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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-R-3 Resolution Amending Inner City Road Development Area to Add Charlestown Pike Road Project RESOLUTION NO. 267.4"/Z7.3 AMENDING DECLARATORY RESOLUTION OF THE JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AMENDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE INNER CITY ROAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA TO ADD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHARLESTOWN PIKE ROAD PROJECT WHEREAS, the Jeffersonville (City) Redevelopment Commission (Commission) is the governing body of the Jeffersonville Redevelopment District (Redevelopment District) established and operating in accordance with IC 36-7-14 and IC 36-7-25 (the Act). WHEREAS, on December 22, 1995, the Commission adopted a Declaratory Resolution (Original Declaratory Resolution), as supplemented and amended to date, establishing the Inner City Road Economic Development Area (Original Area) and the Original Declaratory Resolution was confirmed by a confirmatory resolution adopted on February 28, 1996 (Confirmatory Resolution); WHEREAS, the Original Declaratory Resolution and Confirmatory Resolution are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Area Resolution;" WHEREAS, the Area Resolution established an allocation area in accordance with IC 36-7-14-39 (Original Allocation Area) for the purpose of capturing property taxes generated from the incremental assessed value of real property (Tax Increment) located in the Original Allocation Area; WHEREAS, the Area Resolution approved the Economic Development Plan (Original Plan), which Original Plan contained specific recommendations for economic development in the Original Area; WHEREAS, the Common Council approved the creation of the Original Area; WHEREAS, the Area Resolution, as amended and supplemented, has enlarged the boundaries of the Original Area (Enlarged Area) and the Original Allocation Area (Enlarged Allocation Area) and amended the Original Plan (Amended Plan); WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to amend the Amended Plan for the Enlarged Area and the Enlarged Allocation Area to add the construction of the Charlestown Pike Road (Project) to the Amended Plan as described in Exhibit A attached hereto; WHEREAS, the Commission is considering the financing of the Project as of this date; WHEREAS, IC 36-7-14-15(a)(4) provides that, when amending the Area Resolution or the Amended Plan, the Commission must find that: (1) the amendment is reasonable and appropriate when considered in relation to the Area Resolution, the Amended Plan, and the purposes of Act; and (2) the Area Resolution and the Amended Plan, as amended, with the proposed amendment, conform to the comprehensive plan for the City; WHEREAS, the Commission shall cause to be prepared: (1) maps and plats showing: (A) the boundaries of the Enlarged Area, as amended, in which property would be acquired for, or otherwise affected by, the amendment of the Area Resolution or the Amended Plan; (B) the location of the various parcels of property, streets, alleys, and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, remediation, replatting, replanning, rezoning, or development of the area, indicating any parcels of property to be excluded from the acquisition or otherwise excluded from the effects of the amendment of the Area Resolution or Amended Plan; and (C) the parts of the Enlarged Area, as amended, acquired, if any, that are to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds, and other public purposes under the amendment to the Amended Plan; (2) lists of the owners of the various parcels of property proposed to be acquired for, or otherwise affected by, the amendment of the Area Resolution or Amended Plan for the Amended Area; and (3) an estimate of the costs, if any, to be incurred for the acquisition and development of the property; WHEREAS, IC 36-7-14-17.5 authorizes the Commission to amend the Area Resolution and the Original Plan, as amended, after conducting a public hearing, if it finds that: (i) The amendment is reasonable and appropriate when considered in relation to the Area Resolution, the Amended Plan, and the purposes of IC 36-7-14; and (ii) The Area Resolution, with the proposed amendment and the application of the Amended Plan, as amended, conforms to the comprehensive plan for the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, THAT: Section 1. The Amended Plan for the Enlarged Area is hereby amended to add the construction of the Project to the Amended Plan. Section 2. The Commission finds and determines that it will be of public utility and benefit to amend the Area Resolution and the Amended Plan for the Enlarged Area and Enlarged Allocation Area. Section 3. The Commission hereby finds that amendment to the Area Resolution will result in new property taxes in the Enlarged Area that would not have been generated without the amendment of the Area Resolution and Amended Plan for the Enlarged Area and Enlarged Allocation Area. Section 4. All the rights, powers, privileges and immunities that may be exercised by the Commission in a redevelopment project area under the Act may be exercised in the Expansion Area, subject to any limitations in IC 36-7-14-43. Section 5. The presiding officer of the Commission is hereby authorized and directed to submit this resolution to the Jeffersonville Plan Commission (Plan Commission) for its approval. Section 6. The Commission also directs the presiding officer, after receipt of the written order of approval of the Plan Commission which has been approved by the Common Council, to publish notice of the adoption and substance of this resolution in accordance with IC 5-3-1 and to file notice with the Plan Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the building commissioner and any other departments or 3 agencies of the City concerned with unit planning, zoning variances, land use or the issuance of building permits. The notice must also be mailed to the owner or owners of real property, if any, being added to the acquisition list. The notice must state that maps and plats have been prepared and can be inspected at the office of the City's department of redevelopment and must establish a date when the Commission will receive and hear remonstrances and objections from persons interested in or affected by the proceedings pertaining to the proposed amendment to the Area Resolution and Amended Plan for the Enlarged Area and will determine the public utility and benefit of the proposed amendment to the Area Resolution and the Enlarged Area. Copies of the notice must also be filed with the officers authorized to fix budgets, tax rates and tax levies under IC 6-1.1-17-5 for each taxing unit that is either wholly or partly located within the Enlarged Area. Notice must also be mailed by first class mail to all owners of real property within the proposed Enlarged Area. Section 7. In all other respects, the Area Resolution, the Amended Plan, and actions of the Commission consistent with this resolution are hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 8. This resolution is effective upon passage. Adopted at a meeting of the Commission held February 28, 2024, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. JEFFERSONVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION i7 President Atte :72/ Secretary 4