CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-21-230 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton and Tammy Fiebelkorn
RESOLUTION
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Designating The Menaul Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, Making Certain Findings And Conclusions Pursuant To The Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, And Authorizing And Directing The City To Prepare A Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan For The Menaul Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (Benton, Fiebelkorn)
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WHEREAS, Section 3-60A-7 NMSA 1978 of the MR Code states: "No local government shall exercise any of the powers conferred upon local governments by the Redevelopment Law until the local government has adopted a resolution finding that:
A. one or more slum area or blighted areas exist in the local government's jurisdiction; and
B. the rehabilitation, conservation, slum clearance, redevelopment or development, or a combination thereof, of and in such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals or welfare of the residents of the local government's jurisdiction"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque ("City") and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency ("MRA") of the City 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 Menaul Metropolitan Redevelopment Area ("Menaul MR Area") Designation Report, which is attached as Exhibit B to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3-60A-8(A) 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 general description of the proposed Menaul MR Area and the date, time and place where the Council will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of this Resolution and such notice was published twice with the last publication...
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