HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-07-26 99-266 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION
Date: JulV 26 1999
Item No. 99-266
Item/Subject: Approving and Adopting Community Development Program
Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood
Conservation Project
Responsible Department: Community & Economic Development
Commentary; This Order will approve the Community Development Program -
Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood Conservation Project.
The proposed project Area is bound by Hammond Street, Union Street,
Hudson Street and Ohio Street. Proposed activities to improve the
neighborhood include concentrated code enforcement; rehabilitation of
privately owned properties; Community Development property
rehabilitation financing for low and moderate income property owners
and for owners who rent to low and moderate income tenants;
acquisition and clearance of property that is not economically
feasible to rehabilitate; acquisition of property for rehabilitation
it the owner refuses to bring property into code compliance; and
improvements to public infrastructure within the Project area. The
Community and Economic Development Committee held a public meeting on
the proposed Plan at its July 21 meeting to solicit comments and
suggestions from property owners and interested citizens.
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Legal Approval:
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99-266
Amped to Counulor Aube rely 26. 1999
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Or3lert _ Approving and Adopting Community Dvelopment
Program - Revitalization Plan for the Union Place
Neighborhood Conservation Project.
so she My COMMOR Of the City OfBaapur;
OEDE W*
THAT WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1999, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to
local governments for undertaking and carrying out Community
Development Programs; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City
Council of the City of Bangor for approval and adoption a
'Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood Conservation
Project", a copy of which is on file in the office of the City
Clerk; and
WHEREAS, a Comprehensive Plan has been prepared and is
recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the
City of Bangor as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Hoard of the City of Bangor has
reviewed the Plan and has submitted to the City Council in writing
its report and recommendations respecting the Plan indicating that
the Plan conforms with the City of Bangor Comprehensive Plan and
applicable zoning ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bangor has made studies of the
location, physical condition of structures; land use; environmental
influences, and social, cultural, and economic
conditions of the
Onion Place Neighborhood Conservation Project Area and has
determined that the area is a blighted area as defined in 30
M.R.S.A. 9 5202.1. and that the conditions herein fall within the
"findings and declaration of necessity" as set forth in 30 M.R.S.A.
9 5201; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that
the City of Bangor, as part of its Community Development Program
having as its primary objective the development of a viable
community by providing decent housing, a suitable living
environment and the expansion of a opportunity, principally
forpersons of low- and moderate income, undertake and carry out
the Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood
99-266
Amped to Counulor Aube rely 26. 1999
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Or3lert _ Approving and Adopting Community Dvelopment
Program - Revitalization Plan for the Union Place
Neighborhood Conservation Project.
so she My COMMOR Of the City OfBaapur;
OEDE W*
THAT WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1999, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development is authorized to provide financial assistance to
local governments for undertaking and carrying out Community
Development Programs; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City
Council of the City of Bangor for approval and adoption a
'Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood Conservation
Project", a copy of which is on file in the office of the City
Clerk; and
WHEREAS, a Comprehensive Plan has been prepared and is
recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the
City of Bangor as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Hoard of the City of Bangor has
reviewed the Plan and has submitted to the City Council in writing
its report and recommendations respecting the Plan indicating that
the Plan conforms with the City of Bangor Comprehensive Plan and
applicable zoning ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bangor has made studies of the
location, physical condition of structures; land use; environmental
influences, and social, cultural, and economic
conditions of the
Onion Place Neighborhood Conservation Project Area and has
determined that the area is a blighted area as defined in 30
M.R.S.A. 9 5202.1. and that the conditions herein fall within the
"findings and declaration of necessity" as set forth in 30 M.R.S.A.
9 5201; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that
the City of Bangor, as part of its Community Development Program
having as its primary objective the development of a viable
community by providing decent housing, a suitable living
environment and the expansion of a opportunity, principally
forpersons of low- and moderate income, undertake and carry out
the Revitalization Plan for the Union Place Neighborhood
Conservation Project encompassing the area as described in the
Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BANGOR:
THAT it -s hereby found and determined that the Union
Place Neighborhood Conservation Project Area is a blighted area as
defined in 30 M.R.S.A. 5 5202.1. and is hereby designated as such.
THAT the Revitalization Plan for the Union Place
Neighborhood Conservation Project dated June 1999, a copy of which
is n file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby approved and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Bangor in accordance
with 30 M.R.S.A. 5 5203.
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July 26, 1999
Notion for Passage Made and
Seconded
99-266
ORDER
Title, Aproaiag and Adopting C®mitt'
Development Program - Revitalization
Plan for the Union Place Neighhor4wd
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