HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION APPROVING THE AUGUSTA CYBER INITIATIVE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN 1 Y
RESOLUTION
AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION
RESOLUTION APPROVING
AUGUSTA CYBER INITIATIVE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
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
Augusta-Richmond County Commission (the "Commission"), which is the governing body of
Augusta, Georgia ("Augusta"), held a public hearing on June 20, 2017 on a proposed urban
redevelopment plan entitled "August Cyber Initiative Urban Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan"), a
copy of which was accepted by the Commission for consideration on June 13, 2017 and is on file
with Augusta administrative offices; and
WHEREAS,public notice of such public hearing was published in the Augusta Chronicle,
a newspaper having a general circulation in the area of operation of Augusta, Georgia on June 15,
2017, and proof of such publication is on file with Augusta administrative offices; and
WHEREAS,Augusta previously 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 Plan conforms to the General Plan as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the 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 Plan by private enterprise; and
WHEREAS, the 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 Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, there will be no families displaced and in need of relocation from the urban
redevelopment area described in the Plan, and therefore no methjod for relocation of such families
need be provided; and
WHEREAS, the Commission on June13, 2017 designated the Cyber Initiative Urban
Redevelopment Area described in the Plan as an urban redevelopment area in need of
redevelopment under the Urban Redevelopment Law and, after careful study and investigation,
now desires to approve the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission that all statements, findings and recitations set forth in the above and foregoing
preambles are hereby determined and declared to be true and correct.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, taking into account the results of the public
hearing, the Plan and the urban redevelopment project set forth therein are hereby approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officials be authorized to take all
appropriate action required to accomplish and give full effect to this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any and all resolutions in conflict with this
Resolution be and the same are hereby repealed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution shall be effective immediately upon
its adoption by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission.
PASSED,ADOPTED,SIGNED,APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE thislb day of June,
2017.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
By:
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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 June , 2017 by the Augusta-
Richmond County Commission (the "Commission") 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 the Commission, which Minute Book is in my custody and control.
GIVEN under my hand and the Augusta seal,this day of June, 2017.
Clerk of Commission,
Augusta, Georgia