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~D i I I l Adjourned regular meeting September 19, 1962 page 2 1. That the aforesaid election was duly and legally called and notice thereof given in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the Special Urban Renewal Election Ordinance of the City of San Marcos calling said election; and that said election was held in strict conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the returns thereof have been properly made to the officials of the City entitled to receive same; that only qualified voters residing in the City of San Marcos, Texas, owning taxable property within the boundaries thereof, who have duly rendered the same for I taxation, were permitted to vote at said election and further that said election properlY represents the desires of those qualified to vote as aforesaid. ll. That the proposition for the adoption by the City Council of an Urban Renewal Resolution under and pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law of Texas was sustained by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of San Marcos, Texas, voting at said election who owned taxable property within the boundaries of said city and who have duly rendered the same for taxation; and that the City Council of the City of San Marcos is hereby authorized to adopt an Urban Renewal Resolution under and pursuant to the Urban Renewal Law of Texas substantially in the form as set forth in the notice of public hearing to consider the question of whether said election would. be called and substantially as set forth in the form of ballot prescribed for said election by Special Urban Renewal Election Ordinance of the City of San Marcos. After discussion, Councilman Younger moved the adoption of the Resolution as introduced and read, and Councilman Ruiz seconded the motion. On roll call the fOllowing vote was recorded; AYEs Moore, Ruiz, Stokes, Swift and Younger NAY: None I Thereupon the Mayor declared the resolution duly PASSED AND APPROVED. The fOllowing resolution was introduced by Council Younger, read in full and considered I ) "RESOLlITION MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, DETERMINATIONS AND ELEGrIONS UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW OF TEXAS. WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution on June 12, 1962, ordered that notice of public hearing to be held on August 14, 1962, be published in the June 14, 1962 and .June 21, 1962 issues of THE SAN MARCOS RECORD, the official newspaper of the City of San Marcos, the purpose of said public hearing being to consider wnether or not the City Council would order an election by the q~alified voters of the City of San Marcos to determine whether said voters approved the passage by the City Council of an Urban Renewal Resolution substantially as set forth in the body of this Resolution; and V<HEREAS, said notices were duly published in THE SAN MARCOS RECORD in San Marcos, Texas, and said public hearing was duly convened in City Hall, San Marcos, Texas, by the City Council. at 7s30 P.M., C.S.!., on August 14, I 1962 and the City Council determi ned that said election should be ordered to be held on September 18, 1962, from 8s00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., C.S.T. in the Ci tyof San Marcos, Texas, said determination being made after all persons present at said public hearing were given an opportunity to speak for and against the proposal; and WHEREAS, said election was duly held in the City of San Marcos, Texas, on September 18, 1962, and after caovassing the votes of said election,