05/08/2000 Resolutions 2000-146
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2000-146
WHEREAS, on June 27, 1994, the City of Grand Island enacted Ordinance No. 8021
creating the Community Redevelopment Authority ofthe City of Grand Island, Nebraska, to address
the need for economic development opportunities through the vehicles provided in the Nebraska
Community Development law at Neb. Rev. Stat. S 18-21 01, et seq., as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Authority authorized Hanna:Keelan of
Lincoln, Nebraska to prepare a Blight/Substandard Study in the South Locust Street area to
determine areas which fulfill the blight/substandard criteria of the Nebraska Community
Development law; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 1999, by Ordinance 8452, the City of Grand Island created
Business Improvement District No.3, for the purpose of developing, maintaining, and operating
landscaping and pedestrian sidewalks and lighting along South Locust Street, between U.S. Highway
34 and Stolley Park Road; and
WHEREAS, on April 12, 1999, by Resolution 99-128, the City of Grand Island
adopted the Blight and Substandard Study which declared portions of South Locust Street to be
blighted and substandard and in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 1999, the City of Grand Island approved the
Blight/Substandard Study No.2 prepared by Hanna:Keelan which declares specific areas in the
South Locust Street area as substandard or blighted areas in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 1999, by Resolution 99-331, the City of Grand Island
approved the Redevelopment Plan for the South Locust Street corridor which allowed the
Community Redevelopment Authority to move forward in considering redevelopment projects
within the area as identified in said redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Authority has agreed to provide funding
to the City in the amount of $150,000 to the City for the purchase and installation of pedestrian
lighting units along the east and west sides of South Locust Street between U.S. Highway 34 and
Stolley Park Road; and
WHEREAS, the City will be responsible for designing, bidding, contract
administration, repairing, maintaining and operating said pedestrian lighting units; and
WHEREAS, a proposed Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for such project has been
drafted by the City Attorney's office.
Approved as to Form T ~
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ay ,2000 ... Ity Attorney
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement by and
between the City of Grand Island, a municipal corporation in the state of Nebraska, and the
Community Redevelopment Authority of Grand Island, Nebraska for the purchase and installation
of pedestrian lighting units along South Locust Street between U.S. Highway 34 and Stolley Park
Road is hereby approved; and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute such Interlocal
Agreement on behalf of the City of Grand Island.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska on May 8,2000.
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May 5, 2000 ... CI Attorney