03/12/2024 Resolutions 2024-79RESOLUTION NO. 2024-79
RESOLUTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF AN EXEDITED REVIEW OF A
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN iN CRA AREA 1 LOCATED AT 106 N LOCUST STREET.
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, (the "City") created the Community
Redevelopment Authority of the city of Grand Island, Nebraska, (the "Authority") pursuant to
the Act with powers to implement redevelopment plans approved by the Grand Island City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the City has designated portions of the City as substandard and blighted
pursuant to the Nebraska Community Development Law, NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 18-2101
through 18-2157 (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Act, in NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 18-2155, allows cities in counties with
populations less than 100,000 to expedite reviews of certain redevelopment plans. The City is
located in Hall County, Nebraska, which has a population of 62,895 according to the 2020
Census Data; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved resolution, 2023-308 on November 21, 2023
allowing the use of expedited reviews of redevelopment plans pursuant to the NEB. REV.
STAT. §§ 18-2155 of the Act, and guaranteeing expedited approval of applications which met
the criteria set forth in the Act. Specifically:
• The redevelopment plan is limited to one project;
• The redevelopment project is located within a substandard and blighted "area;
• The redevelopment project involves the rehabilitation of an existing structure that has
been within the corporate limits of the city for at least sixty years;
• The assessed value of the property within the redevelopment project area when the
project is complete is estimated to be no more than: One million five hundred thousand
dollars for a redevelopment project involving a commercial structure
WHEREAS, Council resolution 2023-308 granted the City Administrator the authority to
delegate the review of expedited redevelopment plans and the City Administrator
subsequently designated Chad Nabity and Rashad Moxey from the Community
Development Department as such reviewer; and
WHEREAS, Chad Nabity reviewed the application and approved it on February 1, 2024,
and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment plan is for one project located at 106 N Locust Street in
CRA Area #1, records indicate that the structure was built in 1920 and the assessor has an
estimated value after completion of $364,149; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council approved an annual limit OF twenty (20) expedited
reviews of redevelopment plans pursuant to the NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 18-2155 of the Act; and
WHEREAS, B.Z LLC located at 106 N Locust Street, Grand Island, NE submitted an
application on the stated approved form from the Nebraska Department of Economic
Development pursuant to the NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 18-2155 of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the application submitted by B.Z LLC serves as the first of twenty (Annual
limit) expedited reviews of redevelopment plans set forth by the City Council pursuant to the
NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 18-2155 of the Act; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council confirms the applicant qualifies
for expedited review and approval of their redevelopment plan, accepts, and approves their
application as submitted for CRA Area 1 located at 106 N Locust Street.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, March 12, 2024.
Ro G. St ele, Mayor
Attest:
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1 Granere, City Clerk