Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1975 Page: 20 of 20
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THE RIO GRANDE HERALD PAGE 20 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23.1975
COMMUNITY AND TO HOUSE
CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL
AND RECREATIONAL
PROGRAM FOR COM-
MUNITY-WIDE ENLIGHT-
ENMENT AND ENJOYMENT.
2. That R. A. de la Garza,
Superintendent, be and he is
hereby authorized and directed
to furnish such information as
the Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, may
reasonably request in con-
nection with the application
which is herein authorized to be
filed.
— Resolution Authorizing
Filing Of Application With The
Economic Development Ad-
ministration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, United States of
America. For A Grant and or
Loan Under the Terms of Public
Law 89-136.
And furthermore the School
District, "hereby warrants,
covenants, agrees, assures, and
undertakes that as a recipient
of Federal financial assistance
from the Economic Develop-
ment Administration, for the
project above identified, it will
comply with Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, the
requirements imposed by or
pursuant to Regulation, issued
for the Department of Com-
merce and designated as Part 8
of Subtitle A of Title 15 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, a
copy of which is attached
hereto, to the end that no person
in the United States shall on the
ground of race, color, or
national origin be excluded
from participation in, BE
DENIED THE BENEFITS OF,
or be otherwise subject to
discrimination under any
program or activity for which
the Recipient receives Federal
financial assistance from EDA;
and hereby further gives
assurance that it will im-
mediately take any measures
necessary to effectuate this
agreement."
The contract agreement also
states "that any failure by the
School District to comply with
these assurances shall con-
stitute a breach of the
agreement under which the
School District receives
financial assistance from EDA,
that in such case of breach the
Government may refuse to
make further disbursements
under said agreement, may
accelerate the maturity of the
School District's financial
obligations to the Department,
and may take any other en-
forcement or remedial action or
remedies provided in the Act
and the Department's
Regulations or otherwise by
law, which action shall be
severable and cumulative; and
that the enforcement by the
Government of one or more
rights shall not be prejudicial to
its right to obtain judicial relief
and or take any other action
available under the Act,
Regulations, and Recipient's
agreements with the Depart-
ment.
"That these assurances shall
be binding upon the Recipient,
its grantees, assignees, tran-
sferees, lessees, and successors
in interest."
"The School District
acknowledges that it has
received and read the Depart-
ment's Regulations."
The above assurances and
agreements appear in an
Economic Development Ad-
ministration Assurance
Compliance Agreement which
reveals that the Board of
Multipurpose Proposals Yiolated
Trustees and iUj successors are
bound by law to follow the
prescribed regulations or face
penalties.
The grant proposal to the
Department of Commerce
included several ideas and
assurances, as well as
promises, that the Multipurpose
facility would be used for
specific programs and the
agents for the school district
described the use of the building
to be beneficial FOR THE
COMMUNITY. It does not
mention the school to be the
primary and almost sole
beneficiary of the Multipurpose
Center.
The following is attached to
Form EDA-101 Part 1 which
fully describes the proposed use
and effect the Center was to
have for the community.
However, if a reader analyzes
the contract, the assurances,
the proposed plans for the
center, he will find violations -
clear cut violations. And un-
fortunately, these violations
stun the growth of the com-
munity.
. . . PART VI - ANTICIPATED
EFFECT OF COMPLETED
PROJECT ON ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY AND EM-
PLOYMENT OF AREA
The construction of a Multi-
purpose Center at Fort
Ringgold in Rio Grande City,
the center of county population
concentration, would have the
immediate impact of providing
jobs to male head of the
households so that they can
better provide for t.heir children
and families. The activities of
construction would also provide
secondary economic stimuli.
At the same time it would meet
the following needs:
Provide housing for health
and mental health services for
the sick to be administered by
HEW personnel.
Provide a center for MDTA
with facilities for counseling,
basic education, and vocational
training.
Provide space for legal aid
and consumer education to help
the people raise their standards
of living.
Provide a place for
wholesome recreation and
community cultural activities.
This would not only enrich the
lives of the poor, but also give a
cardinal bait for industry
seeking new locations.
Industrialists seek a
wholesome environment for
their own families when con-
sidering a new site of
operations.
PART VII - EVIDENCE OF
PRESSING NEED TO BE
FULFILLED BY PROPOSED
PROJECT
In the Rio Grande City area
71.4^ of all families have an
income of less than $3,000.00;
approximately one half of these
families do in fact have an
income of less than $1,000.00 a
year. Since this is a home base
county for many migrants, the
unemployment rates fluctuate
from 17.3C< to 9.5'^during
various seasons of the year.
Sixty-nine per cent of those over
age 65^ require old age
assistance. More than half oa
all persons 25 years of age and
over have less than 4 years of
formal education. Seventy-five
percent of the young men
examined for selective service
are rejected by the armed
services for health reasons.
The people here are poor
because they have no jobs.
Unemployment causes can
briefly be outlined as attributed
to the following causes:
1. Some people do not work
because they are sick.
2. Some people do not work
because they have low in-
telligence or emotional
problems.
3. Some people do not work
because they have poor ap-
pearances and have little to
offer any employer.
4. Others have little basic
education and can be of little
use in any capacity involving
the least amount of respon-
sibility.
5. Some lack a specific
vocational skill.
6. Others without these
handicaps are unemployed
because there are no jobs to be
had due to a lack of industry.
In addition to their literally
suffering from hunger and
other deprivations and hard-
ships, these persons are a
public charge in the vicious
cycle of inadequacy - unem-
ployment - poverty.
Starr County does not have
the physical facilities for
housing services aimed at the
implementation of coun-
termeasures to these human
ills.
