ORDINANCE NO. 183
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AN ORDINANCE #r83
APPROVING THE GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL
PLAN FOR BUFFALO VALLEY AREA, PROJECT
TEX. R-97.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Title I of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of
Schertz (herein called the "Local Public Agency") has entered into
a contract, designated Contract No. Tex. R-97(GN) with the Federal
Government pursuant to which the Government has made available to
the Local Public Agency financial assistance for the preparation
of a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the General Neighborhood
Renewal Area designated as Buffalo Valley area located in the City
of Schertz, County of Guadalupe, State of Texas (herein called the
"Locality"); and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency proposed to undertake with
Federal financial assistance one or more Urban Renewal projects in
the above-described General Neighborhood Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City
Council of the City of Schertz (herein called the "Governing Body")
for review and approval a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the
General Neighborhood Renewal Area, dated July 1, 1968 entitled
"Buffalo Valley General Neighborhood Renewal Plan" and consisting
of a cover page, a page identifying members of the City Council and
the Urban Renewal Agency Board of' commissioners of the City of
Schertz, a Table of Contents consisting of three pages, 31 pages of
textual materials, an appendix with 16 exhibits, a Building Condi-
tion Survey form and a general supplement of seven pages with exhibits,
all made a part of said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan has been approved
by the Governing Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by
the copy of said Body's duly certified resolution approving the
General Neighborhood Renewal Plan which is attached thereto; and
WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body
certain supplementary data, including data respecting estimated
grant-in-aid requirements, relocation requirements and resources,
, and governmental actions required to carry out said General Neighbor-
hood Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, a general plan is in existence and is recognized and
used as a, guide for the, general development of the Locality as a
whole; and, also, there has been presented to the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary has
approved, a Workable Program for Community Improvement for the
communi ty; and '
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Schertz which
is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the
Locality, has reported to the Governing Body respecting the confQrmity
of the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan to the general plan for the
Locality as a whole; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ:
1. That the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the Area
aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby
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approved; that it is determined to be adequate as an outline of the
Urban Renewal activities proposed for the Area involved, as a frame-
work for the preparation of Urban Renewal plans, and as an indication
generally, to the extent feasible in preliminary planning, of land
uses, population density, building coverage, prospective requirements
for the rehabilitation and conservation of property, and any portions
of the Area contemplated for clearance and redevelopment; and that
the City Secretary be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the
General Neighborhood Renewal Plan with the minutes of this meeting.
2. That it is hereby found and determined that the General
Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the General Neighborhood Renewal
Area conforms to the general plan of the Locality and to the
Workable Program for' Community Improvement.
3. That it is the intention of this Body that the General
Neighborhood Renewal Plan be used to the fullest extent feasible
as a guide for the provision of public improvements in such Area,
and that the Plan will be considered in formulating codes and
other regulatory measures affecting property in the Area and in
undertaking other local governmental activities pertaining to the
development, redevelopment, conservation, and rehabilitation of
the Area.
4. That in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation
of the Plan hereby approved, this Body hereby (a) pledges its
cooperation in helping to carry out the Plan; (b) requests the various
officials, departments, boards and agencies of the Locality having
administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate
to such end, and to exercise their respective functions and powers
in a manner consistent with the Plan; and (c) stands ready to con-
sider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed
to effectuate the Plan.
PASSED AND APPROVED this !~ay of H
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MAYOR
, 1968.
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City Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF RECORDING OFFICER
The undersigned hereby certifies that:
1. He is the duly qualified and acting City Secretary of
the City of Schertz, and the custodian of the records of the City
Council, including the Minutes and records of the proceedings
of the City Council of the City of Schertz, and in that capacity
is charged with the responsibility of recording and maintaining
Minutes of their proceedings; that he is duly' authorized to execute
this Certificate. '
2. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of an
Ordinance, including the WHEREAS clauses, adopted at a meeting
of the City Council held on the day of , 1968
(hereinafter called the "Ordinanceof the Governing Body").
3. Also attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the
General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for Buffalo Valley Project Tex.
R-97, which has been previously approved by the Urban Renewal
Agency of the City of Schertz, as evidenced by a duly certified
resolution of that body attached to the Plan, presented at the
meeting, and approved by the Ordinance of the Governing Body.
4. The Ordinance of the Governing Body has been duly recorded
in the minutes of the meeting and is now in full force and effect.
5. The meeting was duly conveyed and held in all respects
in accordance with law and the By-Laws of the City of Schertz.
To the extent required by law or the By-Laws, due and proper notice
of the meeting was given. A legal quorum of members of the Govern-
ing Body was present throughout the meeting, and a legally suffi-
cient number of members of the Governing Body voted in the proper
manner for the adoption of the Ordinance of the Governing Body.
All other requirements and proceedings under law, the By-Laws, or
otherwise, incident to the proper adoption of the Ordinance of the
Governing Body, including any publication, if required by law, have
been duly fulfilled, carried out, and otherwise observed.
6. The seal below constitutes the official seal of the City
of Schertz and was duly affixed by the undersigned at the time this
Certificate was executed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
this -Li- day of j1AJJ1if " 1968.
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City Secretary of the
City of Schertz
hereunto set his