RESOLUTION 83-3 CRA FOR CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN LAND
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RESOLUTION
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A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN
LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF CLEARWATER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF COMPLETING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND PLAN FOR THE
CENTRAL DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County
by Resolution 81-466 delegated to the City of Clearwater the powers and
authority to conduct redevelopment activities as defined by Chapter 163,
Part III, of the Community Redevelopment Act of 1969, as amended,
including the powers to find and declare blighted areas within the Downtown
Development District area; to find and declare the necessity of rehabilitation,
conservation, and/or redevelopment thereof; to adopt and modify the redevelop-
ment plan subject to County approval; and for the redevelopment agency to
exercise eminent domain and to acquire, lease, and dispose of property; and
WHEREAS, the Clearwater City Commission by adoption of Resolution
No. 81-67 made a finding that a blighted area exists within the downtown area
of the City and that the rehabilitation, conservation, and/or redevelopment
thereof is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare; and that
there is a need for a Community Redevelopment Agency to carry out the
community development activities; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
pursuant to Resolution No. 81-68 declared itself to be the Community
Redevelopment Agency under Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
did cause a community redevelopment plan to be prepared for the blighted
area mentioned in Resolution No. 81-67; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Clearwater held a
public hearing on such redevelopment plan for the blighted area; and
WHEREAS, following such public hearing the City Commission passed
Ordinance No. 2576-81 approving the redevelopment plan for Downtown
Clearwater; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission by Ordinance No. 2779-82 has
established a redevelopment trust fund which has been approved by Pinellas
County; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency is in the process
of carrying out a redevelopment project included within the approved plan
consisting of the development of an office and retail structure and parking
facility located within the redevelopment area; and
WHEREA. S, certain land included within such plan has been appraised;
and
WHEREAS, neither the City of Clearwter or the Community
Redevelopment Agency has been able to acquire such land by purchase,
gift or otherwise; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Community Redevelopment Agency
to acquire such land in an expeditious manner in order that the redevelopment
plan and project may be fully implemented in an expeditious manner with the
idea of removing existing blight; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency has surveyed and
located its line of construction with respect to such land and intends in good
faith to construct the aforementioned redevelopment project on or over such
land;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEE> BY THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That it is hereby found to be necessary and in the public interest
to acquire the parcel set out below for a Community Redevelopment Project
and related activities for public purposes in accordance with the laws of
Florida, including Chapter 163, Part III, Florida Statutes, and in order to
effectuate the Community Redevelopment Project and Plan for Downtown
Clearwater in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 163, Part III,
Florida Statutes:
Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block 13, Gould and Ewing's 2nd
Addition, according to the map or plat thereof as recorded
in Plat Book 1, page 52 of the Public Records of Hillsborough
County, Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a
part, together with that portion of said Block 13 which was
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formerly an alley running East and West through said Block
13, comprising a tract of land bounded on the North by
Cleveland Street, on the West by Garden Avenue, on the
South by Park Street and on the East by the former right-of-
way of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
2. That the City Attorney or his approved designee is hereby
authorized and directed to institute necessary eminent domain proceedings
to condemn the land described above and to file a Declaration of Taking
for immediate acquisition of such land.
3. That the interest to be acquired in the above described land is
that of fee simple absolute.
4. That the Community Redevelopment Agency in good faith intends
to construct the aforementioned redevelopment project on or over the above
described land.
5. That the City Manager, acting on behalf of the Community
Redevelopment Agency, is hereby authorized to deposit in the Registry
of the Circuit Court all monies that may be required to complete such
proceedings.
6. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
7th
day of July, A. D. 1983.
COMMYNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
T$oner
Commissioner
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