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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 projec...
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