CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-19-175 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton, by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving The East Downtown/ Huning Highlands/ South Martineztown Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (Benton, by request)
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APPROVING THE EAST DOWNTOWN/ HUNING HIGHLANDS/ SOUTH MARTINEZTOWN METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN.
WHEREAS, the State of New Mexico has enacted the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code (herein the "Code"), Chapter 3, Article 60A, Sections 1-48 NMSA 1978, as amended, which authorizes the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (the "City") to prepare metropolitan redevelopment plans to undertake and carry out metropolitan redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council (the "Council"), the governing body of the City, after notice and public hearing as required by the Code, has duly passed and adopted Council Resolution 19-174, which designated the East Downtown/ Huning Highlands/ South Martineztown Area, commonly referred to as the Edo MR Area, as a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) and established its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, that Resolution made certain findings declaring, among other things, the Edo MR Area as blighted, and that rehabilitation, conservation, development or redevelopment of the Edo MR Area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3-60A-8 (A) NMSA 1978 of the MR Code, two public meetings were held on April 11, 2019 and May 7, 2019, and notice of the meetings was mailed to all property owners within the proposed Edo MR Area, the Huning Highland Historic District Association, the Edo Neighborhood Association, and the Citizens Information Committee of Martineztown; and
WHEREAS, the Albuquerque Development Commission held a public hearing on the proposed East Downtown/ Huning Highlands/ South Martineztown Metropolitan Redevelo...
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