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
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City Clerk