HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-049-06/06/1978-CONCERNING THE PETITION FOR THE FORMATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY IN THE CITY FINDINGS AND RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
CONCERNING THE PETITION FOR THE FORMATION OF
AN URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY IN THE CITY
Heretofore a Petition signed by more than 25 registered
electors in the City was duly filed with the City Clerk
setting forth that there is a need for an Urban Renewal
Authority to function in the City of Fort Collins. Pursuant
to C R.S. 1973, Section 31-25-104 (1) (a) , the City Clerk gave
notice by publication that a public hearing would be conducted
by the City Council on this date in order to determine the
need for such an authority in the City Such hearing has
been held and the City Council has heard the evidence presented
by all parties who desired to be heard concerning the need
for an Urban Renewal Authority in the City of Fort Collins.
The City Council, being thus advised, now finds and declares
as follows:
1. That slum or blighted areas do exist in the City.
In particular, the City Council finds that the area in the
core area of the City known as the triangle and bounded by
College Avenue on the west, by Mountain Avenue on the south,
and by the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad (ad3oining
Jefferson Street) on the northeast, is an area which is
deteriorating in which slum or blighted conditions exist
2 That the acquisition, clearance, rehabilitation,
conservation, development or redevelopment or a combination
thereof of such slum or blighted areas is necessary in the
interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of
the residents of the City of Fort Collins
3 That it is in the public interest that an Urban
Renewal Authority for the City of Fort Collins be created
and that such authority exercise the powers provided to be
exercised by such authority in Part 1, Title 31, C.R.S.
1973, as amended
RESOLUTION 78-49
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ESTABLISHING AN URBAN
RENEWAL AUTHORITY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS
1. That the foregoing Findings of the City Council are
hereby adopted.
2. That there is hereby established an Urban Renewal
Authority in the City of Fort Collins pursuant to Part 1,
Title 31, C R.S. 1973, as amended, to be known as Historic
Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority.
3. That notice of this resolution be given to the
Mayor of the City of Fort Collins who shall appoint 5-11 _
commissioners to act as the Historic Fort Collins Urban
Renewal Authority. Such appointment shall be submitted to
the City Council for approval.
Passed and adopted this 6th day of June, A.D. 1978.
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