HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-008-02/01/2011-AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND EXISTING CONDITIONS SURVEY FOR RESOLUTION 2011-008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE
AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND EXISTING CONDITIONS
SURVEY FOR THE MIDTOWN AREA
WHEREAS, in 1982, the City Council created an Urban Renewal Authority (the "URA") for the
purpose of eliminating blight in the community, and the City Council designated itself as the Board of
Commissioners of the URA; and
WHEREAS, an Urban Renewal Authority exercises its statutory powers by planning and carrying
out urban renewal plans in the geographic area of the URA; and
WHEREAS,the area along College Avenue from Prospect Road continuing south to approximately
Fairway Lane (hereinafter referred to as "Midtown") has been identified by staff as an area that may be
experiencing conditions of blight as that term is described and defined under the Colorado Urban Renewal
Law; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of exploring the possibility of establishing a URA plan for Midtown is to
enable the offering of tax increment financing as a tool to stimulate and leverage both public and private
sector development for the purpose of eliminating and preventing the spread of blight in the area; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the residents and businesses within Midtown and the City
generally that this area become more economically viable and, in order for this to occur, a comprehensive
approach to revitalization may be necessary; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City to recognize
that Midtown may need to become an urban renewal project area and that an urban renewal plan for
Midtown, including the statutorily required blight study, should be prepared.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that City staff is hereby directed to prepare an urban renewal plan and existing conditions survey
for Midtown, which area is more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference,and to present the same to the City Council,acting as the Board of Commissioners
of the URA, for further consideration and potential action.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of tPC C y of Fort Collins this day of
February A.D. 2011.
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