HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 41-70 RESOLUTION N0.41-70
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA APPROV-
ING UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS
FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND FILING
OF AN APPLICATION
WHEREAS.;- under Title 1 of the Housing Act of 1.949, as amended (her,ein
r,efer,r,ed to as "Title 1 ,), the Secr,etary off Housing and Ur,ban Devetopnaent is
author,ized to extend financial assistance to local public agencies in the elimination
and prevention of the spread of their slums and u.P:ban blight thr,ough the planning
and undertaking of urban r,enewal projects; and
WHEREAS it is desirable and in the public interest that the Redevelopment
Agency of ~he City of ~akensField, Califor,nia make surveys and prepare plans,
pr,esent]y es(i'm..ated to cost approximately Eighty-nine Thousand Nine Hundred and
Eighty Dollar,s ({'~9, 980. ), in order` to under`take and car,r,y o{~t an urban r,enewal
project of the character` contemplated by Section 110 (c) of the City of Bakers-
field, County of Ker,n, and State' oF :Ca-l{for`n[a, which is described as follows:
Bounded by Twenty-Thir,d Street on the nor,th, Chester Avenue
on the west, Truxtun Avenue on the south and "N""' Street on the
east.
· NOW, THEREFORE, "BE IT R~SOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA:
1. That. the pr,oposed Ur,ban Renewal Ar,ea described above is a slum,
blighted, deter,iorated, or, deter,locating area appropriate for an urban renewal
project and that the undertaking by the Redevelopmerit Agency of the City of Bake .ns-
field, Califor,nia of surveys and plans fop at~ ur,ban r,enewal project of the character`
contemplated by Section 110 (c) of Title 1 in the proposed Urban' Renewal Ar,ea is
hereby approved.
2. :Fhat the financial assistance available under Title 1 is needed to
enable the Redevelopn~ent Agency of the City of Baker,sfield, California to finance
the planning and under`taking of the proposed Project.
taking and car,tying out of ur,ban r,enewal pr,ojects with Feder,al financial assistance
under` Title 1, including those r,elaEing to (a) ~he pelocation of site occupants,
(b) the provision of local grants-in-aid, (c) the prohibition of discrimination be-
cause of r,ace, color`, creed, or, national origin, and (d) the r,equ[rement that
the locality present to the SecneE~ry of Housing and Urban Development, as a
pr,epequisite to approval of the application described below, a Workable Program
fop Community Improvement, as set forth in Section 1 01' (c) off Title 1, for utitiz-
That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under--
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in9 appropriate public and private resources to eliminate and prevent the de-
velopment or spread of slums and urban blight.
4. That it is the sense of this body (a) that a feasible methSd for
the relocation of individuals and families displaced from the Urban Renewal
Area, in conformity with Title ~, can be prepared, and (b) that the local
grants-in-aid can and will be provided in an amount which wilt be not less than
1/8 of the Net Project Cost of the Project and which, together with the Federal
capital grant, will be generally equal to the difference between Gross Project
Cost and the proceeds or value of project land sold, leased, or retained for
use in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
5. That the filing of an application by the Redevelopr-nent Agency
of the City of Bate r~fteld, California for an advance of funds from the United
States of America to enable it to defray the cost o~ the surveys and plans for an
urban renewal project in the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is
hereby approved.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council,of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
.meeting thereGf held on the ~3rd
following vote:
day of .June
, 1970, by the
T C]~ E
CI Y RK and ficio 'Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
1970
APPROVED: