Subject: 21122/AuthCHA/Studies/SouthsideArea
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 13:27:41 -0500


                             RESOLUTION NO.   21122 
                 
                  A RESOLUTION REQUESTING AND AUTHORIZING THE
                  CHATTANOOGA HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT
                  STUDIES AND PREPARE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
                  THE SOUTHSIDE BICENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
                 
                                                    
                 
       	    	 WHEREAS the City of Chattanooga is engaged in a program
       of housing and mixed use development in an area known as the
       Southside Bicentennial Neighborhood Area (SBNA), generally 
bounded
       by Main Street, Cowart Street, 20th Street, and Central Avenue,
       and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the SBNA possesses certain factors which may
       warrant redevelopment activities pursuant to T.C.A. A7 
13-20-201.
       	    	 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Council of the City
       of Chattanooga that the Chattanooga Housing Authority be
       requested and authorized to perform studies and recommendations
       relative to the establishment of a redevelopment plan for the
       SBNA.
       	    	 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the planning and
       recommendations incorporate the following principles:  (1) Owners 

       and occupants of the project area be informed and consulted to 
the
       greatest extent practicable; (2) Clearance of structures and
       displacement of occupants be minimized; and, (3) Priority for
       implementation focus on the study area incorporated in "The South 

       Central Business District Plan" area as identified by a January
       1995 strategy developed by Calthorpe Associates.
      
       ADOPTED: September 17, 1996  
      
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