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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 6273-1971 - Amended Urban Renewal Plan & The Feasibility Of Relocation, Tx R-138(C) - 12/22/1971.,__. ORDINANCE NO. 6273 -~~-------- ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK APPROVING THE AMENDED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR THE REVISED PROJECT NO. TEX. R-l38(C). WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (Herein called the 11Governing Body11) has heretofore certified by Resolution dated June 8, 1970, the area hereinafter described to be an urban area in need of redevelopment~ or rehabilitation as a result of a catastrophe which the President has determined to be a major disaster; and. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title 1 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to a Local Public Agency for the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project in an urban area which the governing body of the locality certifies and the Secretary finds is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a catastrophe which the President has determined to be a major disaster; and, WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid ther.eunder shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that : ( l) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (e ) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the1 sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; and (3) the Urban Rehewal Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recr~ational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvembnt, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of child~en residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and, WHEREAS, on June 16, 1971, the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Lubbock (herein called the 11 Local Public Agency11) entered into a Loan and Grant Contract for financial assistance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- ment, pursuant to which Federal funds were provided for the urban renewal project (hereinafter called the Project11) identified as 11Memorial Center Complex11 and encompassing the area bounded by Ave. K, 4th Street, Ave. Q and 10th Street in the City of Lubb~ck, State of Texas (hereinafter called the 11Loca I i t ~1 •) ; and, \ lwHEREAS, the planning fo public facilities in the Memorial Center Complex Project has necessitated hanges in the Urban Renewal Plan, and in supporting documents such as the p oject improvements plan, the land dispositio plan, the non-cash grants-in-aid plan, and in the project expenditures and financing plan; and such changes and~revisions require that the Revised Urban enewal Plan and revised documentation be approved and a application for an amended Loan and Grant Contract be submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and, WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for an amended Loan and Grant Contract under such Act and proposes to enter into an amended contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the under- taking of and for making available revised financial assistance for the Amended Project; and, WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and social, cultural, and ecomonic conditions of the Project area and has determined that the area is a slum and blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menance to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the Locality at large, because of blighted residential condit- ions and blighted commercial and industrial facilities as a result of natural deterioration and being further complicated by a tornado which virtually destroyed the economic base of this area, and members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and, I WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Governing Body for review and approval a Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated D~cember 21, 1971, and consisting of 18 pages and 4 exhibits, supported by the following supplementary material, data, and recommendations, which material, data and recommendations are not a part of the Urban Renewal Plan: Part I and Part 11 of the Amended Application for Loan and Grant, including Maps SDI through SD XII, and an up-dated Land Use and Marketability Study by Homer Akin, and Transient Housing Study by Homer Akin; and, WHEREAS, the Revised Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the Gov- erning Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body 1 s duly certified resolution approving the Revised Urban Renewal Plan, which is attached thereto; and, WHEREAS, the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area prescribi s certain land uses for the Project area and will require, among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and re- location of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action; and, to be other I WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the made a competent independent analysis transient housing; and, 2 Local Public Agency has caused of the local sopply of hotel and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted proposals for the encouragement, to the ma~imum extent feasible of the provision of dwellings suitable for the needs of individuals and families displaced by the catastrophe or by renewal activities in accordance with the Revised Urban Renewal Plan; and, WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the relocation program which has been pre- pared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys, and in- spections in the Project area and the assembling and analysis of the date and information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections; and, WHEREAS, the members of the Governing Body have general knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and of the availability of proper housing in the Locality for the relocation of individuals and families displaced by the catastrophe or by renewal activities in the Project area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such relocation program; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the proposals for relocation and the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project, in conformity with the contract for financ ~al assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of Ame ri ica, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- ment; and, I WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imP.osed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with FJderal financial assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discriJ ination because of race, color, creed, or national origin; NOW THEREFORE: I BE JT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT it is a slum and blighted area is hereby found and determined that the Project and qualifies as an eligible Project area under Annotated Civil Statutes, Texas Urban Renewal ~:!~clel 1269, L-3, Vernon 1 s SECTION 2. THAT the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved, and the City Secretary-Treasurer be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the Revised Urban Renewal Plan with the minutes of this meeting. I SECTION 3. THAT the acquisition of real property in the Urban Renewal area in furtherance of the revised urban renewal plan is hereby approved. 3 ' . SECTION 4. THAT it is hereby found and determined that the objectives of the RevJ.sea Urban Renewal Plan cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of the Project area. It is also hereby found and determined that in the private re-use and redevelopment "slum clearance and redevelop- ment section11 that the rehabilitation of such section without clearance would be impractical, infeasible and ineffective, based upon its finding that at least fifty per cent (50%) of the structures in such section are dilapidated beyond the point of feasible rehabilitation and that there exist other blight- ing characteristics, such as overcrowding of structures on the land, mixed uses of structures, and deficiencies in recreational and community facilities. SECTION 5, THAT it is hereby found and determined that the revised financial aid provided and to be provided pursuant to the contract for Federal financial assistance pertaining to the Project is necessary to enable the Project to be undertaken in accordance with the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area. SECTION 6. THAT it is hereby found and determined that the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Urban Renewal Area will afford maximum opportunity, consislent with the sound needs of the Locality as a whole, for the Urban Renewall of the Area by private enterprise. SECTION 7. THAT it is hereby found and determined, as a result of a competent independent analysis of the local supply of transient housing, that th1ere exists in the area a need for additional units of such housing. I SECTION 8. THAT it is hereby found and determined that the proposals for the encouragement, to the maximum extent feasible, of the provision of dwelliJ gs suitable for the needs of individuals and families displaced by the ca~astrophe or by renewal activities are feasible and can be reasonably and tiJely effected to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the P • r roJect. SECTION 9. THAT it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood im- provement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare ,'iof children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan, I SECTION 10. THAT, in order to implement and facilitate the effectu- ation of the Revised Urban Renewal Plan hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this Body with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterJ s, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public lfacil ities, and other public action, and, accordingly, this Body hereby (a) pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the Urban Renewal Plan; (b) requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the Locality having administrative responsibilities in the premises like- wise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions 4 I " . .. and powers in a manner consistent with the Revised Urban Renewal Plan; and (c) stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon prpposals and measures designe~-.. to effectuate the Revised Urban Renewal Plan. SECTION 11. THAT revised financial assistance under the provisions of Title 1 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is necessary to enable the land in the Project area to be renewed in accordance with the Revised Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, and, accorcH'.ngly, the filing by the Local Public Agency of an amendatory appl !cation for such revised financial assistance unqer Title l is hereby approved. AND IT IS so ORDERED. Passed by the Council on the first reading this 22nd day of December 1971. Passed by the Counc i 1 on of January 1972. J (_:)-/ I ATTE~~ Laven~,;;, t ity ~tary-Treasurer 1-LIL q R APPROVED AS TO FORM: 5