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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 374 - Creates Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation - 12/20/1979RESOLUTION #374 - 12/20/79 RESOLUTION APPROVING FORMATION OF LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WHEREAS, an application in writing seeking the incorporation of a housing finance corporation under the provisions of the "Texas Housing Finance Corpora- tion Act" has been filed with the governing body of the City by at least three individuals, each of whom is a citizen of the State of Texas, of the age of 18 years or more and residents of the City; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: Section 1. That, the governing body of the City has found and deter- mined, and hereby finds and determines, that it is wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the corporation be formed. Section 2. That, the governing body of the City hereby approves the form of articles of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation, a copy of which is attached hereto as "Exhibit A", and hereby grants authority for the incorporation of the corporation. Section 3. That it is hereby officially found and determined: that a case of emergency or urgent public necessity exists which requires the holding of the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted, such emergency being that the adoption of this Resolution is necessary for the incorporation of a housing finance corporation under the "Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act"; and that the proceeds from the issuance of such corporation's bonds are needed as soon as possible and without delay for necessary and urgently needed residential housing for persons of low and moderate income within the City; that said meeting was open to the public as required by law; and that public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given as required by Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 6252-17, as amended. Section 4. Ordinances and Resolutions in Conflict Repealed All Ordinances and Resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed insofar as they conflict herewith. Section 5. Emergency. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its adoption in accordance with the Charter of the City of Lubbock and it is accordingly so resolved. (I i `_ Passed this _W day of�.r� 1979. WEST, MXYOR ATTESTi ; Evelyn .uagfga, ,,City -'S r�'ary-Treasurer APPROVED AS TO,,FORM: Donald G. Vandiver, As$t. City Attorne APPLICATION' FOR INCORPORATION OF LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION t�'e,.. _'ie::under_signed.- —signed.- of the -State of Texas, of the age of 18 Years o�, .;,re and residents of the City of ' iubbock, Texas, hereby file with the governing body of the City an application in writing seeking the incor- poration of a housing finance corporation under the provisions of the "Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act". The form of articles of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation are attached hereto as "Exhibit A". SIGNED this the 20th day of December , 1919. Applicant App icant ' App-Pbcant y• ,, RESOLUTION #374 - 12/20/79 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § WE THE UNDERSIGNED, natural persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or more, citizens of the State of Texas and residents of the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "City"), acting as incorporators of a public instrumentality and non-profit corporation (the "Corporation") under the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act, having been granted authority by the governing body of the City as evidenced by the resolution attached hereto as Exhibit "A", do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for the Corporation: ARTICLE ONE The name of the Corporation is Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation. ARTICLE TWO The Corporation is a public instrumentality and non-profit corporation. ARTICLE THREE The period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual. ARTICLE FOUR The Corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of benefiting and accomplishing public purposes of, and on behalf of, the City pursuant to the Texas Housing Finance Corporation Act, by financing the cost of resi- dential ownership and development that will provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for residents of the City at prices they can afford. It has been determined and declared by the Legislature of the State of Texas that such residential ownership and development will (a) provide for and promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; (b) relieve conditions of unem- ployment and encourage the increase of industry and commercial activity and economic development so as to reduce the evils attendant upon unemployment; (c) provide for efficient and well-planned urban growth and development including the elimination and prevention of potential urban blight and the proper coordination of industrial facilities with public services, mass transporta- tion and residential development; (d) assist persons of low and moderate income in acquiring and owning decent, safe and sanitary housing which they can afford; and (e) preserve and increase ad valorem tax bases of local governmental units; and the foregoing have been determined and declared by the Legislature of the State of Texas to lessen the burden of government and to be public purposes and functions. ARTICLE FIVE The Corporation has no members. ARTICLE SIX These articles of incorporation may at any time and from time to time be amended so as to make any changes therein and add any provisions thereto which might have been included in the articles of incorporation in the first instance. Any such amendment shall be effected in either of the following manners: (i) the members of the board of directors of the Corporation shall file with the governing body of the City an application in writing seeking permission to amend the