11/27/2007 Resolutions 2007-305RESOLUTION 2007-305
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, a municipal corporation and city of the first
class, has determined it be desirable to undertake and carry out urban redevelopment projects in
areas of the City which are determined to be substandard and blighted and in need of redevelopment;
and
WHEREAS, the Nebraska Community Development Law, Chapter 18, Article 21, Nebraska
Reissue Revised Statutes of 1997, as amended (the "Act"), prescribes the requirements and
procedures for the planning and implementation of redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously declared Redevelopment Area No. 7 of the City to be
substandard and blighted and in need of redevelopment pursuant to the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Authority of the City of Grand Island,
Nebraska (the "Authority"), has accepted a Redevelopment Plan pursuant to Section 18-2111 of the
Act, and recommended the Redevelopment Plan to the Planning Commission of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City reviewed the Redevelopment Plan
pursuant to the Act and submitted its recommendations, to the City, pursuant to Section 18-2114 of
the Act; and
WHEREAS, following consideration of the recommendations of the Authority to the
Planning Commission, the recommendations ofthe Planning Commission to the City, and following
the public hearing with respect to the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the plan as presented to the City authorizes projects for public improvements to
utility, drainage and transportation infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the City published notices of a public hearing and mailed notices as required
pursuant to Section 18-2115 of the Act and has, on the date of the Resolution held a public hearing
on the proposal to adopt the Redevelopment Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Grand Island,
Nebraska:
Approved as to Form c
November 26, 2007 p City Attorney
1. The Redevelopment Plan of the City approved for Redevelopment Area No.7 in the city of
Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, including the Redevelopment Project described above,
is hereby determined to be feasible and in conformity with the general plan for the
development of the City of Grand Island as a whole is in conformity with the legislative
declarations and determinations set forth in the Act.
2. Approval of the Redevelopment Plan is hereby ratified and reaffirmed, and the Authority is
hereby directed to implement the Redevelopment Plan in accordance with the Act.
3. The City hereby finds and determines that the proposed land uses and building requirements
in the Redevelopment Area are designed with the general purposes of accomplishing, in
accordance with the general plan for development of the City, a coordinated, adjusted and
harmonious development of the City and its environs which will, in accordance with present
and future needs, promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity; and the
general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including,
among other things, adequate provision for traffic, vehicular parking, the promotion of safety
from fire, panic, and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of a
healthful and convenient distribution of population, the provision of adequate transportation,
water, sewerage, and other public utilities, schools, parks, recreation and community
facilities, and other public requirements, the promotion of sound design and arrangement, the
wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the prevention of the recurrence of
unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations, or conditions of blight.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, November 27, 2007.
Margare Hornady, Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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