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RESOLUTION NO 1676
SERIES OF 1997
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A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE WHEAT RIDGE TOWN CENTER
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS,
AND FINDING THAT BLIGHTED AREAS EXIST WITHIN THE AREA.
WHEREAS, the Economic Development and ReVitalizatIOn Commission (ED ARC) has
recommended modificatIOns to the urban renewal plan for the Wheat Ridge Town Center and
submitted the proposed modified plan to City Council, and
WHEREAS, the proposed modified plan IS attached hereto and incorporated herem, and
WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution adopted on August 28, 1997 determmed that
the proposed modificatIOns of the plan were substantial, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Wheat Ridge has determmed on
September 18, 1997 that the proposed plan conforms to the Comprehensive Plan of the City; and
WHEREAS, the mclusion of the additional properties, which includes the northwest
corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and West 44th Avenue, wlthm the urban renewal area would
accomplish the development, redevelopment and rehabilitation of a portIOn of the Wheat Ridge
Town Center, so that the area can be developed or redeveloped to provide a safer and more
useful environment for ItS users; to redevelop such area to proVide necessary, greater and
reasonable economic utilizatIOn of same, to promote more adequate public facilites and utihtles
and Improved traffic patterns, to ehmmate traffic and pedestrian hazards wlthm the area, to ensure
reasoned and sound SOCIal, phYSical and economic growth Within the City; to promote and effect
the goals, objectives and purposes of the urban renewal plan, to proVide a sound financIal or
economic base for the communIty; and to proVide a necessary tax base for the City; and
WHEREAS, EDARC has proVIded Jefferson County CommissIOners with a report
analyzmg the fiscal impact of the urban renewal plan expanSIOn, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that It is m the best mterest of the City of
Wheat Ridge to modify the plan as requested, and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has caused notice of the time, place and purpose of a public
heanng to be held concernIng the urban renewal plan to be published on October 10, 1997 and
November 21, ] 997 m the WHL"A T RJJ)GJ~ TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper of general ClfculatlOn in
the City; and
WHEREAS, at the pulic hearing before City Council on November 24, 1997, evidence
was presented which supports the findmgs contamed herein that certam areas wlthm the proposed
urban renewal area are presently m a blighted condition and are m need of development,
redevelopment or rehabilitation or a combination thereof; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all residents and taxpayers of the City and all other mterested
parties were given a full opportumty to be heard.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WHEAT RIDGE THAT
Section 1. One or more blighted areas exist m the area of the City to be added to the
urban renewal plan area wlthm the Wheat Ridge Town Center, which by reason of the following
factors, substantIally Impmr or arrest the sound growth of the City, constitute an economic and
social liability; and are a menace to the public health, safety, morals and welfare in their present
conditIOns and uses SpeCifically, the following blight factors exist:
A. Defective and madequate street layout includmg substandard lane widths,
madequate turn lanes, limited acceleratIOn/deceleratIOn lanes and is not adequately
sidewalks, Access pomts do not control mgress/egress m a safe manner due to
their proximity to the mtersection, and
B Detenoratmg structures, which have been demolished smce the commencement of
the Blight Study; and
C Unsafe conditions, due to the defective street layout, resultmg m more accidents
reported at thiS mteresectlOn than any other within the City; and
D Faulty lot layout m relatIOnship to Size, adequacy, accessibilty or usefulness, and
E. Substantmllmpairment of the sound growth of Wheat Ridge by madequate public
mfrastructure
Section 2,
The City Council hereby finds that:
A. The propertlCs to be mcluded m the urban renewal area contam blight as defined by
Colorado law; and
B The eXistence of such bhghted conditIOns substantially Impair and arrest the sound
growth of the municipality, constitute an economic and social liability and are a
menace to the pubhc health, safety, morals or welfare m the present condition and
uses; and
C The clearance, rehabilitation, conservation, development, redevelopment, or a
combination thereof, of the urban renewal area IS necessary to pres ever and ensure
the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City of Wheat Ridge,
and
D The area IS approprIate for an urban renewal project; and
E Redevelopment of the urban renwa1 area shall reduce the further deterioration of
the Wheat Ridge Town Center Area
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SECtion 6,
Section 7.
The commercIal uses proposed for the urban renewal area are necessary
and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the
commumty in accordance with sound planning standards and local
commumty obJectIVes,
The urban renewal plan provides a feasible method for the relocatIon of the
persons and businesses wlthm the urban renewal area.
The modifications of the plan conform to the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive
Plan
The modlfkatlons of the urban renewal plan shall afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the City of Wheat Ridge,
for the rehabilitatIOn and redeve\oment of the Wheat Ridge Town Center
area by private enterpnse
The urban renewal plan for the Wheat Ridge Town Center Project IS
hereby approved and adopted as modified III the plan document attached to
this resolutIOn,
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado on the 24th day of November, 19?}
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