articles of incorporation, specifying in such application the amendment proposed to be made, such governing body shall consider such appli- cation and, if it shall by appropriate resolution duly find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the proposed amendment be made and shall authorize the same to be made, and shall approve the form of the proposed amendment, then the board of directors of the Corporation may amend the articles of incorporation by adopting such amendment at a meeting of the board of directors and delivering articles of amendment to the Secretary of State, or (ii) the governing body of the City may, at its sole discretion, and at any time, alter or change the structure, organization, programs, or activities of the Corporation (including the power to terminate the Corporation), subject to any limitation on the impairment of contracts entered into by the Corporation, by adopting an amendment to the articles of incorporation of the Corporation at a meeting of the governing body of the City and delivering articles of amendment to the Secretary of State. ARTICLE SEVEN The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is 916 Texas Ave., P.O. Box 2000 , Lubbock, Texas, .79457 , and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Bill McAlister ARTICLE EIGHT The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a board of directors which shall be composed in its entirety of persons appointed by the governing body of the City. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is 6 The names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors, and the dates of expiration of their initial terms as directors, are as follows: DATE OF EXPIRATION OF NAMES ADDRESSES TERM M.B. Smith, Jr. 4010 -39th, Lubbock, Texas 79413 December 31, 1981 Mario G. Perez 1303 -59th, Lubbock, Texas 79412 December 31, 1983 W.F. Brownlee 4520 -8th, Lubbock, Texas 79416 December 31, 1981 Leota Alexander 2512 S1ide,Lubbock, Texas 79407 December 31, 1985 Bill McAlister 3707 68th, Lubbock, Texas 79413 December 31, 1985 Al Caviel 2401 E. 28th, Lubbock, Texas 79403 December 31, 1983 Each of the initial directors resides within the City. Each director, including the initial directors, shall be eligible for reappointment. Directors are removable by the governing body of the City, for cause or at will, and must not be appointed for a term in excess of six (6) years. Any vacancy occurring on the board of directors through death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by appointment by the governing body of the City to hold office until the expiration of the term for which the vacating director had been appointed. ARTICLE NINE The name and street address of each incorporator is: Name Address M.B. Smith, Jr. 4010 -39th, Lubbock, Texas 79413 Mario G. Perez 1303 -59th, Lubbock, Texas 79412 W.F. Brownlee 4520 -8th, Lubbock, Texas 79416 Leota Alexander 2512 S1ide,Lubbock, Texas 79407 Bill McAlister; 3707 68th, Lubbock, Texas 79413 Al Caviel 2401 E. 28th, Lubbock, Texas 79403 Each incorporator resides within the City. ARTICLE TEN A resolution approving the form of these articles of incorporation has been duly adopted by the governing body of the City. The date of the adoption of such resolution is December 20, 1979 A copy of the resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". ARTICLE ELEVEN No dividends shall ever be paid by the Corporation and no part of its net earnings (beyond that necessary for retirement of the indebtedness of the Corporation or to implement the public purpose of the City for which the Corporation has been created) shall be distributed to or inure to the benefit of its directors or officers or any private person, firm, corporation, or association except in reasonable amounts for services rendered. No substan- tial part of the Corporation's activities shall be carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and it shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. ARTICLE TWELVE If the Corporation ever should be dissolved when it has, or is entitled to, any interest in any funds or property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, such funds or property or rights thereto shall not be transferred to private ownership, but shall be transferred and delivered to the City, after satisfaction or provision for satisfaction of debts and claims. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands, this 20th day of December , 1979. Incorporators .tr THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § I, the undersigned, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on this day of �r o„, ,� 1979, personally appeared before me ` -Z-8. pp r�4, Q -O aP C�a� who, each being by me first duly sworn, severally declared that they are the persons who signed the foregoing document as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are true. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. (NOTARY PUBLIC SEAL) Notary Public i and for Lubbock County, Texas My Commission Expires S -//-8/ CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § CITY OF LUBBOCK § I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached and foregoing are true and correct copies of: 1. An Application for authorization and approval of a.non-profit cor- poration to act on behalf of the City bf Lubbock which was presented to the City Council of the City of Lubbock for consideration and approval; and 2. A resolution of the City Council authorizing and approving the creation of a non-profit corporation and the articles of incorporation proposed for use in organizing such corporation, which resolution was passed by the City Council of the City of Lubbock on the 20th day of December, 1979, at a special meeting of said governing body. I FURTHER CERTIFY that such resolution was adopted after consideration of same, upon a motion being made by Mayor Pro Tem Alan Henry, a second of such motion by Councilwoman Carolyn Jordan, and upon the vote being called for, Mayor West, Mayor Pro Tem Alan Henry, Councilwoman Carolyn Jordan, and Council- man Bill McAlister voted for the adoption thereof, None voted against and Councilman M.J. Aderton was absent. I FURTHER CERTIFY that notice of the special meeting stating that the aforementioned resolution would be presented for consideration and action thereupon, was duly given to each member of the City Council at least 24 hours prior to such'special meeting, and that written notice of such meeting stating the date, hour, place and subject had been posted for more than 2 hours pre- ceding the day of the meeting as an emergency measure, at the City Hall on a bulletin board located at'a place convenient to the public, in compliance with the provisions of Section 3A, Article 6252-17 R.C.S. of Texas. TO CERTIFY WHICH, witness my official signature and the seal of said City, this -the 20th day of December, 1979. 