RESOLUTION NUMBER 81-68 APPOINTING CITY COMMISSION AS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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No. 81-68
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, APPOINTING THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER AS THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOP
MENT AGENCY UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES, CHAPTER 163. -
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has found by Resolution
81-67 that a blighted area exists within specific boundaries in and
around the central downtown business district in the City of Clear-
wa ter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has found by Resolution
81-67 that rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment, or comb-
ination thereof, of the blighted area is necessary in the interest
of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents
of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has found by Resolution
81-67. that the establishment of a Community Redevelopment Agency
under .Florida Statutes, Chapter 163, is necessary to' carry out
activities to ameliorate conditions in the blighted area; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 81-466 the County of Pinellas de-
legated the pow~r and authority to. the City Commission of the
Ci ty of Clearw'ater to act as t..~e Communi ty Redevelcpmen t Agency
under Florida Statutes, Chapter 163;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEAro~ATER, FLORIDA, IN SESSION DULY
AND REGULARLY ASSEMBLED, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City Commission of the City of Clearwater is
declared to be the Community Redevelopme~t Agency under Florida
Statutes, Chapter 163.
2. That wh~n acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency
the Commission is acting as a public body corporate and politic,
separately and distinctly from its actions as the City Commission.
3. Tha t the C.i ty Commis s ion acting as the Co nununi ty
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Redevelopment agency shall have the following redevelopment
powe rs :
a. Power to find and declare blighted or slum areas
within the Downtown Development District area;
b. Powe~ to find and de~lari the necessity of rehab-
ilitation, conservation and/or redevelopment of
. said area;
c. Power to create the operational basis including
funding thereof for the City of Clearwater City
Council acting as the redevelopment agency for
the Downtown Development District area;
d. Power to prepare, adopt and modify the redevelop-
ment plan, subject to approval of the Board of
County Commissioners of Pinellas County;
e. Power to create the redevelopment trust fund and
execute,including issuance of revenue bonds, all
funding considerations thereunder, subject to
approval by the Board of County Commissioners of
Pinellas County; and
f. Power for the redevelopment agency to exercise
eminent domain and to acquire, lease, and dispose
of property.
4. That, in accordance with Resolution 81-466 of the Board
of County Commissioners, the .following exercises of authori ty are
hereby reserved to the Board of County eommissioners.
a~ Review and approval of the initial redevelopment
plan prior to its effectuation and also prior to
presen ta tion to the Pinellas Pla.J.ning Cotlllcil; and
b. Review and approv~~ of the creation,operational
basis and debt service structure of the redevelop-
ment trust fund prior to its effectuation.
5. That this resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
6th
day of August, 1981.
/s/ Charles F. LeCher
Mayor - Commissioner
Attest:
/ s / Lucille Williams
Ci ty Clerk
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RESOLUTION
No. 81- 67
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEAR-
WATER,. FLORIDA, FINDING THAT A BLIGHTED AREA EXISTS WITHIN
A SPECIFIC BOUNDARY IN AND AROUND THE CENTRAL DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS DISTRICT, THAT THE REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION,', I ~:, 'II.
REDEVELOPMENT, OR COMBINATION THEREOF, IS NECESSARY IN
THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS, OR
WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF CLEARWATER, AND THAT THERE,~!J" 'I
IS A NEED FOR A CO~1MUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CARRY", I " I ~, I'
OUT REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE BLIGHTED AREA., 'I "'i
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WHEREAS, there exists a specifically bounded area in and
around the central downtown business district described in Exhi.bi,t,
A; and
WHEREAS, the County of Pinellas by Resolution 81-466 has
delegated certain community development powers and authority under
Florida Statutes, Chapter 163, within the aforementioned specif-
ically bounded area to the City Commission of the City of Clearwater;
and
WHEREAS, there is a predominance of defective or inadequate
street layout by modern standards in this area; and
lffiEREAS, there is faulty lot layout limiting the nature and
extent of uses of properties in the area; and
WHEREAS, there is deterioration of sites, buildings, and
other improvements in this area; and
WHEREAS, there is diversity of ownership within the area
which prevents the free alienability of economically feasibly-
sized properties; and
WHEREAS, there are unusual conditions of title based on
large institutional holdings in this area which restrict the
market supply and size of private enterprise land; and
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WHEREAS, there is a static tax base, with conditions of
ownership which portend a continuing relative decline in the
downtown area's values; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Department has prepared a report
which documents the aforementioned blight conditions;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CO~~1ISSION OF
THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, IN SESSION DULY AND
REGULARLY ASSEMBLED, AS FOLLOWS:
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, Thl a blighted area is found lo eXiS~i thin the
specifically bounded area in and around the central downtown
business district, such blighted area more precisely described
as in Exhibit A attached.
