3058 RESOLUTION NO. 3,058
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, APPROVING THE AMENDED URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR
PROJECT NO. ARK R-6, HIGH STREET AREA
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator
is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public
Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects;
and
WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for
financial aid thereunder shall require that the Amended Urban
Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the
governing body of the locality in which the project is situated
and that such approval include findings by the governing body that:
(1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary
to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the
Amended Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Amended Urban Renewal Plan
will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs
of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelop-
ment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; and (3) the'
Amended Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the
development of the locality as a whole; ant.
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, (herein called the "Housing Authority") has entered into
planning contracts for financial assistance under such Act with
the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing
and Home Finance Administrator, pursuant to which Federal funds
were provided for the urban renewal project (herein called the
"Project") identified as "The High Street Area", Project Ark R-6,
and encompassing the area in the City of Little Rock, State of
Arkansas, (herein called the "Locality") , described as follows:
Beginning at a point located at the southeast corner
of the intersection of Izard and West 11th Street; thence S
80° 33 ' 00" E, 1078.25 ft; thence N 9° 23' 00" E, 1288.25 ft;
thence N 80° 33' 00", W 2371.17 ft; thence S 9° 18' 40" W,
50.00 ft; thence N 80° 33' 00" W, 150.00 ft; thence N 9° 18'
40" E, 50.00 ft; thence N 80° 33' 00" W, 664.16 ft; thence N
87° 58' 00" W, 358.73 ft; thence S 2° 27 ' 30" W, 1250.01 ft;
thence N 88° 04' 30" W, 511.35 ft; thence S 2° 13' 10" W,
364.07 ft; thence N 88° 04' 30" W, 210.00 ft; thence S 2°
13' 10" W, 770.00 ft; thence S 88° 04' 30" E, 210.00 ft;
thence S 2° 13' 10" W 1698.01 ft; thence N 88° 04' 30" W,
210.00 ft; thence S 26 13' 10" W, 278.35 ft; thence S -87° 13 '
30" E, 87 .71 ft; thence S 2° 24' 10" W, 364.00 ft; thence S
87° 36' 50" E, 693.30 ft; thence N 2° 13' 55" E, 893.51 ft;
thence S 87° 08' 05" E, 300.01 ft; thence S 80° 34' 25" E,
556.90 ft; thence N 9° 18' 55" E, 720.01 ft; thence S 80° 41'
05" E, 720.00 ft; thence N 9° 11' 35" E, 360.00 ft; thence S
80° 43' 25" E, 300.25 ft; thence S 9° 16' 20" W, 1079.75 ft;
thence N 80° 40' 20" W, 660.20 ft; thence S 9° 19' 00" W,
377 .22 ft; thence S 2° 36' 00" W, 40.00 ft; thence S 87° 24'
00" E, 1090.45 ft; thence N 2° 36' 00" E 40.00 ft; thence
N 90° 09' 40" E, 1690.38 ft; thence S 80° 35' 20" E, 361.20
ft; thence N 9° 24' 40" E, 418.36 ft; thence N 80° 42' 00" W,
722.14 ft; thence N 9° 28' 00" E, 661.80 ft. to point of
beginning; said area containing 283.58 acres, more or less;
all being situated in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County,
Arkansas.
and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has applied for additional
financial assistance under such Act and proposes to enter into an
additional contract or contracts with the Housing and Home Finance
Agency for the undertaking of, and making available additional
financial assistance for, the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has made detailed studies of
the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environ-
mental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic condi-
tions of the Project area and has determified that the area is a
blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating area and that it is
detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the
inhabitants and users thereof and of the Locality at large, and
the members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by
the Housing Authority and are aware of these conditions; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Board
of Directors of the Locality (herein called the "Governing Body")
for review and approval an Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the
Project Area, dated November, 1962, and consisting of five (5)
pages, one (1) Exhibit (Exhibit A) , and three (3) maps supported
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by certain supplementary material, data, and recommendations,
which material, data, and recommendations are not a part of said
Amended Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, said Amended Urban Renewal Plan has been approved
by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority, as evidenced.
