HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 15, Page 581, No Resolution NumberRESOLUTION OF GOVERNING BODY OF LOCALITY APPROVING A THIRD REVISED
SURVEY AND PLANNING APPLICATION FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT KY. R-30
WHEREAS, under Tutle I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (herein
referred to as "Title I"), the Housinrâś“ and Home Finance Administrator is
authorized to extend financial assistance to local public agencies in the
elimination and prevention of the spread of their slums and urban blight
through the planning and undertaking of urban renewal projects; and
WHEREAS, on the 27th day of February, 1962, the Board of Commissioners by
Resolution did approve plans and surveys for the filing of an Application on
the above mentioned project; and
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of November, 1963, the Board of Commissioners by
Resolution approved the filing of a First Revised Survey and Planning Applica-
tion for said project; and
WHEREAS, on the 27th day of October, 1964, the Board of Commissioners by
Resolution approved the filing of a Second Revised Survey and Planning
Application for said project; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable that a Third Revised Survey and Planning
Application be filed; and
WHEREAS, the revised surveys and plans are presently estimated to cost
approximately $$9,012.00, in order to undertake and carry out an urban renewal
project of the character contemplated by Section 110(c) of Title I, in that
area proposed as an Urban Renewal Area, situated in the City of Paducah,
County of McCracken and State of Kentucky, which is generally described as
follows:
An area of approximately 31.6 acres in the downtown section of
Paducah, one block south from the main thoroughfare (Broadway)
extending from Third Street west to Eighth Street, and from
Kentucky Avenue south to the south property line of the parcels
adjacent to the south side of Clark Atreet.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a blighted,
deteriorated or deteriorating area appropriate for an urban renewal project
and that the undertaking by the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency
of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of the character contem-
plated by Section 110(c) of Title I in the proposed Urban Renewal Area is
hereby approved.
2. That the financial assistance available under Title I is needed to
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the Urban Renewal and Community Development Apency to finance the planning and
undertaking of the proposed Project.
3. That it is copnizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under-
taking and carryinp out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial
assistance under Title I, includinp those relating to (a) the relocation of sie
occupants, (b) the provision of local prants-in-aid, (c) the prohibition of di crimi-
nation because of race, color, creed, or national oripin, and (d) the require
that the locality present to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, as a
prerequisite to approval of the application described below, a workable progr
for community improvement, as set forth in Section 101(c) of Title I, for uti
appropriate public and private resources to eliminate and prevent the develop-
ment or spread of slums and urban blipht.
4. That it is the sense of this bodv (a) that a feasible method for the
relocation of individuals and families displaced from the Urban Renewal Area,
in conformity with Title I, can be prepared, and (b) that the local grants-
in-aid can and will be provided in an amount which will be not less than
one-fourth of the Net Project Cost of the Project and which, together with the
Federal capital prant, will be penerally equal to the difference between
Gross Project Cost and the proceeds or value of project land sold, leased, or
retained for use in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
5. That the filinp of an application by the Urban Renewal and Community
Development Agency for an advance of funds from the United States of America
to enable it to defray the cost of the surveys and plans for an urban renewal
project in the proposed Urban Renewal Area described is hereby approved.
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City of Paducah, Kentucky
Passed by the Board of Commissioners June 8, 1965
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, June 8, 1965.