(A) The Council hereby finds and determines that the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area is an area which, by reason of the presence of a substantial number of deteriorated and deteriorating structures, unsafe conditions, deterioration of site and other improvements, lack of adequate zoning enforcement, obsolete and impractical planning and platting, and low levels of commercial activity and redevelopment, substantially impairs and arrests the sound growth and economic well-being of the city and the Near Heights Metropolitan Area, constitutes an economic and social burden, is a menace to the public health, safety and welfare in its present condition and use, is a blighted area and it is appropriate for a Metropolitan Redevelopment Project.
(B) The Council hereby finds that the rehabilitation, conservation, development and redevelopment of and in the Near Heights Metropolitan Area is necessary in the interests of the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the city.
(C) The Agency is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or to cause to be prepared a detailed Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan for the Near Heights Metropolitan Area which, without limitation, shall seek to eliminate the problems created by the blighted area, shall conform to any general plan for the city as a whole, and shall be sufficient to indicate the proposed activities to be carried out or encouraged in the blighted area and the Plan's relationship to define local objectives respecting land uses, improved traffic patterns and controls, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, housing facilities, commercial activities or enterprises, and other public improvements.
(Res. 110-1998, approved 11-25-98)
The City Council, after having conducted a public hearing pursuant to the code, finds that:
(D) The Plan and the proposed redevelopment of the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area will aid in the elimination and prevention of blight or conditions that lead to the development of blight.
(E) The Plan does not require the relocation of any families or individuals from their dwellings; therefore, a method for providing relocation assistance is not required for the project.
(F) The Plan complements the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan and affords maximum opportunity consistent with the needs of the community for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area by public activities.
(G) Section B, Item 5 in the Plan, attached to Resolution No. 107-2003 as Exhibit A, labeled "Vacation of Public Rights of Way and Road Alignments" is deleted, to maintain the Plan's emphasis on purchasing, demolishing and reconstructing dilapidated properties.
(H) The Plan, attached to Resolution No. 107-2003 as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, is approved in all respects as described in Section 1, Items A through D.
(I) Amendments.
(1) The area from the commercial corridor along San Mateo Blvd. from Bell Street to Gibson Blvd. and the commercial corridor along Gibson Blvd. from San Mateo Blvd. to Kentucky Street, near Louisiana Blvd. is hereby included into the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area. The boundary excludes recently redeveloped properties on the south side of Gibson Blvd. from Dakota Street to Kentucky Street. It includes the shopping center along the west side of San Pedro Blvd, which is bounded on the north by Kathryn Ave. and the south by Anderson Ave., and is adjacent to the existing Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area. The Near Heights Expansion area further described in Exhibit A to this Resolution, is, by reason of the presence of a substantial number of deteriorated structures, unsafe conditions, deterioration of site and other improvements, obsolete and impractical planning and platting and low levels of commercial activity and redevelopment which substantially impair and arrest the sound growth and economic well-being of the City and the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Area, constitute an economic and social burden and a menace to the public health, safety, and welfare in its present condition and use, the blighted areas that are appropriate for a metropolitan redevelopment project or projects and are hereby designated the Near Heights Metropolitan Redevelopment Expansion area.
(2) The expanded Plan complements the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan and affords maximum opportunity consistent with the needs of the community for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Near Heights Expansion Metropolitan Redevelopment Area by the public activities and the private enterprise; and the objectives of the Plan justify the proposed activities as public purposes and needs.
(3) The expanded Plan, attached as Exhibit A, and made a part hereof, is approved in all respects.
(4) The entire Near Heights Expansion Metropolitan Redevelopment Area is specifically included for purposes of tax increment financing, and the creation of a tax increment district.
(Res. 84-2000, approved 10-6-00; Am. Res. 107-2003, approved 9-26-03; Am. Res. R-2008-051, approved 4-17-08; Am. Res. R-2010-065, approved 6-18-10; Res. 2017-102, approved 11-13-17)
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Formerly also codified as § 1-6-12