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
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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 ;
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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
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EXHIBIT A
Description of Economically Depressed Areas
All the area lying within the corporate
boundaries of the City of Baytown, Texas .
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