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RESOLUTION NO. 2207
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE UNDERTAKING OF THE SOUTH
END GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FILING
CF AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ADVANCE OF FUNDS FOR
THE SOUTH END OF LITTLE ROCK, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Hous-
ing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to extend financial assistance
to localities in the elimination and prevention of the spread of their slums
and urban blight through the planning and undertaking of urban renewal projects;
and
WHEREAS, under Section 102(d) of said Title I, the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator may make advances of funds for the preparation of General Neigh-
borhood Renewal Plans for urban renewal areas of such scope that the urban re-
newal activities therein may have to be carried out in stages over a period of
not more than 10 years; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Housing Au-
thority of the City of Little Rock prepare such a General Neighborhood Renewal
Plan, presently estimated to cost $ 402658.00 in that certain area, pro-
posed as an Urban Renewal Area, situated in the City of Little Rock, County of
Pulaski, and State of Arkansas, and described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of Park and West Roosevelt Road,
continue eastward along West Roosevelt Road to Arch; thence south-
ward along Arch to a point approximately half way between West 30th
and West 31st; thence eastward to the intersection of Spring and
West 31st; thence northward along Spring to West 23rd; thence east-
ward to Main; thence southward to East 24th; thence eastward to Scott;
thence southward to East Roosevelt Road; thence eastward to the west
right-of-way line of the third bridge expressway; thence southward
along expressway right-of-way to the Rock Island right-of-way; thence
continue along Rock Island right-of-way to Park; thence continue north-
ward along Park to the point of beginning.
WHEREAS, the above-cited Federal law requires as a condition to the ap-
proval of a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan that the locality present to
the Housing and Home Finance Administrator a Workable Program, as set forth
in Section 101(c) of said Title I, for utilizing appropriate public and pri-
vate resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums
and urban blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for
the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas, or to undertake
such other feasible community activities as may be suitably employed to, achieve
the objectives of such a Program, and that the General Neighborhood Renewal
Plan conform to said Workable Program; and
WHEREAS, said Title I also requires that the General Neighborhood Renewal
Plan conform to a general plan of the locality as a whole;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, as follows:
1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is an area of
such scope that it is estimated that the urban renewal activities therein may
have to be carried out in stages over a period of not more than 10 years.
2. That the undertaking by the Housing Authority of the City of Little
Rock of the preparation of a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the proposed
Urban Renewal Area described above is hereby approved.
3. That it is cognizant of the intention of the Housing Authority of the
City of Little Rock to undertake an urban renewal project promptly upon com-
pletion of the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan and the preparation of an
urban renewal plan for such project, which project shall embrace at least 10
per cent of the Urban Renewal Area and shall be of the character contemplated
by Section 110(c) of said Title I, and the Housing and Home Finance Adminis-
trator is hereby requested to reserve Federal capital grant funds in an amount
sufficient to help finance the undertaking of such a project.
Li. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under-
taking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assis-
tance under said Title I, including the requirements in said Title I with re-
spect to (1) a feasible method of relocation of persons displaced from project
areas, and (2) the provision of local grants-in-aid with respect to such pro-
jects.
5. That it is the intention of this body that the General Neighborhood
Renewal Plan will be used to the fullest extent feasible as a guide for the
provision of public improvements in such Area and, that the Plan will be con-
sidered in formulating codes and other regulatory measures affecting property
in the Area and in undertaking other local governmental activities pertaining
to the development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and conservation of the
Area.
6. That the filing of an application by the Housing Authority of the
City of Little Rock for an advance of funds from the United States in an
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amount not to exceed $ 110.E58.00 for the preparation of a General Neigh-
borhood Renewal Plan for the Urban Renewal Area described above is hereby ap-
proved.
ADOPTED: June 16, 1956
ATTEST : APPROVED:
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C ity Clerk Mayo