1 City Secretary, City o L b , Texas (Seal) JCR: cl N RESOLUTION #678 - Special Meetingr; December 18, 1980' RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ADOPTION OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLE! OF INCORPORATION OF LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION TO THE.LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIO1 WHEREAS, the City Council.(The Council) of the City of Lubbock, Texas, (The City) passed and adopted..on December 20, 1979 a resolution approving the creation of Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation (The Corporation), approving the Articles of Incorporation or the Corporation and that they be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas naming the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and taking certain other actions; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has requested that the Council approve the change of name of the Corporation to "The Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation" and pursuant to such request the Council, upon its own motion, has determined to adopt this resolution to approve such change of name; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That, having given consideration to the request of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the Council hereby authorizes and approves the changing of the name of the Corporation to "The Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation" as set forth in the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation attached hereto as Exhibit A. SECTION 2. That, having reviewed the Articles of Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit A, the said Articles of Amendment are hereby approved, and the Council hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor and the City Secretary to cause the said Articles of Amendment to be filed in duplicate original with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas. SECTION 3. That, the Mayor and the City Secretary of the City and other appropriate officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute all appropriate certificates and to do any and all other things nec- essary and/or convenient to carry out the provisions of this resolution. SECTION 4. That, a duly certified copy of this resolution shall be admissible evidence in any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity oY enforcement of or otherwise relating to any contract of the Corporation, and shall be deemed conclusive proof that the said Articles of Amendment have been duly authorized by the Council, pursuant to the provisions of the Act. SECTION S. That, this resolution and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein and to sustain the validity of the authorization of the formation and operation of the Corporation. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, para- graph, section or other part of this resolution, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held to be invalid or unconstitu- tional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this resolutio and the application of such word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or other part of this resolution to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. Passed and approved this 18th day of December, 1980. t BILL McALISTER, MAYOR ATTEST: Evelyn Gaf ga, City Se re ar �reas�urer APPROVED AS TO FORM: o fi C. Ross,.Jr., City Attor ey JCR:cl EXHIBIT A ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION TO LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION We, the undersigned Mayor and City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorpora- tion dated December 20, 1979 of such Corporation. ARTICLE I Article I of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to read as follows: "ARTICLE I The name of the Corporation is THE LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION." ARTICLE II A resolution directing the adoption of these Articles of Amendment was passed and adopted by majority vote of the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas on December 18, 1980. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the 18th day of December,198( BILL McALISTER, MAYOR ATTEST: Evelyn Ga fga, City a ry THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County, Texas, on this day personally appeared BILL McALISTER, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and ack- nowledged to me that he executed the same as the act and deed of the CITY OF LUBBOCK and as MAYOR, for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this l8 y'~ day of ec ei„t b led,, 1980. oPublic,N bary ubock ounty, Texas LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION This Board was created by Resolution # 374• Passed by the City Council 12/20/79. Term: Not in excess of 6 years. NAME ADDRESS PHONE APPOINTED EXPIRED Alexander, Leota 2512 Slide Rd. 792-7604 12/20/79 12/31/85 1402 Ave. G 763-5231 Brownlee, W.F. 4520 - 8th 799-3541 12/20/79 12/31/81 C aviel, Al 2401 E. 28th 765-5311 12/20/79 12/31/83 1719 Ave. A 765-7560 McAlister, Bill 6603 Norwood Ave. 797-5097 12/20/79 12/31/85 Perez, Mario G. 1303 - 59th 763-8421 12/20/79 12/31/83 Smith, M.B. 4010 - 39th 799-8870 12/20/79 12/31/81 12/20/79