Subject: 21437/RedevelopPlanRevisions/SouthsideRedevelopProject Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 08:25:12 -0500 RESOLUTION NO. 21437 A RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (SOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT). WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga by Resolution No. 12316, adopted December 14, 1976, and Resolution No. 14629, adopted March 2, 1982, previously approved and revised the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Area Improvement Project; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Chattanooga Housing Authority by Resolutions adopted January 25, 1982, and June 23, 1997, approved certain amendments to said Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of said Downtown Area Improvement Project and of the community as a whole that the Redevelopment Plan for said project be further revised to redesignate the project as the Southside Redevelopment Area and to expand the boundaries of said project area; and WHEREAS, the Chattanooga Housing Authority and the City Council of the City of Chattanooga previously found that blight, blighting factors, and the causes of blight existed within the original boundaries of the Project area; and 0C WHEREAS, detailed studies have been made by or on behalf of the Chattanooga Housing Authority, which studies have included, among others, studies of the characteristics of the area within the boundaries of the Downtown Area Improvement Project, as proposed to be amended, which studies have included, among others, studies of the location, physical condition, and use of structures; studies of the ownership and lot layout of properties within the Project area; and studies of the environmental, social, cultural, and economic conditions prevailing within the area; and WHEREAS, the studies hereinabove referred to and other relevant factors demonstrate that blight, blighting factors, and the causes of blight exist within certain portions of the Project area, as proposed to be amended; and WHEREAS, based upon the studies hereinabove referred upon other relevant factors, the Chattanooga Housing Authority Board of Commissioners has recommended adoption of amendments to the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Area Improvement Project; and WHEREAS, all procedural steps, including notices to interested or affected parties and a public hearing, required to be undertaken pursuant to Chapter 20 of Title 13, Tennessee Code Annotated and other relevant statutes, prior to amendment of said Plan have now been completed; 0C NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That: 1. It is hereby found that the amendments to the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Area Improvement Project are necessary and appropriate and that the Plan as amended, meets all procedural and substantive requirements set forth in Chapter 20 of Title 13, Tennessee Code Annotated. 2. It is hereby found that the Redevelopment Plan, as amended, provides an outline for development or redevelopment of said area and is sufficiently complete: (1) To indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements; (2) To indicate proposed land uses and building requirements in the areas; and (3) To indicate the method of the temporary location of persons living in such areas, and also the method of providing (unless already available) decent, safe and sanitary dwelling substantially equal in number to the number of substandard dwellings to be cleared from said area, at rents within the financial reach of the income groups displaced from such substandard dwellings. 3. It is hereby found that the Redevelopment Plan, as amended: (1) Conforms to the general plan for the City of Chattanooga as a whole; and (2) Is sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the project area, zoning and planning changes, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the Plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. 4. Based upon detailed studies conducted by or on behalf of the Chattanooga Housing Authority as presented to the City Council of the City of Chattanooga and upon other relevant factors, it is hereby found and determined that the properties designated for acquisition by the Chattanooga Housing Authority in the Redevelopment Plan, as amended, are blighted within the meaning of Section 13-20-201, Tennessee Code Annotated; or, if not themselves blighted, may be acquired by the Chattanooga Housing Authority either (1) because the acquisition of such properties is necessary for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes of blight; or (2) because the condition of the title, the diverse ownership of the real property to be assembled, the street or lot layouts, or other conditions prevent a proper development of the project area and the acquisition of such properties is necessary to carry out the Redevelopment Plan, as amended. 5. Based upon detailed studies conducted by or on behalf of the Chattanooga Housing Authority, it is hereby found and determined that properties within the Redevelopment Plan area which have been previously acquired were acquired because blighted; for the purpose of removing and preventing blight, blighting factors, or the causes of blight; and because the condition of the title, the diverse ownership of such property, the street and lot layouts, and other conditions prevented a proper development of the property and the acquisition was necessary to carry out the Redevelopment Plan. 6. The Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Area Improvement Project approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Chattanooga Housing Authority and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Chattanooga is hereby revised in the manner set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. 7. The revised Redevelopment Plan and Urban Renewal Plan for the Downtown Area Improvement Project, as amended in the manner set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference, is hereby approved. ADOPTED: July 1, 1997 :cjc