02/24/2015 Resolutions 2015-57 RESOLUTION 2015-57
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 2007, 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. 1 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 prepared 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, the City approved the Plan; and
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City by the Authority for approval a
Redevelopment Plan amendment that would authorize the CRA to make grants available to
developers interested in increasing the number of upper story residential units available within
Downtown Grand Island as identified within the plan . All redevelopment activities will occur in
Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska; 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 amend the Redevelopment Plan to include the Redevelopment Project described
above.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Grand Island,
Nebraska:
Approved as to Form a Co
February 21,2015 a City tr.rney
1. The Redevelopment Plan of the City approved for Redevelopment Area No. 1 in the city of
Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, including authority to issue grants as describe above
and in the Redevelopment Plan Amendment is hereby determined to be feasible and in
confolniity with the general plan for the development of the City of Grand Island as a whole
and the Redevelopment Plan,
2. Approval of the Redevelopment Plan is hereby ratified and reaffirmed, as amended by this
Resolution, 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, February 24, 2015.
Jer:ft L. Jens Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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