2. That the rehabilitation, conservation, or redevelopment,
or combination thereof, of this blighted area is necessary in the
interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the
residents of Clearwater.
3. That there is a need for a community redevelopment agency
to carry out community redevelopment activities as specified in
Florida Statutes, Chapter 163, toward the amelioration ofcondi-
tions in this blighted area.
4. That this resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
A.D. 1981.
6th
day of August
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/s/ Charles F. LeCher
Mayor-Commissioner
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/ s/ Lucille Williams
City Clerk
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OD Prospect S~reet.to Grove Street; fuen East on Grove
Sb-cc::t to Grc;c:uwo~d Ave.nue; ilien South on G::-cc::1-=ood
Avenue to Laura Street; tbe.n -r-~ st (to include those
properties irontiDg OD Clev c:1and Str eet) to Tr edrica
Ave.nue; Gen South on 'E"recrica Ave::1ue to the southerly
bonncaries of the properties ironting on Cleveland Street;'
then West on tbose sou~e::-ly OOUDCa,1). li.=les to }..~acllsoD Ave:m:l!:;
SCD South' on Mawson Avenue to vacatec ~rk S'Jee~; Gen
West to Washington Avenue; tben South 0::1 \\ras.....:ngtOD Ave::2ue
to Gould Street'; tileD '"rest on Gould St::-eet to Gree.::lUlooc
Avcnue; then North on Grecn"Woc>d _A.venue t.o souilierly
bounoary of Lots 24 and 9 of Block liB" of Coacbznan
Ecights Subdivision; then West on the South lot liDes of
Lot 2~ and 9 to E'wing Avenue; then South" on ";:""Wing Av c:nue:
1:0 Court Street; tben'1:"'~st on Court Street tb Gree:D'W"ood Avenue;
thcn South OD Green'Wood Avenue to tbe 3.outherly bOUDoari es oi
S::se properties !rontiDg on Cnestnut S~:;-~et; Se::: '\-eS-:'-o::: Gos~
so\::Serly bOc..:l.caries to My:-tle r.vc::1ue; t}..c:=o SocS 0::: 1-1y:-ti:: }-." ~:::l'...:::
to TU=De:- Street; theD Vt'est or. TU:Der Street to '=:;as~ Avenue;
tLcD North on .East Avenuc to the s'octbcrly bOU.::lca.ries oi those:: I
pro"Der'ties fronting OD .Cbe:stnut Strect; then "West OD tbo~e socG::~l"y
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?roperty lines to old ACL railroad right-oi-way;' t.:""lcnce
North on that right-of--way to Cbcstout Street; then v: est
on Cbestnut Street to alley; then South OD alley t'o Rogers
Street; then V{est on Rogers Stre:et to South Fort Harrison
Avcnue; then North on South Fort H~rrison Avcnue: to
'Chestnut Street; then West on Ch~stout Street to Oak Avenue;
tbeD North on Oak Avenue: to Court Street; then .East on
Court Street to Osceola Avenue; then North on Osceola
Avenue to JODes Street and the P..O. B_. LESS AND EXCEPT'
Lots 1 thru 4. iDc1usive. Block'7and Lots 1 thru~, inc1csive,
:Block 8. of A. C. Turner's Subdivisi'on"lst Addition as recorded,/
m DEED K-475 of the Public Records of Hillsborough County"
Florida. of "Which PiDellas County"W"as fOTrrlcrly a part and
LESS AND EXCEPT Lobi 1 thIu 4., inclusive and abutti.ng
vacated alleys;. and Lots 11 thru 14., inclusive and abutt::i.D.g "
vacated alleys, of Markley's Addition. according to the
map or plat ther co! as :recorded in Plat Boo!c 1, pag e 97 of
the: Public Records of :H""illsborough County, Florida. oi -=hicb
PiDellas County 'Was !o:rmc:.rly a part.
AND
Beginning where Jones Str~et ends at Clearwater Bay~
running East .on Jones Street.to Osceola Avenue; then
South on Osceola Avenue to Court Street; then West on
CouTt Street to Oak Avenue; then South on Oak Avenue to
Chestnut Street; West on what would be Chestnut Street if
extended to Clearwater Bay.
AND .
Lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, Block 7 and Lots 1 thru 4, inclusive,
Block 8, of A. C. Turner's Subdivision 1st Addition as
recorded in Deed K-475 of the Public Records of Hil1sbo~ourh
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County, Florida) of which Pine1las County ~as formerly a ~cT:.
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Lots 1 thru 4, inclusive and abutting vacated alleys, and LO:S
11 thru 14, inclusive and abutting vacated alleys, of Marklev's
Addition, according to the map or .plat thereof as recorded in
Pl~t Book 1, page 97 of the Public Records of Hillsborough
County, Florida, of which Pinel1as County was formerly a part.
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