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I I I 1 WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area pre- scribes 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 relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action; and, WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; and, WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the relocation program which has been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling and analysis of the data 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 that may be displaced from the Project area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the relocation program and the Urban Renewal Plan for the project, in conformity with the contracts for financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and, WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, creed, or national origin. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, THAT: 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the Project is a slum and blighted area and qualifies as an eligible Project area under Article 1269!3, Vernon's Anno- tated Statues of Texas. 2. That the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the Urban Renewal Plan with the minutes of this meeting. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that the ob- jectives of the Urban Renewal Plan cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of the Project area. 4. It is hereby found and determined that those areas in El Molino Urban Renewal Project, Tex. R-140(c), designated in the Urban Renewal Plan for said Project for total clearance are included within a slum clearance and redevelopment section of said Project and (a) that the rehabilitation of such section without clearance would be impractical, infeasible and ineffective based upon this Body's finding from the evidence presented to it in connection with the attached plan and also the facts and