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I I I 1<)72-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NO. TEX. A-6, THIRD ACTION YEAR; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 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 Program; 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 Locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area 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 the City 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; Tex. A-6" and encompassing the area or areas shown on Exhibit "A" hereof in the City of San Marcos, State of Texas (herein called the "Locality"] and, WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for additional financial assistance under such Act and proposes to enter into an additional contract or contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the undertaking of, and for making available additional 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 deter- mined that the areas are slum and blighted areas and it is detri- mental and a menance to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and the Locality at large, because they are areas within the city in which there is a predominance of improvements which are in a state of dilapidation, deterioration and obsolescence, and areas in which inadequate provisions have been made for open spaces and which is thus conducive to high population densities and overcrowing of population; and which by the presence of slum, deteriorated and deteriorating residential and non-residential buildings, structures and improvements and by