CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-49 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, by request
RESOLUTION
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Designating The North Corridor
Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, Making Certain Findings And Conclusions Pursuant To The
Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, And Authorizing And Directing The
Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency To Prepare A
Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan For The North Corridor
Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (Benton, by request)
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DESIGNATING THE NORTH CORRIDOR
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS PURSUANT TO THE
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT CODE, AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO PREPARE A
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE NORTH CORRIDOR
METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
WHEREAS, Section 3-60A-8 NMSA 1978 of the
Metropolitan Redevelopment Code ("MR Code") (Sections 3-60A-1 through 3-60A-48 NMSA 1978) states: "A municipality shall not prepare a
metropolitan redevelopment plan for an area unless the governing body by resolution determined the area to be a slum area or a blighted area, or a combination thereof, and designated the area as appropriate for a
metropolitan redevelopment project."; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque ("City") and the
Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency ("MRA") of the City's Planning Department and their employees and agents, have for some time, engaged in a study of blighted areas within the City and have submitted their findings and conclusions concerning the area detailed in the North Corridor
Metropolitan Redevelopment Area ("North Corridor MR Area") Designation Report, which is attached as Exhibit A to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 30-60A-8 NMSA 1978 of the MR Code, the Council caused to be published in the Albuquerque Journal, a newspaper of general circulation, a notice containing a ...
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