HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION DESIGNATING URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA (2) RESOLUTION DESIGNATING URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA
WHEREAS, Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, entitled
the "Urban Redevelopment Law," as amended (the "Urban Redevelopment Law"), authorizes
Augusta, Georgia (sometimes referred to herein as "Augusta") to designate an "urban
redevelopment area," which is defined to mean a "pocket of blight" which the Board of
Commissioners of Augusta, Georgia designates as appropriate for an urban redevelopment
project; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Redevelopment Law defines "pocket of blight" to mean an area
in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or
nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence; inadequate
provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces; high density of population and
overcrowding; existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes;
or any combination of such factors, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant
mortality,juvenile delinquency, or crime and detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or
welfare.
WHEREAS, the Urban Redevelopment Law also defines "pocket of blight" to mean an
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating
structures; predominance of defective or inadequate street layout; faulty lot layout in relation to
size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness; unsanitary or unsafe conditions; deterioration of site
or other improvements; tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the
land; the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes; having
development impaired by airport or transportation noise or other environmental hazards; or any
combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a municipality
or county, retards the provisions of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or
social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present
condition and use.
WHEREAS, Augusta previously determined the Laney Walker/Bethlehem Urban
Redevelopment Area to be appropriate for an urban redevelopment project.
WHEREAS, after careful study and investigation, Augusta desires to include additional
property in the Laney Walker/Bethlehem Urban Redevelopment Area, and to designate all
property described in Exhibit A attached to this resolution as an urban redevelopment area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of
Augusta, Georgia that the area described in Exhibit A attached to this resolution is hereby
determined to be a "pocket of blight," by reason of the presence of a substantial number of
deteriorating structures, some of which have recently been demolished, the predominance of
defective or inadequate street layout and deterioration of site or other improvements, which
substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of Augusta, retards the provisions of housing
accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public
health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present and past condition and use, and that such area is
therefore designated as appropriate for an urban redevelopment project.
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PASSED, ADOPTED, SIGNED, APPROVED, AND EFFECTIVE this 1 i day of
November, 2015.
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EXHIBIT A
The geographic area including all land lying and being within the boundaries of the Laney-
Walker/Bethlehem Urban Redevelopment Area located in Augusta, Georgia ("Augusta") as
described in Map 2 on the modified Laney Walker and Bethlehem Urban Redevelopment Plan, a
copy of which is on file in the official records of Augusta; and as more particularly described as
all land which is located in the eastern portion of the City of Augusta, south of the downtown
area and generally defined by Walton Way to the north, Gordon Highway, Old Savannah Road,
Twiggs Street and Lee Beard Way to the east, the existing railroad line to the northwest and R.A.
Dent Boulevard and the rail line west of 15th street to the west, and Swannee Quintet Blvd to the
south.
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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 November_, 2015, 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 November, 2015.
(SEAL)
Clerk of Commission, Augusta, Georgia
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