03/26/2012 Resolutions 2012-75RESOLUTION 2012-75
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 declared Redevelopment Area No. 8 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 of the 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 proj ects 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:
1. The Redevelopment Plan of the City approved for Redevelopment Area No. 8 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
Approved as to Form n
March 26, 2012 a City orney
- 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 ofpublic 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, March 26, 2012.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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