HomeMy WebLinkAbout2117RESOLUTION NO. 2117
A RESOLUTION declaring that the City of Bremerton has
one or more blighted areas existing within the City
and further finding that the rehabilitation and
redevelopment of these areas is necessary in the interest
of public health, safety, morals and welfare of the
residents of the City of Bremerton.
WHEREAS, RCW 35.81,050 requires certain findings to be made
by the City Council of the City of Bremerton in order to exercise
its powers under the Urban Renewal Statute, RCW 35.81., et seq;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton did in
1977 pass Resolution #1730 finding and declaring certain areas of
the City to be a blighted area; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the current City Council to
review those findings and update them for a portion of the area
previously found by the City to be blighted, specifically that
portion of the Bremerton waterfront area from the state ferry
terminal to Fifth Street on the water side of Washington Avenue,
including the tideland areas; and
WHEREAS, passage of said Resolution will enable City staff
to prepare an urban renewal project and plan and provide evidence
for the Council to determine whether or not the area which is the
subject of this Resolution continues to suffer from a blighted
condition; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON
That one or more blighted areas exist in the City of
Bremerton thus enabling the City to exercise its powers conferred
upon it by RCW 35.81 et seq; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rehabilitation, development,
or combination thereof of such area or areas is necessary in the
interest of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the
residents of the City of Bremerton; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and his staff are
hereby requested to prepare an urban renewal plan and project
which shall be the subject of a hearing before this body, which
plan and project should:
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A. Establish a workable and feasable plan
for making available adequate housing for those
people who may be displaced by the project;
B. Show conformance with the Comprehensive
Plan for the City of Bremerton as a whole;
C. Afford maximum opportunity, consistent
with the sound needs of the municipiality as a whole,
for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the
urban renewal area by private enterprise;
D. Demonstrate that a sound and adequate
financial program exists for the financing of said
project; and
E. Provide evidence that the urban renewal
project area is a blighted area as defined in RCW
35.81.010(2).
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton
this 14th day of May, 1986 .
GENE LOBE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, CLERK