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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED PROGRAM AND ANNUAL INCREMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING ACT (NOTE: THIS PLAN WAS AMENDED BY RES-72:019 ON DECEMBER 4, 1972; RES-74:26 ON NOVEMBER 18, 1974)
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WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to local public agencies for undertaking and carrying out Neighborhood Development Programs; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective Urban Renewal Area comprising the NDP be approved by the governing body of the locality in which that area is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan, the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the Urban Renewal Area by private enterprise; the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the sites covered by the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Urban Renewal and Housing Authority undertake and carry out the Neighborhood Development Program identified as Jonesboro Center Neighborhood Development Program and encompassing the area or areas bounded as follows:
On the South. The southern boundary of the areas basically follows the south right-of-way lines of Jefferson, Jackson and Washington.
On the East. The eastern boundary of the area meanders along the side and rear property lines of parcels fronting on Kitchen and Fisher Streets.
On the North. The northern boundary takes in all of the real property up to the south property line of the St. L and SF RR.
On the West. The western boundary of the area is formed by a line basically including the fringes of the Central Business District on the north, east and south.
WHEREAS, the local public agency has made studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences and social, cultural and economic conditions of the Urban Renewal Area comprising the program and has determined that the area is a slum, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the locality at large, because of the dilapidation, obsolescence, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, excessive land coverage, deleterious land use or obsolete layout or combination of these or other similar factors which are detrimental to the safety, health, morals or welfare of the community, and the members of this governing body have been duly apprised by the local public agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City Council of the City of Jonesboro for review and approval an Urban Renewal Plan for the area dated October , 197, and consisting of 36 pages and 2 exhibits;
WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the governing body of the LPA, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certified resolution approving the Urban Renewal Plan, which is attached thereto;
WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the locality as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, which is duly designated and acting official planning body for the locality, has submitted to the governing body its report and recommendations respecting the URP for the area comprising the program and has certified that the URP conforms to the general plan for the locality as a whole, and the governing body has duly considered the report, recommendations, and certification of the planning body; and
WHEREAS, the LPA has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the program in accordance with the URP; and
WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the governing body information and data respecting the relocation program which has been prepared by the LPA as a result of studies, surveys and inspections in the area comprising the program and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies; and
WHEREAS, the members of the governing body have general knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Urban Renewal area and for the availability of proper housing in the locality for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced by the program, and in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the governing body take appropriate official action respecting the relocation program and the URP for the program in conformity with the contract for financial assistance between the LPA and the USA, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, the governing body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of the Urban Renewal Activities and undertaking with federal financial assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, creed and national origin;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JONESBORO:
That the URP for the program, having been duly reviewed and considered is hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the URP with the minutes of this meeting.
That it is hereby found and determined that the UR Areas comprising the program is a slum, blighted and deteriorating area under Sections 19-3001 through 19-3074 of the Ark. Stats Annotated.
That it is hereby found and determined that where clearance is proposed that the objectives of the URP cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of portions of the URP compromising the program.
That it is hereby found and determined that the URP for the program conforms to the general plan of the locality.
That it is hereby found and determined that the financial assistance to be provided pursuant to the contract for federal financial assistance pertaining to the program is necessary to enable the program to be undertaken in accordance with the URP for the area compromising the program.
That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan for the area compromising the program will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the renewal of the area by private enterprise.
That it is hereby found and determined that the URP for the area gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the plan.
That it is hereby found and determined that the program of and for the proper location of individuals and families displaced in carrying out the URP in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards is feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the plan; and that such dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made available to such displaced individuals and families, are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families in the area compromising the program, and are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the displaced individuals and families and are reasonable accessible to their places of employment.
That, in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the URP hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this body with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action and, accordingly, this body hereby pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the URP; requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the locality having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the URP and stands ready to consider to take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the URP.
That financial assistance under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is necessary to enable the land in the area comprising the program to be renewed in accordance with the URP for the program and, accordingly, the proposed program and the annual increment are approved and the local public agency is authorized to file an application for financial assistance under Title I.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of February, 1972.