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RESOLUT!ONREGARDING G14-YCSF Westlak(, PART I C I PAT 10
TAR RANT COUNTY'S APPLlCATl6�N(_GT(j[5__
WHEREAJ, the 93rd Session of the Congress passed and ille President of the ,.S.
signed into low, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for the specific
purpose of developing viable communities, and
WHEREAS, Tarrant County has been designated as an "URBAN COUNTY" by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled to a formula share of program
funds provided said county has a combined population of 200,000 persons in its
unincorporated areas and its included units of general local governments with which
it has entered into cooperative agreements, and further
THAT, Article Ill, Section 64 of the Texas Constitution authorizes Texas counties
to enter into cooperative agreements with local governments for essential community
development and housing assistance activities,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City of Vlestlake that
the City Council of Westlake p Texas supports the application of Tarrant
County for funding of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. 17o this
end: (1) file City of Westlake Texas asks that its population be included willh,
that of Tarrant County, Texas. (2) authorizes Tarrant County io assist the City of
Westlake
at their request in undertaking "certain essential community
development and housing assistance activities" within their corporate limits and
(3) authorizes the Mayor of Westlake, . Texas to sign such additional
forms as requested by the Department of Housing and urban Development pursuant to
the purposes of this resolution®
Aoyo r Howard Dudley
;iy Secretary
,varida G. WhAte