CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTIETH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-13-183 ENACTMENT NO. ___________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Approving The Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (Benton)
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APPROVING THE HISTORIC CENTRAL METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN.
WHEREAS, the New Mexico Legislature has passed the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code (herein "Code"), Sections 3-60A-1 to 3-60A-48 inclusive NMSA, 1978, as amended, which authorizes the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (the "City") to prepare metropolitan redevelopment plans and to undertake and carry out metropolitan redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, the governing body of the City, (the "City Council") after notice and public hearing as required by Code, has duly passed and adopted Council Resolution No. R-12-52 Enactment No. R-2012-051, including the recently formed Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (R-12-52), making certain findings, among other things, that one or more blighted areas exist within the corporate limits of the municipality and that the rehabilitation, conservation, development and redevelopment of and in the Area designated as the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, by Resolution No. R-12-52, has made certain findings which declare the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area to be blighted, has designated the Area as appropriate for Metropolitan Redevelopment Projects and has called for the preparation of a metropolitan redevelopment plan identifying the activities to be carried out to eliminate the present conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Albuquerque Development Commission, which acts as the Metropolitan Redevelopment Commission under the provisions of ?14-8-4-1 ROA 1994, (the "Commission") recommends approval of th...
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