HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION TO EXCERISE OF POWERS UNDER URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LAWSTATE OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA - RICHMOND COUNTY
RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY PREREQUISITE TO EXERCISE OF POWERS
UNDER URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LAW
WHEREAS, Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, entitled
the "Urban Redevelopment Law," as amended (the "Urban Redevelopment Law "), requires
Augusta, Georgia (sometimes referred to herein as "Augusta "), as a condition to the exercise of
any of the powers conferred upon Augusta by the Urban Redevelopment Law, to adopt a
resolution finding that one or more slum areas exist in Augusta and that the rehabilitation,
conservation, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in
the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of Augusta; and
WHEREAS, after careful study and investigation, Augusta desires to exercise the
powers conferred upon Augusta by the Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Augusta, Georgia anticipates activating and
designating the Augusta - Richmond County Urban Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency ") as its
urban redevelopment agency under the Urban Redevelopment Law and delegating Augusta's
"urban redevelopment project powers" to the Agency;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of
Augusta, Georgia that there is hereby found, determined, and declared that one or more slum
areas exist in Augusta and that the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or a
combination thereof, of such area or areas is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety,
morals, or welfare of the residents of Augusta.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any and all resolutions in conflict with this resolution be
and the same are hereby repealed.
PASSED, ADOPTED, SIGNED, APPROVED, AND EFFECTIVE this day
of March, 2010.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
(SEAL)
By: �.
Mayor
Attest:
Clerk of C fission
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CLERK OF COMMISSION'S CERTIFICATE
I, Lena J. Bonner, the duly appointed and qualified Clerk of Commission of Augusta,
Georgia ( "Augusta "), DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing pages of typewritten matter
constitute a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted on March _, 2010, by the Board of
Commissioners of Augusta, Georgia in a meeting duly called and assembled in accordance with
applicable laws and with the procedures of Augusta, by a vote of Yea and Nay,
which meeting was open to the public and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout,
and that the original of the foregoing resolution appears of public record in the Minute Book of
Augusta, which is in my custody and control.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of Augusta, this day of March, 2010.
(SEAL)
Clerk of Commission, Augusta, Georgia