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I I I /35 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASI- BILITY OF RELOCATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NO. TEX. A-6. WHEREAS. under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out Neighborhood Development Programs; and WHEREAS, it is proVided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective urban renewal areas comprising the Neighborhood Development Program be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the areas are situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the Program to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locaHty as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal areas by private enterprise; (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the sites covered by the Plan; and WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Urban Renewal Agency of San Marcos, Texas, (herein called the "Local Public Agency") undertake and carry out the Neighborhood Development Program (herein called the "Program") identified as "San Marcos Neighborhood Development Program" and encompassing the area or areas bounded by (See Exhibit A attached) in the City of San Marcos, State of Texas, (herein called the "Locality"); and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for financial assistance under such Act and proposed to enter into a contract or contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the undertaking of, and for making available financial assistance for, the Program; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made studies of the location, phYSical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and social, cultural and economic conditions of the urban renewal area or areas comprising the Program 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 the presence therein of slum or deteriorated or deteriorating residential or non-reSidential buildings, structures, or improvements, and improvements that are in a state of delapidation, deterioration or obsolescence due to their age, or for other reasons defective or inadequate streets or defec- tive or inadequate street layout or accessibllity; insanitary, unhealthful or other hazardous conditions which endanger the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the inhabitants; and conditions which endanger life, or property by fire or from other causes, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and condi- tions; and