HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION APPROVING THE MODIFIED URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (LANEY-WALKER BETHLEHEM URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA) RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MODIFIED URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
(LANEY-WALKER BETHLEHEM URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA)
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 61 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, entitled the "Urban Redevelopment Law," as amended (the "Urban Redevelopment
Law"), the Board of Commissioners of the Augusta, Georgia ("Augusta") held a public hearing
on November _, 2015, on a proposed modification to the urban redevelopment plan entitled
"The Laney Walker and Bethlehem Urban Redevelopment Plan" (the "Modified Urban
Redevelopment Plan"), a copy of which is on file with Augusta; and
WHEREAS, public notice of the public hearing was published in the Augusta Chronicle,
a newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation of Augusta, on November_,
2015, and proof of such publication is on file with Augusta; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the modification is to incorporate a parcel of land into the
Laney Walker and Bethlehem Urban Redevelopment Plan primarily consisting of property
formerly known as the Cherry Tree Cross public housing project;
WHEREAS, Augusta has prepared and adopted a general plan for the physical
development of Augusta as a whole (giving due regard to the environs and metropolitan
surroundings) (the "General Plan")pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, the Modified Urban Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Modified Urban Redevelopment Plan will afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of Augusta as a whole, for the rehabilitation or
redevelopment of the urban redevelopment area described in the Modified Urban Redevelopment
Plan by private enterprise; and
WHEREAS, the Modified Urban Redevelopment Plan constitutes an appropriate part of
Augusta's workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate
and prevent the development or spread of pockets of blight, to encourage needed urban
rehabilitation, and to provide for the redevelopment of pockets of blight, all as set forth in the
Modified Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, a feasible method exists for the relocation of families who will be and/or
have been displaced from the urban redevelopment area described in the Modified Urban
Redevelopment Plan in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means
and without undue hardship to such families; and
WHEREAS, after careful study and investigation, Augusta desires to approve the
Modified Urban Redevelopment Plan;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of
Augusta, Georgia that all statements, findings, and recitations set forth in the above and
foregoing preambles are hereby determined and declared to be true and correct; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Modified Urban Redevelopment Plan is hereby
approved and adopted; and
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 fl 'day of
November, 2015.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
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