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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GEORGETOWN,. TEXAS, APPROVING THE URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RE-
LOCATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM NO. TEX A-
WREMAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to.provide finan-
cial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out
Neighborhood Development Programs; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder
shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective urban renewal
area comprising the Neighborhood Development Program be approved by the governing
body of the locality in which the area is situated and that such approval in-
clude findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided
in the contract is necessary to enable the Program to be undertaken in accordance
with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for
the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enter-
prise; (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development
of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consider-
ation to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities,
as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration
for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity
of the sites covered by the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Urban Renewal
Agency (herein called the "Local Public Agency") undertake and carry out the
Neighborhood Development Program (herein called the "Program") identified as
"San Gabriel Neighborhood Development Program" and encompassing the area des-
cribed in the Urban Renewal Plan in the City of Georgetown, State of Texas
(herein called the Locality 0 and
WHEREAS the Local Public Agency has made studies of the location, physical
condition of structures; land use; environmental influences, and social,
cultural, and economic conditions of the urban renewal area or areas comprising
the Program and has determined that the area is a Category I area and that
it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the in-
habitants and users thereof and of the Locality at large, because of (Summarize
principal facts and conditions pertinent to State statutory criteria for each
area), and the members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised by the
Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and
WHEREAS there has been prepared and referred to the City Council of the Local-
ity (herein call the "Governing Body") for review and approval an Urban Renewal
Plan for the urban renewal area, dated October 24, 1972, and consisting of 19
pages and Four Exhibits supported by the following supplementary material, data,
and recommendations not apart of the Urban Renewal Plan: (Identity supporting
documentation to the Urban Renewal Plan in the above manner); and
WHEREAS the Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the Governing Body of
the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certified
resolution approving the Urban lienewal Plan, which is attached thereto; and
WHEREAS a general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a
guide for the general development of the Locality as a whole; and
WHEREAS the Planning and Zoning Commission, which is the duly designated and
acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to the Governing
Body its report and recommendations respecting the Urban Renewal Plan for the
urban renewal area comprising the Program and has certified that the Urban Re-
newal Plan conform to the general plan for the locality as a whole, and the
Governing Body has duly considered the report, recommendations, and certification
of the planning body; and
WHEREAS the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the
relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of
carrying out the program in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS there have also been presented to the Governing Body information
and data respecting the relocation program which has been prepared by the Local
Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the areas
comprising the program and the assembling and analysis of the data and infor-
mation obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections; and