HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 6484 - Establsh Fee To Move Residences On Lubbock Streets, Waive For Moves Within Town - 08_26_1999Resolution No. 6484
Aug. 26, 1999
Item No. 49
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has established a fee, in the amount of $50.00,
for moving residences upon the streets of the City; and
WHEREAS, the United States Air Force has offered 232 residences, located on
the premises of Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority (the Former Reese Air Force
Base) for sale to public entities for use as affordable housing. The purchase price for the
said residences is $6.00 per square foot. The United States Air/Force and Lubbock Reese
Redevelopment Authority have entered into an agreement whereby all funds generated
from the sale of the said residences shall be retained by Lubbock Reese Redevelopment
Authority for future development purposes; and
WHEREAS, numerous municipalities in West Texas and the Texas Panhandle
have announced their intention to purchase said residences for use as affordable housing;
and
WHEREAS, proposed purchasers of the said residences have requested waiver of
fees charged by the city of Lubbock for moving same within the city; and
WHEREAS, the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority has determined that
the removal of the residences, and the resultant income from the sales thereof, will be
beneficial to efforts to redevelop the Former Reese Air Force Base and that the waiver of
the said fees will enhance and promote the sale of the residences; and
WHEREAS, the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority has requested the city
council of the city of Lubbock to waive the $50.00 fee described hereinabove; and
WHEREAS, the city council of the city of Lubbock finds that it is in the public
interest to foster and promote the establishment of affordable housing and that the waiver
of the said fee would promote and enhance same; and
WHEREAS, the city council of the city of Lubbock finds that it is in the public
interest of the citizens of the city further the redevelopment of the former Reese Air Force
Base and that the waiver of the said fee will further the same.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the $50.00 fee established and required for the movement of residences
upon the streets of the city of Lubbock be and is hereby waived in connection with the
movement of the residences hereinabove described. All other ordinances, resolutions,
regulations and rules of the city of Lubbock, remain in full force and effect.
Passed by the City Council this 26th day of Auggust c 999.
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ATT. ST: L&A
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Duane Lavery
Assistant Director of Lubbock
Reese Redevelopment Authority
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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JMK:cp Cityatt/John/MoveFeeWaiver.Res
August 17, 1999