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( ..=7,:-J ~r1 ;: .21 . AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER l OF THE LUBBOCK CITY
CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-72 AND 2-73 OF ARTICLE VIII. SO AS
TO PROVIDE FOR FIFTEEN ( 15) VOTING MEMBERS OF THE URBAN
RENEWAL BOARD OF THE OITY OF LUBBOCK; AND PRESCRIBING THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THlS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock finds it would be
to the public interest, safety, he.alth and general weJar e to add one more
voting member to said Urban Renewal Board to make a total of fifteen (15)
voting members of said Urban Renewal Boardj NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 2 of the Lubbock City Code as amended by
Ordinance No. 2089 BE and the same is hereby amended by amending Sections
1.•72. and Z-73 of Article VIII. of said Chapter 2 to read hereafter as follows:
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"Article Vlll. Urban Renewal Board
Sec. 2.-72. Creation and Composition of the Board.·
Ther~ is hereby created an Urban Renewal Board to be composed
of twenty-one (21) members, fifteen (15) of whom shall be residents
in, and real property owners of the City, and said fifteen (15} members
shall be the voting members of the Urban Renewal Board. At least
one (1) voting member of the Urban Renewal Board who is appointed
shall be a member or representative of each of the following community
groups, boards, organizations~ institutions and/ or associations in the
City: A Savings and Loan Association, Real Estate Board, School
Board, Bar Association, Lubbock Minister's Association, Tuberculosis
Association, League of Women Voters, Lubbock Home Builders• Associ•
ation, Community Planning Council, Guadalupe Urban Renewal Co~mittee,
Texas Technological College, and a newspaper published in the City.
The other six (6) members of the Board shall be ex officio members of
the Urban Renewal Board, acting 'in an advisory capacity without the
power to vote. One (1) of each said ex officio members shall be appointed
by the City Commission from each of the following departments of the
City of Lubbock: Director of Planning and Tr~ffic, Legal Department,
Health Department, Fire Department, Building Inspector; the sixth
ex officio member shall be the Director of Building and Planning of the
Lubbock Public Schools. All of said ex officio members shall serve
at the will of the City Commission.
Sec. 2-73. Appointment and Terms of Members.
The fifteen ( 15) voting members of the Urban Renewal Board
shall be appointed by the City Commission. Five (5) of such members
shall be appointed for a term of two (2.) years, five {S) for a term of
three (3) years, and Hve (5) for a term of four (4) yearsi the length
of term of each such appointees shall be decided by a drawing of lots
by said appointees. They shall serve for their respective terms or
until their successors shall have been appointed. At the expiration
of the terms as above outlined, the appointment of voting. members of the
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SECTION z. T~T from and after its final passage,. this Ordinance
shall become effective as an amendment to the L~bbock City Cod~.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Commission on first reading this the 28 day of
February , -1957.
-~astJed by the City Commission on second reading this the~day of
March _ , 19 57.
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