At the present time, the Office
of Economic Opportunityhas
funded a Multipurpose program
and this personnel would
continue their activities in the
new building. They work and
co-ordinate with the Texas
Employment Commission, the
three Starr County School
Districts, The Welfare
Department, The Public Health
Department, The U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and
local organizations. OEO also
has funded a Summer Head-
start Program and a Full Year
Headstart Program for
migrants. The schools are hard
pressed for classroom space
and plans for this center include
these needed extra classrooms.
Space is needed for counseling,
vocational training, classroom
space, and administration.
The Texas Department of
Public Health just began
operation of a migrant health
program. A sanitarian inspects
meat markets, restaurants, all
f"od handling, sewage and
garbage disposal, supervises
drinking water supply facilities,
and gives educational lectures
on rabies control, insect control
and related topics to the public.
He and various health offices
for complete health services
need housing.
This Multipurpose Center
would be located on the grounds
of the Rio Grande City Con-
solidated Independent School
District. Approximately 66of
all children in the county are
included in this school district.
The school would be responsible
for maintenance and operation.
The school does not have an
auditorium and the large
central meeting room could be
used for student activities and
assemblies. There is no public
swimming pool in the county;
one is included in these plans,
as well as what would be the
only lighted regular size
baseball diamond on the school.
The construction of this
center could well become the
difference between salvaging
the economy and therefore
relieve suffering human beings
or the perpetuation of poverty,
disease, ignorance, hunger, and
despair on both short term and
long term perspectives.
There is great difference
between what was PROPOSED
in 1967 and what the current and
past school administration have
done to fulfill the contractual
agreements. The facility has
become not a community
building, but a school district
building. And until the school
business administration stops
asking for rental fees of $50.00
for the first two hours plus an
additional maintenance and
operational fee, the community
citizens will avoid using the
facility. And the Multipurpose
Center will never become a
community building until
proper public agencies are
housed in the Center.
Federal Law Encourages Home Buying
Austin - Federal settlement
reform legislation signed by
President Ford in December
promises to affect more than 90
per cent of all home buying
transactions including those in
Texas, according to the
president of the Texas Land
Title Association.
Known as the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act of
1974, the new law becomes
effective in June and applies to
federally-related home loans
including those on con-
dominiums and cooperatives.
Provisions of the law include
settlement antikickback,
disclosure, study, and other
reform measures, Texas I^and
Title Association President
Jack Rattikin Jr., said. Rat-
tikin, president of Rattikin Title
Company, Fort Worth, added
that Texas Land Title
Association - in conjunction
with the American I^nd Title
Association - during the past
Ninety-Third Congress sup-
ported the legislation as set-
tlement reform beneficial to the
consumer.
Rattikin said the act calls for
a uniform settlement
statement, advance disclosure
of settlement cost information
to home buyers, disclosure of
previous selling price of
residential real estate,
prohibition of kickbacks,
prohibition that a buyer be
required to purchase title in-
surance from a particular
company, limitation of advance
deposit in escrow accounts,
disclosure of beneficial interest
in real estate transactions,
prohibition of fee for preparing
Truth-in-Lending statements,
HUD establishment of
demousti atior land parcel
record;ng sv tems to help
improve local public record
systems, and HUD study of the
need for any additional
Congressional action in the
settlement area.
The following details on
specific provisions of the act
also were furnished by the
TLTA president.
Uniform Settlement
Statement. HUD is to develop a
standard real estate settlement
form for use in federally-
related residential home loan
transactions. All borrower and
seller settlement charges are to
be itemized on this form, which
is to allow for differences in law
and custom in various parts of
the country. Borrowers and
sellers may waive advance
disclosure of settlement
charges if desired.
Special Information Booklet.
Borrowers are to receive from
lenders at time of loan ap-
plication a booklet explaining
settlement services and costs,
options in selecting persons to
perform settlement services.
and unfair practices and
unreasonable or unnecessary
charges to be avoided in con-
nection with settlement. In
addition, HUD is to - on a
demonstration basis in selected
market areas - distribute in-
formation booklets containing
the range of costs for specific
settlement services in those
areas and report back to
Congress on this activity by
June 39, 1976.
Advance Disclosure, Set-
tlement Costs. Lenders are
responsible for borrowers,
sellers, and related federal
agencies receiving advance
written disclosure of specific
settlement charges at time of
loan commitment and at least
12 days prior to settlement. If
exact amounts of such charges
are not available, good faith
estimates will be accepted
Again, sellers and borrowers
may waive the advance
disclosure requirement if
desired.
Prohibition of Kickbacks.
Prohibited are giving or ac-
cepting any fee, kickback or
thing of value in agreement that
real estate settlement business
be referred to any person. Also
prohibited are giving or ac-
cepting any portion, split, or
percentage of any charge for a
real estate settlement service
other than for service actually
performed Excluded from the
provision are payments to
attorneys for services a-'ually
rendered, to title pany
agents by title com, ;s for
services actually perfofr.ied in
the issuance of title insurance
policies, to agents of lenders by
lenders for services actually
performed in the making of
loans, and payments or other
compensation for goods or
facilities actually furnished or
services actually rendered.
Prohibition that Title In-
surance Purchase Be Required
from a Particular Company.
Seller is prohibited from
requiring as a condition of sale
that title insurance purchase by
the buyer be acquired from any
particular title company.
Limitation of Advance
Deposits in Escrow Accounts.
Specific limitations arc-
established on the amount for
taxes and insurance premiums
that lenders may require from
borrowers as advance escrow
deposits.
Disclosure of beneficial In-
terest in Real Estate Tran-
sactions. Banks and other
savings institutions shall not
make federally-related home
loans without identifying
persons receiving beneficial
interest of such loans
HUD Establishment of
Demonstration Land Parcel
Record Systems.
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Van Nest, Lloyd A. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1975, newspaper, January 23, 1975; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194493/m1/20/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.