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CC Resolution No. 885 1601 RESOLUTION NO. 885 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN , TEXAS , MAKING FINDINGS AS TO AND DESIG- NATING ALL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AS A DEVELOP- MENT AREA , AS DEFINED HEREIN, FOR PURPOSES OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT OF 1979 ; DESCRIBING THE CITY' S OVERALL REDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ; REQUESTING THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMIS- SION TO APPROVE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS WITHIN SUCH AREA; DESCRIBING THE TYPE OF PROJECTS WITHIN SUCH AREA; DESCRIBING THE TYPE OF PROJECTS FOR COMMER- CIAL USES DESIRED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ; AND REPRESENTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL REVIEW ALL PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Baytown (the "City" ) gave due and proper notice of a public hearing pursuant to the Development Corporation Act of 1979 , Article 5190.6 , Vernon' s Annotated Texas Civil Statutes , as amended (the "Act" ) , and the regulations (the "Regulations" ) promulgated by the Texas Economic Development Commission (the "Commission" ) thereunder (Chapter 107 , Title 10 , Texas Administrative Code, as amended) to be held on this date for the purpose of establishing all of the area of the City as an economically depressed area (the "Develop- ment Area" ) under and for the purposes of the Act and the Regula- tions ; and WHEREAS , the City Council has found that notice was properly posted and published as required by the Act and the Regulations , that the public hearing was held on this date in accordance with law, that the public was given the opportunity to be and was heard on the proposal submitted and that the City Council has given due and proper regard to the testimony presented ; and WHEREAS , the City Council has determined and hereby finds that June, 1984 is the most recent month for which unemployment data has been published by the Texas Employment Commission and such data reflects that the City has a civilian labor force of 32 , 884 , with employment of 29 ,640 and with unemployment of 3 ,244 for an unemployment rate of 9 .9% for such month. During that same month, the State of Texas as a whole had an unemployment rate of 5 .5%. Therefore, the Development Area contains a high relative rate of unemployment as defined by Commission Regula- tions ; and 1602 WHEREAS , the City Council , after the conduct of the said public hearing, finds and determines that the existence of such conditions stated above in the Development Area substantially impair or arrest the sound growth of the City of Baytown, or constitute an economic or social liability and are a menace to the public health, safety or welfare in their present condition and use; and WHEREAS , the City presently has no specific plans for public improvements in the Development Area: WHEREAS , the City Council has further found and determined that the City of Baytown' s economic base depends in substantial part on manufacturing and industrial activities , distribution of products in intrastate and interstate commerce, as well as various commercial activities , and that by virtue of the condi- tions recited, the City of Baytown is experiencing a need for an increased tax base, increased commercial activities and a need for jobs of a character suitable for its unemployed population in order that the present and prospective right to gainful employ- ment and the general welfare of the people of the City might be realized, and that the provisions of the Act and Regulations will assist the City of Baytown in achieving these objectives in the Development Area, and that the availability of financing of projects for commercial uses under the Act and the Regulations will contribute significantly to the alleviation of the economic- ally depressed conditions found to exist in the said Development Area established hereby. NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN: Section 1 . That the declarations , determinations and find- ings recited and declared in the preambles to this Resolution are hereby restated, repeated and incorporated herein as the current , proper and lawful declarations , determinations and findings of the City Council. Section 2. That all the area within the boundaries of the City of Baytown, conforming to the description and the map of the City attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby designated as a Development Area, as defined in this resolution, under and for the purposes of the Act and the Regulations . Section 3 . That the City Council requests the Texas Econo- mic Development Commission to approve commercial projects for financing under the Act and the Regulations within said Develop- ment Area of the following types, to-wit: a. offices and office complexes ; b. commercial retail facilities ; -2- 1603 C. convention and related facilities ; d. hotel/motel and related facilities ; and e. other commercial activities contributing to revitaliza- tion of and providing services to residents located within and adjacent to the Development Area that will result in the improvement of the economically depressed conditions existing therein by adding additional employment and jobs thereto or by expanding the tax base thereof . Section 4 . That the City Council represents that it will review all project descriptions for approval of specific projects for commercial uses in order to determine whether such projects are consistent with the City ' s objectives for redevelopment and rehabilitation of the Development Area designated herein. Section 5 . That this Resolution shall take effect immedi- ately from and after its adoption. ASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL on this day of 1984 . Mayor, City of Baytown, Texas ATTEST : City Secretary , City of Baytown, Texas [ SEAL] -3- 1604 EXHIBIT A Description of Economically Depressed Areas All the area lying within the corporate boundaries of the City of Baytown, Texas . 1605 Li 1 1, i .� I -7 �� a �' - A `� •,,, I/, ' .. �s; ��� �.. _.may