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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-076-06/15/2004-AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND BLIGHT STUDY FOR THE NORTH COLL RESOLUTION 2004-076 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND BLIGHT STUDY FOR THE NORTH COLLEGE CORRIDOR AREA WHEREAS, in 1982, the City Council created an Urban Renewal Authority(URA)for the purpose of eliminating blight in the community, and the City Council designated itself as the Board of Commissioners of the Urban Renewal Authority; 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 City has been approached by the North Fort Collins Business Association expressing concerns about the economic viability of the North College Avenue Corridor and its capacity to grow new businesses due to the lack of infrastructure improvements, including stormwater drainage improvements, street connectivity and other street improvements; and WHEREAS, the revitalization of the North College Avenue Corridor has heretofore been difficult to achieve; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the North College Avenue Corridor and the City generally that the Corridor become more economically viable and, in order for this to occur, a comprehensive approach to revitalization may be necessary; and WHEREAS,the Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to recognize that the North College Avenue Corridor may need to become an urban renewal project area and that an urban renewal plan for the Corridor, 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 blight study for the North College Avenue Corridor area and to present the same to the City Council,acting as the Board of Commissioners of the Urban Renewal Authority, for further consideration and potential action. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 15th day of June,A.D. 2004. ATTEST: Mayor l City Clerk