RES 1965-94 - 00011382127
RESOLUTION*NO. 94 -1965
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY IN
CONNECTION WITH FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR UNDERTAKING OF
SURVEYS AND PLANS FOR A DISASTER PROJECT
WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the
Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to extend financial
assistance to a locality for the planning and undertaking of an urban
renewal project in an urban area which the governing body of the locality
certifies, and the Administrator finds, is in need of redevelopment or
rehabilitation as a result of a catastrophe which the President has deter-
mined to be a major disaster; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Fridley
Housing and Redevelopment Authority prepare surveys and plans presently
estimated to cost approximately Eighty -two thousand five hundred eighty -
seven and no /100 ($82,587.00) Dollars, in order to undertake and carry
out an urban renewal project of the character contemplated by Section 111
of said Title I, in that certain area, proposed as an Urban Renewal Area,
situated in the City of Fridley, County of Anoka, and State of Minnesota,
and described as follows:
"University Avenue Area" bounded generally as follows:
on the North 61st Avenue N.E., on the West by University
Avenue; on the South by Interstate Freeway 694; on the
East by 7th Street Northerly to 57th Avenue Northeast,
thence on 5th Street Northerly to 57' Avenue Northeast,
thence 4th Street to 61st Avenue.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRIDLEY, MINNESOTA:
1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is an urban
area in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a catastrophe
which the President, pursuant to the provisiuns of Public Law 875, 81st
Congress, as amended, has determined to be a major disaster, and is appropriate
for an urban renewal project; that the undertaking by the Fridley Housing
and Redevelopment Authority of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project
of the character contemplated by Section 111 of Title I of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, in the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above, is
hereby approved; and that financial assistance under Title I is needed to
enable the Fridley Housing and Redevelopment Authority to finance the under-
taking of the Project.
2. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the
undertaking and carrying out with Federal financial assistance of an urban
renewal project of the character contemplated by Section 111 of Title I,
including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, creed,
or national origin; and also the following requirements: (a) that the
contract for temporary loan or capital grant for the Project shall specify a
date for compliance with the workable program for community improvement re-
quirements of Section 101 (c) of Title I; (b) that the urban renewal plan
shall be approved by this body; (c) that local grants -in -aid, consisting
of donations of cash, land, demolition or removal work, and the installation,
construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds,
or other improvements or the provision of other public buildings or facili-
ties, necessary for carrying out in the Urban Renewal Area the objectives of
the urban renewal plan, shall be provided in an amount which, together with
the Federal capital grant, will be generally equal to the difference between
Gross Project Cost and the proceeds or value of project land sold, leased,
or retained for use in accordance with the urban renewal plan; and (d) that
there shall be prepared and carried out a plan for the encouragement, to the
maximum extent feasible, of the provision of dwellings suitable for the needs
of individuals and families displaced by the major disaster or by redevelop-
ment or rehabilitation activities in connection with the Project; and it is
the sense of this body that such conditions can and will be complied with.
3. That the filing of an application by the Fridley Housing and Re-
development Authority for surveys and plans for an urban renewal project in
the Urban Renewal Area described above is hereby approved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY, MINNE-
SOTA, THIS 9TH DAY OF JUNE, 1965
ATTEST: (/ O
^� MAYOR - Willi J. Nee
CITY CLERK - Marvin C. Brunsell
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