03/24/2020 Resolutions 2020-85RESOLUTION 2020-85
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. 16 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 specific
Redevelopment Plan and as authorized in the Redevelopment Plan, such project requires the
Authority to acquire property from the State of Nebraska and transfer said property to the
Redeveloper as permitted by the act. 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 approve the Redevelopment Plan described above.
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. 16 in the
city of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, 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 and the
Redevelopment Plan is in conformity with the legislative declarations and determinations set forth
in the Act; and it is hereby found and determined that (a) the redevelopment project in the plan
would not be economically feasible without this acquisition and transfer of property (b) the
redevelopment project would not occur in the community redevelopment area without this
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acquisition and transfer of property, and (c) the costs and benefits of the redevelopment project been
analyzed by the City and have been found to be in the long-term best interest of the community
impacted by the redevelopment project. The City acknowledges receipt of notice of intent to enter
into the Redevelopment Contract in accordance with Section 18-2119 of the Act and of the
recommendations of the Authority and the Planning Commission.
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, March 24, 2020.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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