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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2165A Resolution No. ~ ~ [ O~~ WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (the 'City") has heretofore approved the formation of the Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation (the `Corporation") and the form of its Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act, Art. 934 Vernon's Ann Tex. Civ Stat. as amended (the Act") and WHEREAS it is deemed necessary and desirable to amend the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TEXAS THAT pursuant to the Act, the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby adopted and approved, a copy of such Articles of Amendment being attached hereto as Exhibit A. THAT the Mayor and the City Secretary are hereby authorized to execute the Articles of Amendment and deliver such Articles of Amendment to the Secretary of State and take whatever other action is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Resolution. THAT al{ ordinances and Resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed insofar as they conflict herewith THAT this Resolution shall take effect immediately from the date after its adoption and publication in accordance with the law AND IT IS SO RESOLVED 0 Adopted this c~~D~day of , 1996 APPR~UNG~.. CITY ~ ~,.,:~~ 23 1996 ~~ ~~~~./ c1~r s~e~+ ~ 1Re City of Fait Wostlt,'!~ CITY OF FORT WORTH ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT ~: TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF FORT WORTH HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act, Art. 394 Vernon's Ann. Tex. Civ Stat. as amended the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation. ARTICLE ONE The name of the Corporation is Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation ARTICLE TWO The following amendment alters the previously amended Article Four of the Articles of Incorporation adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas on July 27 1982, which prohibited such Corporation from making loans for 'residential development" and certain other purposes. • ARTICLE FOUR of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended so as to read as follows ARTICLE FOUR The Corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of benefiting and accomplishing public purposes of and on behalf of the City by financing the cost of residential ownership and development that will provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for residents of the City at prices they can afford It has been determined and declared by the Legislature of the State of Texas that such residential ownership and development will (a) provide for and promote the public health safety morals, and welfare• (b) relieve conditions of unemployment and encourage the increase of industry and commercial activity and economic development so as to reduce the evils attendant upon unemployment; (c) provide for efficient and well-planned urban growth and development including the elimination and prevention of potential urban blight and the proper coordination of industrial facilities with public services mass transportation and residential development; (d) assist persons of low and moderate income in acquiring and owning decent, safe and sanitary housing which they can afford; and (e) preserve and increase ad valorem tax bases • of local governmental units' and the foregoing have been determined and declared by the Legislature of the State of Texas to lessen the burden of government and to be public purposes and functions. The Corporation shall. have the power to develop and promote the establishment of `residential development" to make loans to any person, including any lending institution, to defray in whole or in part, the development costs of any `residential development"~ and shall have the power to make loans to lending institutions the proceeds of which wi11 be used by such lending institutions to make 'home mortgages" (as defined and used in the Texas Housing Finance Corporations Act) ARTICLE THREE The amendment was adopted in the following manner The amendment was ad ted at a duly called meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth Texas on ~.„ ~~, 1996 at which a quorum was present, and the amendment re ived the vote of a majority of the members of said City Council IN WITNESS WHEREOF we the presiding officer and sect ry of the City of Fort Worth, have hereunto set our hands this a~3 r~ day of , 1996 • CITY OF FORT WORTH TEXAS By. ~~ City Secretary a~s~y ~ k 1yyT ~, .t ~j~) ~~ +F ~~;; X1.1 ..r^'`-r~. ~ ~ .Iy 1 ~ ,~ md ~ ~ Pi ~. ,~A F' Y ~{ v i SS~~ rr - k , ..~ a{ '~ ~~ ... ~~ ` 4~ t ~ ~ ~ .~/' ,1~~~~F ~~~ TM w +a," ~ t a j~r •,'~~ ~,T • .. 2 STATE OF TEXAS § • COUNTY OF TARRANT § I the undersigned, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on this ~ day of 1996 personally appeared before me Jewel Woods and Alice Church, who each being by me first duly sworn, severally declared that they are the persons who signed the foregoing document as Mayor and City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and that the statements therein contained are true IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. r Notary Publi in and for Tarrant County Texas • =t~1~V ~",: SHIRLEY FERRELL • -3- • August 6,1996 Secretary of State Corporation Section c/o Pat Cantrell Document Examiner P O Box 13697 Austin, Texas 78711-3697 RE Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of The Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation Dear Mr Cantrell Enclosed you will find two copies of The Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation, and a Check for $25.00 for the filing fee. Thank you for your cooperation in handling this matter If, you have any questions please, call me at (817) 871-6156. Yours truly, Tennie Cole City Secretary's Office /tc Sent Certified Mail Recpt. # P 894 355 437 I~