10/22/2024 Resolutions 2024-280 RESOLUTION 2024-280
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 all of the Corn Husker Army Ammunition
Plant, a former military defense site, (Redevelopment Areas No. 20, 22, and 25)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, and
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the City by the Authority for approval a general
Redevelopment Project and as authorized in the Redevelopment Plan,such project to be as follows:
to redevelop property for commercial and industrial purposes including extension of sanitary,sewer,
water,storm water and other municipal infrastructure along with eligible planning expenses and fees
associated with the redevelopment project and that such project would not be economically feasible
without such aid as is proposed within the Redevelopment Plan. All redevelopment activities will
occur on properties within the jurisdiction of the City of 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:
1. The Redevelopment Plan of the City approved for Redevelopment Areas No.20,22,and 25
in the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, a former military defense site in 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 and Hall County as a whole and the Redevelopment Plan, including the
Redevelopment Project identified above, 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 outside grant
funding, (b) the redevelopment project would not occur in the community redevelopment
area without the use of grand funding, and (c)the costs and benefits of the redevelopment
project,including costs and benefits to other affected political subdivisions,the economy of
the community, and the demand for public and private services have 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 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.
4. 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 and County, a coordinated,
adjusted and harmonious development of the City and County 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, October 22, 2024
Ro fir G. eele, ayor
Attest:9Jil Granere, City Clerk