Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 80-12-CDBG Butler Terrace Redevelopment — reading text

RESOLUTION NO, ! t: J- J~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - BUTLER TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND FEASIBILITY OF ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE BUTLER TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGY AREA. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as Amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out Community Development Block Grant Programs; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Community Development Grant ( CDBG) Program for NSA) the CDBG Program be the respective Neighborhood Strategy Area ( comprising in which the situated and approved by the governing body of the locality areas are 1) the financial that such approval include findings by the governing body that: ( aid to be undertaken in accordance with the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan; 2) , the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consis- tent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or 3) the redevelopment of the Neighborhood Strategy Area by private enterprise; ( Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and ( 4) the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special con- sideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in general vicinity of the sites covered by the plan; and WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the City of Fort Walton Beach ( herein called the " Local Public Agency") undertake and carry out ( 1) the Community Development Block Grant Program ( hereinafter called Program) Terrace identified as Community Development Block Grant Program of the Butler Redevelopment Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach and encompassing the area or First Street; Beal Parkway; and Hughes Street in areas bounded by Eglin Parkway; State of Florida ( herein called the " Locality"); and the City of Fort Walton Beach; WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for financial assistance under such Act and has entered into a contract or contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the undertaking of, and for making available financial assistance, the Program; and page 2 O_ I""'" Resolution No, ~ WHEREAS, the local Public Agency has made studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and social, cultural and economic conditions of the Butler Terrace Redevelopment area or areas comprising the Program and has determined that the area is blighted and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and uses thereof and of the locality at large, because of, slum and blighted con- ditions, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised by the local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach ( herein called the " Govering Body") for review and approval, a CDBG Acquisition and Relocation Policies for the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Area dated December 1979 ( Resolution No. 80- 7) and consisting of 36 pages and 14 exhibits dated February 12, 1980, supported by the following supplementary material, date, and recommendations not a part of the CDBG Statement of Development Objectives; land Use Acquisition and Relocation Plan: Plan; Planning Criterion; Acquisition and Relocation and Clearance and Provisions for Amending Plan prepared in accordance with Florida State Statute Chapter 163, by Wortman & Mann, a Consulting Firm; and WHEREAS, the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan has been approved by the Governing Body of the local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body' s duly certified Resolution approving the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan, which is attached thereto; and WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the Locality as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of Fort Walton Beach, which is duly for the Locality, has submitted designated and acting official administrative body to the Governing Body, its report and recommendations respecting the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan for the NSA comprising the Program and has certified that the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan conforms to the general plan as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly considered the report, recommendations, and certification of the administrative body; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Planning Board, which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to the Governing Body, its report and recommendations respecting the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan for the NSA comprising the Program and has certified that the Butler Terrace and Redevelopment Plan conforms to the general plan for the Locality as a whole, page 3 Resolution No. 80-/")..-- the Governing Body has duly considered the report, recommendations, and certifi- cation of the planning body; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation of individuals and families that may be result displaced as a of carrying out the program in accordance with the Relocation Policies previously established; and WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body, information and data respecting the Relocation Program which has been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of the studies, surveys, and inspections in the areas comprising the Program and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections; and WHEREAS, the members of the Governing Body have general knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the NSA and of the individuals and families that may be displaced by the Program and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such proposal for relocation; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the Relocation Program and the NSA for the Program, in conformity with the contract for financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of CDBG activities and undertaking with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discrimi- nation because of sex, age, color, race, creed, or national origin; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the NSA comprising the Program is a blighted and slum area and qualifies as an eligible area under Chapter 163. 70, Florida Statutes and appropriate Federal Legislation. 2. That the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan for the Program, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved, and the City Clerk to be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the Butler Terrace Redevelopment Plan with the Minutes of this