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. . STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HAYS A G R E E MEN T I WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of San Marcos is a duly created and existing agency authorized to exercise Urban Renewal Proj ect Powers purs'uant to Texas Urban Renewal LaW", Article l269 L-3, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended; and WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 enacted a system of community development block grants with the primary objective being the development of viable urban communi- ties; and WHEREAS, the specific objectives of community development block grant activities include: I 1. Eliminating slums and blight and preventing the deterioration of property and community facilities of importance to the welfare of the community; 2. Eliminating conditions which are detrimental to health, safety, and public welfare, through code enforcement, demolition, rehabilitation and related activities; 3. Conserving and expanding the nation's housing stock; 4. Expanding and improving the quantity and quality of community services, principally for persons of low and moderate income; 5. More rationally utilizing land and other national resources and better arranging residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and other needed activity centers; I 6. Reducing the isolation of income groups within communities and geographical areas and pro- moting an increase in the diversity and vitality of neighborhoods by expanding housing opportu- nities for persons of lower income and revital- izing neighborhoods that have deteriorated to attract persons of higher income; and 7. Restoring and preserving properties of special value for historic, architecture or esthetic reasons; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of San Marcos, by virtue of its Urban Renewal Project Powers, is particularly ~~.~~. 2~ i, / -..:.....