RES 1965-82 - 00011369114
RESOLUTION NO 82 -1965
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NEED FOR A HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY TO FUNCTION IN THE CITY OF FRIDLEY, PURSUANT TO THE
MUNICIPAL HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT ACT, AS PROVIDED IN THE LAWS
OF 1947, CHAPTER 487, AS AMENDED, OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, the City-of Fridley, Minnesota, has been subjected in the
months of March, April, and May, 1965, to a series of natural calamities,
including unprecedented flood disaster, and a series of devastating tor-
nadoes, and
WHEREAS, the extensive damage and destruction caused by these
natural calamities has produced conditions of severe deterioration of
public and private property, buildings, equipment, and facilities and
conditions that place in jeopardy the public health, safety and welfare
of the people of Fridley, and
- WHEREAS, portions of the City are in need of redevelopment or re-
habilitation, as a result of catastrophies which the President of the
United States has determined to be major disasters, pursuant to Public
Law 875, 81st Congress, and
WHEREAS, there exists in the City of Fridley, sub- standard and
blighted areas which cannot be redeveloped without governmental assis-
tance; and
WHEREAS, there is a shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwelling
accomodations available to persons of low incomes and their families, at
rentals they can afford;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Fridley:
That it, being fully advised in the premises, by reason of the
foregoing, declares that there is need for a Housing and Redevelopment
Authority to function in said City in accordance with the provisions of
laws of 1947, Chapter 487, also known as the Municipal Housing Redeve-
lopment Act, Section 462.411, et seq.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a public hearing on the above resolu-
tion is hereby set for the 1st day of June, 1965, at 8:00 o'clock in
the evening of said day, at the Riverwood School, 71st and East River
Road, Fridley, Minnesota 55432, at which time opportunity to be heard
shall be granted to all residents of the City and its environs, and to
all interested persons, a copy of this resolution and notice to be pub-
lished in the Fridley edition of the Record, the official newspaper for
the City of Fridley and a newspaper of general circulation..
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY,
THIS 13TH DAY OF MAY, 1965.
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MAYOR - W iam J. Nee
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK - Marvin C. Brunsell
Published in the Fridley Edition
of the Record, May 19 and 26, 1965.