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 ยง14-8-4-1 ROA 1994, (the "Commission") recommends approval of the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") for the redevelopment of the Area, as required by the Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a public hearing, after proper notice as required by the Code, on the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan proposes redevelopment of certain sites within the project area; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan identified two catalyst projects: 1) The redevelopment of a 2.45-acre commercial site (El Vado motor court and Casa Grande properties) along the south side of Central Ave., north and south of the New York Ave. intersection; and 2) The redevelopment of under-utilized 2.108-acre commercial surface parking lots along the north side of Central Ave., between Rio Grande and San Felipe; and
WHEREAS, the Plan proposes a coordinated redevelopment of certain public projects in the area which will meet the objectives of the code and will benefit the City's efforts to revitalize the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, this Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan for projects will promote the local health, general welfare, safety, convenience and prosperity of the inhabitants of the City and will benefit the City's effort to revitalize the area.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The City Council, after having conducted a public hearing pursuant to the code, finds that:
A. The proposed redevelopment of the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area will aid in the elimination and prevention of blight or conditions which lead to development of blight.
B. The Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan does not require the relocation of any families or individuals from their dwellings; therefore, a method for providing relocation assistance is not required.
C. The Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan complements the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan and affords maximum opportunity consistent with the needs of the community for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area by the public activities and the private enterprise; and the objectives of the Plan justify the proposed activities as public purposes and needs.
D. The Historic Central Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan, attached as Exhibit A, and made a part hereof, is approved in all respects.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this resolution. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provisions being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
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