The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1976 Page: 2 of 16
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The PROGRESS—Aransas Pass, Texas
PAGE TWO — WEDNESDAY. OCT. 27. 197$
Golden Palms ...
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is placement of two drainage
pipes on Greenwood Avenue to
be used in addition to two 30
inch pipes across Highway 361.
The fourth alternative offered
by the Corps is to place two
drainage lines under Highway
>61 and utilize all existing
easements for drainage on the
urban renewal property.
The Corps has estimated that
it will cost approximately
$175,000 to use the Golden
Palms land as a spoil site.
Aransas Pass voters approved
$100,000 in harbor revenue
bonds last August 21st to cover
the city ’s share of the cost of the
dredging project, which in-
cludes providing the spoil sites.
Where is the added money for
l iir.g the Golden Palms land as
a spoil site to come from? The
city manager said the Corps’
engineers and cost analysts are
now developing cost estimates,
and in the meantime the city
has been exploring with the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD)
programs available for the
extra funds needed if the Golden
Palms land is used for the spoil
site
Holguin said that because
HUD is the lien holder on the
Golden Palms land and because
of the city's inability to market
the land, HUD should be
interested in improvements to
the property to make it more
marketable.
HUD. Holguin said, has two
programs available where
Aransas Pass may be able to
get some funds
The first is the Urgent Need
Grants. These grants are used
for former urban renewal
projects and to wind them out.
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Twenty Arrests By City Police
City police made 20 arrests
last week in Aransas Pass
Charges filed included 12 for
public intoxication, four dis-
orderly conduct, one assault,
one theft, and two illegal aliens
Local officers also investi-
gated three automobile acci-
dents and issued 20 citations for
traffic offenses
Tickets written included 11
for speeding, one for improper
passing, three for no driver’s
license, two for running a red
light, one for exhibition of acce-
leration, one for improper
backing, and one for illegal
parking in a red zone.
A drug abuse program was
presented Sunday, Oct. 24, at
the First United Methodist
Church by officers from the
Aransas Pass Police Depart-
ment’s Crime Prevention Divi-
sion and the San Patricio
County Sheriff’s Office
ELECT
DK.W IIOI.KOKD (left > of Port Lavaca was in Aransas Pass last week in the interest of his
campaign for Congressman from the Nth District on the Republican ticket He also was a
guest at the Oct 20 luncheon meeting of the Aransas Pass Lions Club In the above photo
Holford is shown exchanging greetings with Gary Startzel. local real estate man.
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JAMES T.(Jim)SMITH
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Paid By dim Smith
said Holguin.
The second HUD program is
the HUI) Secretary Funds,
available for situations such as
these.
Holguin said the city has
already prepared a letter and
the preliminary application so
as not to delay HUD's answer to
the city’s request.
The application will have to
be forwarded to Washington for
review. Holguin said if the
application is approved, the
project can proceed regardless
of the cost with no added burden
to local taxpayers. It the city is
successful in the application.
Holguin said, it will get the fill
in the urban renewal property
and this will probably make it
available for immediate deve-
lopment.
Election...
Cont'd from P-1
posed new constitution to Texas
voters in 1975, the 64th Legisla
lure also made provisions for
two amendments to the existing
Constitution of 1876 in the event
that the new constitution failed
to be approved
Voters soundly rejected
amendments calling for a new
constitution last November, and
now they must decide on the two
proposed amendments, both
involving the issuance of water
development bonds.
The Texas Legislative Coun-
cil in explaining and analyzing
the two proposed amendments
provided the following informa-
tion
If approved by voters.
Amendment No 1 on the ballot
would:
1 The Texas Water Develop-
ment Board, with the approval
of two thirds of the membership
of each house of the legislature,
would be authorized to issue an
additional $400 million in bonds
for use in continued financing of
water development projects as
provided by law
2 No proceeds from the sale
of Texas Water Development
Bonds would be available for
use in developing water
resources from the Mississippi
River
3. Before more than $35
million in proceeds from the
sale of the bonds could be spent
on a single water development
project, the expenditure would
have to be approved by
majority vote of both houses of
the legislature or the project
would have to be a part of the
statewide water development
plan approved by majority vote
of both houses.
4. Constitutional provisions
relating to the operation of the
Texas VVater Development
Board and the issuance of Texas
Water Development Bonds
would be consolidated and more
detailed statutory - type lan-
guage would be deleted.
Adoption ol the Amendment
No. 2 would double the amount
of bonds which could be issued
for water quality enhancement
purposes to $200 million.
Our goal:
No unhapt^ owners.
We Honor
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The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1976, newspaper, October 27, 1976; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996568/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.