by the copy of said Board's duly certified resolution approving
said Urban Renewal 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 Little Rock Planning Commission, which is the
duly designated and acting official planning body for the Locality,
has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations
respecting said Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area
and has certified that said Amended Urban Renewal Plan conforms
to the said general plan for the Locality as a whole, and the
Governing Body has duly considered said report, recommendation,
and certification of the planning body; and
WHEREAS, this Governing Body, having duly considered said
Amended Urban Renewal Plan and supporting data and being fully
advised in the promises, hereby determines that the findings,
determinations and action herein made, taken and authorized are
in the public interest and for the protection of the health,
safety, morals and welfare of this conuiiunity, and all in accord-
ance with the Ordinances of the City of Little Rock, Act 212 of
1945 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas as amended
by Acts 189 of 1957 and 119 of 1959 of the General Assembly of
the State of Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, said Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Project
area prescribes certain land uses for the Project area and will
require, among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and
removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment
of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and
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water mains and other public facilities, and other public action;
and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has prepared a plan for the
relocation of families that may be displaced as a result of carry-
ing out the Project in accordance with said Amended Urban Renewal
Plan and has submitted to the Governing Body .a Relocation Plan
for the Project, included in the supporting documentation to said
Amended Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing
Body information and data respecting the Relocation Plan which
have been prepared by the Housing Authority as a result of studies,
surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling •
and analysis of the data and information obtained from such
studies, surveys, and inspections; and
WHEREAS, the members of this Governing Body have general
knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and
of the availability of proper housing in the Locality for the
relocation of families that may be displaced from the Project
area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing con-
ditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such Relocation
Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take
appropriate official action respecting the Relocation Plan and
said Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Project, in conformity
with the contract or contracts for financial assistance between
the Housing Authority and the United States of America acting by
and through the, Housing and Home Finance Administrator:
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority
is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking
and carrying out of urban renewal project with federal financial
assistance under Title I , including those prohibiting discrimina-
tion because of race, color, creed, or national origin:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of
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City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as follows:
Section 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the
Project is a blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating area and
qualifies as an eligible Project area under Act 212 of 1945 of
the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas as amended by Acts
of 189 of 1957 and 119 of 1959 of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas, and that the conditions existing therein are
detrimental to the safety, health, morals and welfare of the in-
habitants of the Locality, and such conditions should be eliminated
and said Amended Urban Renewal Plan carried out in the public
interest;
Section 2. That said Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the
Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered,
is hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed
to file said copy of said Amended Urban Renewal Plan with the
minutes of this meeting;
Section 3. That it is hereby found and determined that said
Amended Urban Renewal Plan (1) conforms to the general plan for
the municipality as a whole, and (2) is sufficiently complete to
indicate such land acquisition, demolition and removal of struc-
tures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be
proposed to be carried out in the area of the Urban Renewal Project,
zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities,
building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite
local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic,
public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community
facilities, and bother public improvements;
Section 4. That it is hereby found and determined that the
financial aid provided and to be provided pursuant to said contract
for Federal financial assistance pertaining to the Project is
necessary to enable the Project to be undertaken in accordance
with the Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area;
Section 5. That it is hereby found and determined that the
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above-mentioned Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Urban Renewal
Area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound
needs of the Locality as a whole, for the Urban Renewal of such
areas by private enterprise;
Section 6. That it is hereby found and determined that the
proposals set forth in. the Relocation Plan for the proper reloca-
tion of the families displaced in carrying out the Project in
decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable
standards are feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected
to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the Project;
and that such dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made
availabla to such displaced families are at lease equal in number
to the number of displaced families, are not generally less desir-
able in regard to public utilities and public and commercial
facilities than the dwellings of the displaced families in the
Project area, are available at rents or prices within the financial
means of the displaced families, and are reasonably accessible
to their places of employment;
Section 7 . That in order to implement and facilitate the
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effectuation of the Amended Urban Renewal Plan hereby approved
it is found and determined that certain official action must be
taken by this Body with reference, among others, to changes in
zoning; the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other
public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the loca-
tion and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public
facilities, and, accordingly, this Body hereby: (a) pledges its
cooperation in helping to carry out such Amended Urban Renewal
Plan; (b) requests the various officials, departments, boards, and
agencies of the Locality having administrative responsibilities
in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise
their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with
said Amended Urban Renewal Plan; and (c) stands ready to consider
and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed
to effectuate said Amended Urban Renewal Plan; and
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Section 8. That additional financial assistance under the
provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is
necessary to enable the land in the Project area to be renewed
in accordance with the Amended Urban Renewal Plan for the Project
area and, accordingly, the filing by the Housing Authority of an
Amendatory Application for such financial assistance under said
Title I is hereby approved.
ADOPTED: September 16, 1963
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk. Mayor.
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