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RESOLUTION
A.RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR MEETING OF AND PUBLIC HEARING
;BEFORE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF LUBBOCK CONCERNING CERTAIN
PROPOSED ACTIONS UNDER THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW OF TEXAS;, AND
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF SUCH MEETING AND HEARING.
WHEREAS$ the Urban Renewal .Law of the State of Texas finds and
declares the existence in the incorporated cities$ towns and villages of said
State of slum and blighted areas (as therein defined) and that such areas
constitute a serious and .growing menace*. injurious and inimical to the public
health*, safety*; morals and welfare of the residents of the State; and*
WHEREAS said Urban Renewal Law authorizes the exercise of certain
powers thereunder by any such citya, town or village and by an Urban Renewal
Agency as provided for in said Urban Renewal Law,,, for the elimination and
prevention of the spread of such slum and blighted areas$, provided that the
governing body of such city; town or village shall have:
(a) Caused to be published at least twice in the newspaper officially
designated by such governing body,, a notice that on a date certai%
(which date shall be stated in the notice and shall be not less than
sixty days after the publication of the first of such notices) such
governing body will consider the question of whether or not it
�-- will order an election to determine if it should adopt a resolution
substantially in the form set forth in Section 1 hereof;
(b) Determined (on or after the date specified in such notice) to call
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such election;
(c) Given (after its determination to call such election) at least thirty
dayst notice of such election;
and provided further that at such election so called and held*, ((at which only
qualified voters residing in such city, town or village* owning taxable property
within the corporate limits thereof, who have duly rendered the same for
taxation* shall be entitled to vote) a majority of those voting thereat shall
vote in favor of such governing body t s adoption of* and such governing body
thereafter adoptsp, .such resolution; and,
WHEREAS*, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock* deems it necessary
that said City avail itself of the provisions of ;said Urban Renewal Law*; and the
City Commission further deems it necessary to consider whether or not an
Urban Renewal Agencys as provided for in said Urban Renewal Law.; should be
created in and for the City of Lubbock¢ Vexas; and*
WHEREAS* it is the purpose and intent of the City Commission* on the
date and at the'time and place specified in the form of notice contained in
Section 1 hereofs to hold a public hearing on the question ofp and to consider
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and determine, whether or not it will order an election to determine if it
should adopt a resolution substantially in the form set forth in said form
of notice; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
*SECTION I. THAT the following notice is hereby ordered to be published
by the City .Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, said notice to be
published in the Sunday,, August 25th, 1957, and Sunday, September 1st,, 1957,
issues of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,which is published on,weekdays
Monday through Saturday as the Lubbock Morning ;Avalanche and published
on Sundays under the name of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, being published
in the City of Lubbock, Texas the official newspaper of the City of Lubbock)
said notice to be in the following form,, to-wit:
"NOTICE OF ,MEETING OF AND PUBLIC HEARING BY CITY
COMMISSION OF CITY OF LUBBOCKI, TEXAS,. CONCERNING
CERTAIN,PROPOSED ACTIONS UNDER THE URBAN RENEWAL
LAW OF TEXAS.
"'Pursuant to the provisions of the tUr.ban Renewal Law$ of the State
of Texas, notice is hereby given that the City Commission of the
City of Lubbock, Texas, will meet a t the City Hall, in said City# on
the 25th day of October, 1957, at Nine o�clock a. m. C.S. T. at which
time and place .said Commission will conduct a public hearing on the
question of, and will consider and :determine, whether or not it will
order an:election by the qualified voters residing in said City, owning
taxable property within the;,boundaries thereof, who have duly rendered
the same for taxation, to determine if the .City Commission should
adopt a resolution substantially as follows:
'RESOLUTION MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS;, DETERMINA-
TIONS, AND ELECTIONS UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE
URBAN RENEWAL LAW OF TEXAS.
tBE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK,.
TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
(SECTION I. It is hereby found and determined that one or more
slum or blighted areas exists in .the City .of Lubbock.
'SECTION Z. It is hereby further found and determined that the
rehabilitation, conservation, or slum clearance .and redevelopment
or a combination thereof, of such slum or blighted area or areas,
is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morale or
welfare of the residents of said'City.
$SECTION 3- It is hereby further determined that the City of Li&bock.
shall exercise the powers granted to the city by the .Urban Renewal
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Law of the State of Texas, except the Urban Renewal Project Powers as defined
in said Urban Renewal Law.
'SECTION 4. It is hereby further determined to be necessary and in
the public interest that the ty of Lubbock elect, and, accordingly,
the City hereby elects to have said Urban Renewal Project Powers
exercised by the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Lubbock,
which agency is created by said Urban Renewal Law.
'SECTION 5. The findings, determinations, and elections herein
made are made in accordance with and the various terms used
herein are used in the same sense as used or defined in said Urban
Renewal Law. '
"At the aforesaid public,hearing, each person will be given full opportunity
to be heard, either in person or by his counsel, relative to the subject
being considered, and likewise to present to and file with the City
Commission for its consideration, his written comments and recommenda-
tions 'relative to such subject.
City Commission, City of Lubbock, Texas
S. S.' FORREST, JRi.,* Matey
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O. L. BYRD„ Commissioner
OMER G. MAXEYv Comm ssioner
DAFT CASEY, Commi ioner
LRXMSW. BAKER, Commissioner
ATTEST,
LavenA'JUowe, City Secretary-Treasurer
SECTION' 2. The City Commission shall meet on the date and at the
time and place specified in the form of notice contained in .Section,.1 hereof
and shall then and there hold a public hearing on the question of, and consider
and determine, whether,or not it will order an election in the City of Lubbock,
in accordance with the Urban Renewal Law of the State of Texas, to determine
if it should adopt a°resolution substantially in, the form set forth in said form
of notice.
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Passed by the City _Commission of the City of Lubbock this 22nd day c
of August, 1957, on motion of Commissioner Casey ,
seconded by.Commissioner Baker
Commissioners voting yeasBaker, Byrds Casey and Maxey and Mayor Forrest.
Commissioners voting nay: None
S. S.YORRESTO, JR.I Mayo
ATTEST:
Lavenia Low , City Secretary-Treasurer