Res 1269 2/15/1972RESOLUTION NO. /fa l0y
A RESOLUTION RECEIVING THE VACANT LAND STUDY, ENDORSING THE ACTION
OF THE PLANNING BOARD IN ESTABLISHING URBAN DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR
AN URBAN ACTION PROGRAM, AND INSTRUCTING THE PLANNING BOARD TO
INVESTIGATE AND RECOMMEND URBAN POLICIES AIMED AT MEETING SAID
URBAN DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has the duty to project plans for the
improvement of the city; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has the duty to assist the Board of
Aldermen in executing proper plans of municipal development and growth; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has the duty to suggest to the Board of
Aldermen plans for clearing the city of blighted areas; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has officially received the Vacant Land
Study; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board recommends an Urban Action Program be
instituted in Wichita Falls, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board recommends that the Urban Action Program
consist of Policies which meet the following Urban Development Goals:
To promote action which will result in patterns of land use in Wichita
Falls, Texas and on the urban fringe consistent with sound principals of
economics, urban planning, and land resource management;
To encourage action to improve and protect the quality of the environ-
ment by recommending adequate environmental standards, and a method to enforce
such standards;
To guide proper urban growth into vacant developable areas but at
the same time insuring appropriate and orderly use of the land;
To influence development densities so that property can be adequately
serviced by such governmental facilities as the street, school, recreation,
and utility systems.;
To encourage new approaches to conserve and rehabilitate those areas
in which large public and private capital investments have already been expended;
To explore methods to enhance the aesthetic qualities of the city by
reducing visual pollution and increasing the quality of design;
To stimulate innovative land development techniques which increase
land utilization and minimize or even stem rising home costs;
To promote a comprehensive approach to urban problem solving which
coordinates social, economic and physical programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS THAT:
The Vacant Land Study is hereby offically received; that
The action by the Planning Board in establishing the Urban Development
Goals of the Urban Action Program is hereby endorsed; and that
The Planning Board is hereby instructed to investigate and recommend
urban policies aimed at meeting said urban development goals.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE //,. i x1. DAY OF, 4,„„e„ t 1972.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK