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HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 16-90 Determining the Railroad Avenue area to be a deteriorated and deteriorating areaATTACHMENT NO. 7 RESOLUTION NO. Ig— / O A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCCALL, IDAHO, DETERMINING THE RAILROAD AVENUE AREA TO BE A DETERIORATED AND DETERIORATING AREA AS DEFINED BY IDAHO CODE SECTION 50-2018(h),(i) AND 50-2903(6); FORWARDING A PROPOSED PLAN FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT WITHIN SUCH AREA TO THE MCCALL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE CONFORMITY OF THE PLAN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MCCALL; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, On May 10, 1990, by means of Resolution No. 6-90, the City of McCall empowered an Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to Chapters 20 and 29, Title 50, Idaho Code; WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 567, the City of McCall appointed the McCall City Council as the Board of Commissioners of the McCall Urban Renewal Agency, which Agency the City of McCall desires to rename to the McCall Redevelopment Agency; WHEREAS, the Agency has examined the Railroad Avenue area for the purpose of determining whether such area is a deteriorated or deteriorating area as defined under Idaho Code Sections 50-2018(h) and (i), and 50-2903(6); WHEREAS, the Agency has received a report dated September 11, 1990 from Harlan W. Mann, consultant for Torrey Enterprises, Inc., regarding the eligibility of the Railroad Avenue area as a deteriorated and/or deteriorating area and has conducted its own evaulation of such area; WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted and approved a Report on Railroad Avenue Urban Renewal Plan, dated October 25, 1990; WHEREAS, pursuant to Idaho Code Section 50-2008, an urban renewal project may not be planned or initiated unless the local governing body has, by Resolution, determined such area to be a ATTACHMENT NO. 7 deteriorated area or deteriorating area, or a combination thereof, and has designated such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and Council of the City of McCall as follows: 1. That the urban renewal project area and revenue allocation area identified in Attachments No. 1 and No. 2 to the Plan (hereinafter the "area") has the following characteristics: (a) There are a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating structures within the area. (b) There is a predominance of defective or inadequate street layout in the area. There is no direct and adequate route from downtown McCall and Third Street northeasterly through the area and, in particular, to the substantial parcels of undeveloped, commercially zoned property within the area. (c) Various sections of the project area streets, including Railroad Avenue, Roosevelt, Fir, Spruce, Hemlock, and Davis, are in a deteriorated condition. Virtually none of the project area streets, except Third Street, have sidewalks that are needed to assure safe pedestrian traffic. In addition, the lack of a curb and gutter system in the project area results in unsafe conditions for vehicular traffic because of uncontrolled street access. (d) The sanitary sewer system and water delivery systems in the project area are currently inadequate and, hence, result in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. (e) There is a diversity of property ownership and lot layout in the area, exemplified by commercially -zoned property in areas that were previously subdivided into thirty-foot (30') lots, multiple ownership of lots in a single block or half -block area, making it difficult to assemble suitable development parcels. ATTACHMENT NO. 7 (f) Lot layout in the project area is inadequate in relation to size, accessibility and usefulness. Particularly in the area of the former Union Pacific Railroad property, there is a wide variety of lot sizes and shapes and parcels of property without no adequate street access. (g) The area lacks adequate on -street or off-street parking facilities for the public and private development which has occurred and which would be contemplated under current zoning. 2. That, as a result of these conditions, there are large parcels of property within the area which are vacant, under-utilized, and under -developed. Additionally, such conditions arrest the sound growth of the community and constitute an economic liability. Downtown expansion has been hampered by the area's inadequate public infrastructure. The area generates more demands for municipal services than it can pay for through property and other taxes; and, the conditions create a menace or danger to the public welfare, in terms of fire protection, safety of pedestrians and vehicular traffic, and impact on users of the sewer and water systems. 3. That the area is determined to be a deteriorated area as defined in Idaho Code Section 50-2903(6)(b) and (c), and a deteriorating area as defined in Idaho Code Section 50-2018(i). 4. That, based on the conditions described above, and pursuant to Idaho Code Section 50-2008(a), the area is determined to be appropriate for an urban renewal project containing revenue allocation financing provisions. 5. That, upon its preparation and receipt, the Railroad Avenue Urban Renewal Plan shall be submitted to the McCall Planning and Zoning Commission for its review and recommendation as to the conformity of the Plan with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of McCall, which recommendations shall be submitted to the McCall City Council within thirty (30) days after the Commission's receipt thereof. ATTACHMENT NO. 7 6. That the McCall Urban Renewal Agency is renamed the McCall Redevelopment Agency. 7. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption and approal. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 25th day of October, 1990. ATTACHMENT NO. 7