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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-R-4 OCT -30 -00 15:38 From:ICE MILLER FL 30 B 3172362218 T -733 P.02/07 Job -383 Ga4cv a RESOLUTION NO. 2000- (( DECLARATORY RESOLUTION OF THE JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City ofJeffersonville ( "City ") Redevelopment Commission ( "Conunission ") has investigated, studied and surveyed blighted areas within the corporate boundaries of the City; and WHEREAS, the Commission has selected a blighted area to be redeveloped under I C 36-7 - 14 and IC 36 -7 -25 (collectively, "Act "); and WHEREAS, the Commission has prepared a redevelopment plan ( "Plan ") for the selected blighted area, which Plan is attached to and incorporated by reference in this resolution; and WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared: (1) Maps and plats showing: (A) the boundaries of the redevelopment area, the location of { various parcels ofproperty, streets, alleys, and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, repaatting, replanning, rezoning or redevelopment of the area, indicating any parcels of property to be excluded from the acquisition; and (B) the parts or the acquired areas that are to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds, and other public purposes under thc Plan; (2) Lists of the owners of the various parcels of property proposed to be acquired attached as Exhibit B; and (3) An estimate of the cost of acquisition and redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared a factual report ( "Report") in support of thc findings contained in this resolution, which Report is attached to and incorporated by reference in this resolution; NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION THAT: (1) The Commission has selected as a blighted area an area within its corporate boundaries, which area the Commission is hereby designating as the Gateway Redevelopment Arca ( "Redevelopment Area "), and which Redevelopment Area is described in Exhibit A. (30093.1 tiv OCT -30 -00 15:38 From:ICE MILLER FL 30 B 3172362218 T -733 P.03/07 Job -383 cof (2) The Commission finds that the Redevelopment Area is a menace to the social and economic interest Mlle City and its inhabitants; it will be ofpublic utility and bcncfit to acquire thc Redevelopment Area and redevelop it under the Act; and the Plan conforms to other development and redevelopment plans for the City. (3) The Commission further finds that: (A) The Redevelopment Area is an area in which normal development and occupancy are undesirable or impossible because of lack of development, cessation of growth, deterioration of improvements, character of occupancy, age, obsolescence, substandard buildings, and other factors that impair values or prevent a normal use or development of property. (B) The Redevelopment Area has become blighted to an extent that cannot be corrected by regulatory processes or the ordinary operations ofprivate enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under the Act for the reasons set forth in the Report; and (C) The public health and welfare will be benefitted by the acquisition and redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area for thc reasons sct forth in thc Report. (4) Tho Commission proposes to acquire all of the interests in land within the Redevelopment Area, except 934 Spring Street (Walgreens). (5) The Commission estimates that thc cost of implementing the Plan will be approximately $7,000,000. (6) The Commission finds that no residents of the Redevelopment Area will be displaced by any project resulting from the Plan; and, therefore, the Commission finds that it does not need to give consideration to transitional and permanent provisions for adequate housing for the residents. (7) This paragraph shall be considered the allocation provision for the purposes ofIC 36- 7-14-39. The entire Redevelopment Area shall constitute an allocation area as defined in IC 36 -7- 14-39 ( "Allocation Area "). Any property taxes levied on or after the effective date of this resolution by or for the benefit of any public body entitled to a distribution of property taxes on taxable property in the allocation area shall be allocated and distributed in accordance with IC 36 7 - 14 - 39 or any applicable successor provision. The Commission hereby modifies the definition of property taxes in IC 36- 7- 14 -39(a) to include taxes imposed under IC 6 -1.1 on the depreciable personal property located and taxable on the designated taxpayer's (designated below) site of operations within the Allocation Area in accordance with the procedures and limitations sct forth in IC 36-7-14 - 39 and - 39.3. This allocation provision shall expire no later than 30 years after the effective date of this resolution. Si 08009S. 2 L OCT -30 -00 15:38 From:ICE MILLER FL 30 B 3172362218 T -733 P.05 /07 Job -383 (0 Adopted 1 . ; .'l: &O 1 , , 2000. JEFFERS ONV ILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION � e' ff /.U. President ice P • i • ent fp,/, • Sect - MOM ember /i Mcmbcr �a ATTES : r ►,. Secr: L.1- 6OOV$. _ . 1.1 li S'. - 4 - Coe