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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-6AT ~HE P~GULARLY S(14BDULBD ~ETING OF ~HE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN ~HE COMV~NITY BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON TEE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER, A D 1968 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Board after careful deliberation, following a general public heamng, and t~pon cons~denng the ~nformat~on and recom- mendation of many ~nterested c~tlzens, has unani- mously voted to reconmend to the C~ty Cotmc~l of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, and to the Commissioners Court of the County of Denton, Texas, WHEREAS, this sa~d recomnendat~on has resulted ~n the recog- nztlon of the long and meritorious service of Mrs ~mly Fowler, presently serwng as the l~branan of the Clty-Coanty L~brary, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Denton, Texas, that ~t hereby recommends to the City Council and the Cormn~ss~oners Court that the sa~d Council and Court z, medlately name the new C~ty-County L~brary the Emly Fowler L~brary and she be awarded all those honorar~ns due to such honor. PASSED AND APPROVED th~s 1st day of October, A D 1968 uImY SELF, mAmVaN// PARKS AND RECREATION ~pARD CITY OF DENTON, TEXASI/ AT%EST CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS JJ~F~/Q BARTON, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, OF SAID CITY ON THE ~TH DAY OF~m~, A D 1968 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Cities of Dallas and ~rt Worth are jointly engaged in the establishment and construction of a new and modern airport designed to serve a~r travel in a large area of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma, and WHEREAS, plans and design for the said regional airport provide for the construction of sa~d airport in the area lying between the C~t~es of Irving and Grapevine, and the northern edge of the said airport will extend to a point in close proximity to the Tarrant-Denton County line, and WHEREAS, it is intended and the said airport is designed to serve the northern region of Texas and the southern region of Oklahoma as a terminal and departure point for all foreign and domestic passenger and freight airlines; and WHEREAS, the sa~d Dallas-Fort Worth regional airport will be the largest and most modern airport in the world and will attract air travelers residing in Denton, Grayson and Cooke Counties in Texas as well as a large area in southern Oklahoma, and WHEREAS, when the existing a~rport facilities are moved from Love Field to the new regional airport, all automobile traffic desiring to travel to and from the regional airport from the City of Denton will be required to travel a devious and circuitous route of travel along existing U S Highway 377 and Interstate Highway 35E and State High- way 121, all of which h~ghways are at this time exceedingly conjested with traffic, and all of which highways require a considerable amount of ~ndlrection in travel to any person traveling to the new regional airport, and WHEREAS, the Commssloners' Court of Denton County, Texas, has found, and the Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, finds, that at the time of the completion of the new regional airport there w~ll be a general public need for a new d~rect and modern highway prowdlng access to the said airport from the City of Denton NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, THAT it hereby petitions the Texas H~ghway Com- mission to authorize the initiation of a study which will result ~n plans for a new direct and modern highway which would provide direct access and travel from the City of Denton to the said regional airport and that the C~ty of Denton join with repre- sentatives of Denton County and the Denton Chamber of Commerce in presenting the need and justification for such a highway BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Denton, Texas, hereby agrees to acquire the land w~th~n ~ts cor- porate boundaries necessary to construct the above described h~ghway, and to share in the cost of such acquisition, and the Mayor of the C~ty of Denton is hereby author- lzed to sign and execute all papers and docu- ments required to commence this needed pro- ject, upon approval of each by the C~ty Att°rneyK~?~ddPASSEDANDAPPROVEDthis ay of October, A D 1968 ATTEST CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM JACKT/~Q BARTON, CITY ATTORNEY CIJ~OF DENTON, TEXAS AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A D 1968. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Denton on the 1st day of October, 1968, and the Commissioners Court of Denton County on the 7th day of October, 1968, have appropriate- ly acknowledged the excellent services rendered to the people of the County of Denton by Mrs Emily Fowler, by each unanimously recommending that the C~ty and County supported Library sit- uated in Clvlc Park be dedicated to, and named the EMILY FOWLER LIBRARY as a perpetual monument to a very dedicated citizen. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON That the new l~brary jointly sponsored by the C~ty of Denton and the County of Denton, sit- uated in the ClVlC Center of the City, be named the EMILY FOWLER LIBRARY in honor of Mrs Emily Fowler for her many years of service to the community and surround- lng area as l~brarlan and literary consultant, and that sa~d l~brary shall bear such name from this day forward. PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of October, A D 1968 E MARTIII, MAYOR Y OF DENTON, TEXAS ATTEST CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS JACJ~f~Q. BARTON, CITY ATTORNEY C~Y OF DENTON, TEXAS CITY OF DENTON COUNCIL RESOLUTION ~ RESOLUTION APPROVING PARTICIPATION BY LOCAL HOUSING OWNERS IN THE FEDERAL RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended, the Secre- tary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to enter rote contracts to make rent supplement payments to certain quahfled hous- ing owners on behalf of quahfled low-~ncome fam~hes who are elderly, handicapped, displaced, v~ct~ms of natural d~saster, or occupants of substandard housing, and WHEREAS, the prov~s~ons of sa~d Section 101 cannot be made available to housing owners ~n certain locaht~es unless the governing body of the locahty has by resolution g~ven approval for such participation m the Federal Rent Supplement Program NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS SECTION 1 Approval zs hereby granted for part~c~- pat~Qn ~n the Federal Rent Supplement Program by quahf~ed housing owners of property located m the Southeast part of Denton on South Ruddell Street ~n Dreamland Subd~ws~on consisting of s~xteen (16) acres more or less, sa~d approval not deleting m any manner the authority vested in the C~ty of Denton to control any housing opera- tlon through ~ts Bulld~ng Code, Zoning Ordinance, Traffic Ordinance, and all other duly enacted ordinances Th~s resolution ~s passed pursuant to Section 101 of the Housing Act but does not supersede, deter, delete or override any authority vested ~n the C~ty of Denton to control the proposed operation SECTION 2 That th~s resolution shall take effect from and after its passage and ~t ~s accordingly so ordered PASSED AND APPROVED by the C~ty Council of the C~y el Denton, Texas, this ~ day of 1968 M A Y O R /~/~, APPR~)~ED ~ Tp FORM C~ Attorney