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AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING THE UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR THE JONESBORO CENTER URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AS REQUESTED BY THE JONESBORO URBAN RENEWAL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS (THE PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE); PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1979, as amended, (herein referred to as “Title I”, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to extend financial assistance to local public agencies in the elimination and prevention of the spread of their slum and urban blight through the planning and undertaking of urban renewal projects; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Jonesboro Urban Renewal and Housing Authority of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas make surveys and prepare plans, presently estimated to cost approximately $359.000, in order to undertake and carry out an urban renewal project in the area locally known as the Jonesboro Center Urban Renewal Project situated in the City and bounded generally as follows:
Southerly property line of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad on the North Fisher Street on the East, Washington and Jackson on the South; and Madison Street on the West (complete boundary descriptions are on file with the Jonesboro City Clerk, City Hall, Jonesboro, Arkansas), and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has directed that each proposed project must be submitted to the voters of the City of Jonesboro before the application may be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: That a special election be and the same is hereby called to be held in the city on the 4th day of August, 1970, at which election there will be submitted to the electors of the city the question of approving the application for survey and planning of the urban renewal project which has been submitted by the Jonesboro Urban Renewal and Housing Authority of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Section 2: That the question shall be places on the ballot for special election in substantially the following form:
VOTE ON MEASURE BY PLACING AN “X” IN THE SQUARE ABOVE THE MEASURE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST:
FOR the approval of an application for a survey and planning advance for an urban renewal project known as the Jonesboro Center Urban Renewal Project in the amount of $359,000 to be provided by the United States of America…... [__]
AGAINST the approval of an application for a survey and planning advance for an urban renewal project known as the Jonesboro renewal project known as the Jonesboro Center Urban Renewal project in the amount of $359.000 to be provided by the Unites States of America…………………………………{__}
Section 3: That the election shall be held and conducted and the votes canvassed and the results declared under the law and in the manner now and hereafter provided for municipal elections so far as the same may be applicable, and the mayor shall give notice of said election by an advertisement published in a newspaper having a bona fide circulation in the City once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be not less than 10 days prior to the date of the election, and only qualified electors of the city shall have the right to vote in such election.
Section 4: That the results of said election shall be proclaimed by the Mayor and his proclamation shall be published one time in a newspaper having a bona fide circulation in the city, which proclamation shall advise the results as proclaimed and shall be conclusive unless attacked in the courts within thirty (30) days after the date of such proclamation.
Section 5: That, a copy of this ordinance shall be given to the Craighead County Board of Election Commission so that the necessary election officials and supplies may be provided.
Section 6: That there is hereby found and declared to be an immediate need for a survey and planning grant for the proposed urban renewal project in order that the City and its inhabitants may receive the public benefit from such project. It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare shall be in force and shall take effect immediately upon and after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 1970.