr. Gold seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote
was recorded:
AYES: Sloan, Davis, Gold, E:,nes, Lyda, and Brock. NOES: None.
Thereupon the Resolution was declared duly adopted and passed.
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 10:45 o'clock p.m.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
Jay C. Sloan, Mayor, City of Georgetown
Claud )rads, City Secretary