HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2023-15RESOLUTION NO.2023-15
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
AMENDING THE DECLARATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY CENTER
REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND THE CARMEL DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission") serves as
the governing body of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District (the "District"), pursuant to IC 36-
7-14 (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Commission has previously adopted and confirmed resolutions
(collectively, the "Carmel Downtown EDA Declaratory Resolution") establishing and amending an
economic development area pursuant to Section 41 of the Act known as the "Carmel Downtown
Economic Development Area" (the "Carmel Downtown EDA"), and designating portions of the
Carmel Downtown EDA as "allocation areas" pursuant to Section 39 of the Act, including an
allocation area designated as the "Carmel Downtown Allocation Area No. I"; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has previously adopted and confirmed resolutions
(collectively, the "City Center RDA Declaratory Resolution") which established and amended a
redevelopment project area pursuant to Section 15 of the Act known as the "City Center
Redevelopment Area" (the "Redevelopment Area") and approved a redevelopment plan for the
Redevelopment Area, which plan has subsequently been incorporated into and replaced by an
Integrated Economic Development Plan & Amended Redevelopment Plan which applies to the
Redevelopment Area (the "Plan") pursuant to the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to (i) amend the Carmel Downtown EDA
Declaratory Resolution to remove the area described on Exhibit A attached hereto from the Carmel
Downtown EDA and the Carmel Downtown Allocation Area No. 1, and (ii) amend the City Center
RDA Declaratory Resolution to add the area described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "2023
Expansion Area") as part of the Redevelopment Area (clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the "2023
Amendments"); and
WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared maps and plats showing the
boundaries of the 2023 Expansion Area, the location of various parcels of property, streets, alleys,
and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, remediation, replatting, replanning, rezoning,
or redevelopment of the 2023 Expansion Area, the parts of the 2023 Expansion Area to be devoted
to public ways, levees, sewerage, and other public purposes under the Plan as amended herein, and
lists of the owners of any parcels acquired or proposed to be acquired, together with an estimate of
the cost of acquisition and redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 Amendments and supporting data were reviewed and considered at
this meeting; and
WHEREAS, Sections 15, 16, and 17 of the Act have been created to permit the creation of
"redevelopment project areas", and to provide that the Commission may exercise certain rights,
powers, privileges and immunities in a redevelopment project area, subject to the conditions set forth
in the Act; and
WHEREAS, this Commission deems it advisable to apply the provisions of said Sections 15,
16 and 17 of the Act to the 2023 Amendments; and
WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to approve the 2023 Amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Carmel Redevelopment
Commission, governing body of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District, as follows:
1. The Commission hereby amends the Carmel Downtown EDA Declaratory Resolution
to remove the area described in Exhibit A hereto from the Carmel Downtown EDA and the Carmel
Downtown Allocation Area No. 1, and hereby amends the City Center RDA Declaratory Resolution
to add the 2023 Expansion Area (as described in Exhibit A hereto) to the Redevelopment Area and
designates the 2023 Expansion Area as a "redevelopment project area" under Section 15 the Act.
2. The Commission finds that it will be ofpubhc utility and benefit to amend the Carmel
Downtown EDA Declaratory Resolution and the City Center RDA Declaratory Resolution as
provided in the 2023 Amendments and to continue to develop the Redevelopment Area, including
the 2023 Expansion Area, under the Act and the Plan.
3. The Commission hereby reaffirms its findings that the Redevelopment Area,
including the 2023 Expansion Area, is an "an area needing redevelopment" within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act, because it is an area in which normal development and occupancy are
undesirable or impossible because of the lack of development, the cessation of growth and the
deterioration of improvements in the Redevelopment Area, including the 2023 Expansion Area; the
character of occupancy, age, and obsolescence of property in the Redevelopment Area, including the
2023 Expansion Area; the substandard condition of buildings in the Redevelopment Area, including
the 2023 Expansion Area; and other factors that impair values or prevent a normal use or
development of property in the Redevelopment Area, including the 2023 Expansion Area.
4. The Plan for the 2023 Expansion Area cannot be achieved by regulatory processes or
by the ordinary operation of private enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under the Act
because of lack of development, cessation of growth, deteriorating improvements, age and the
substandard condition of buildings in the Redevelopment Area, including the 2023 Expansion Area.
5. The Commission finds that the public health and welfare will continue to be benefited
by the redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area, including the 2023 Expansion Area, under the
Act as a redevelopment project area.
6. The Commission finds that this Resolution and the 2023 Amendments are reasonable
and appropriate when considered in relation to the City Center RDA Declaratory Resolution, the
Plan and the purposes of the Act.
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7. The Declaratory Resolution, as amended by this Resolution, and the Plan, conform to
the comprehensive plan of development for the City.
8. The findings and determinations set forth in the City Center RDA Declaratory
Resolution and the Plan are hereby reaffirmed.
9. In support of the findings and determinations set forth in Sections 2 through 8 above,
the Commission hereby reaffirms the specific findings set forth in the Plan.
10. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, the Plan does not contemplate the
acquisition of property as a part of the redevelopment strategy, and the Commission does not at this
time propose to acquire any specific parcels of land or interests in land within the boundaries of the
Redevelopment Area, as amended by the 2023 Expansion Area. If the Commission proposes to
acquire specific parcels of land, the required procedures for amending the Plan under the Act will be
followed, including notice by publication, notice to affected property owners and a public hearing.
11. The Commission finds that no residents of the Redevelopment Area, as amended by
the 2023 Expansion Area, will be displaced by any project resulting from the Plan, and therefore
finds that it does not need to give consideration to transitional and permanent provision for adequate
housing for the residents.
12. The 2023 Amendments are hereby in all respects approved.
13. This Resolution, together with any supporting data, shall be submitted to the City of
Carmel Plan Commission (the "Plan Commission") and the Common Council of the City (the
"Council") as provided in the Act, and if approved by the Plan Commission and the Council, shall be
submitted to a public hearing and remonstrance as provided by the Act, after public notice as
required by the Act.
14. The officers of the Commission are hereby authorized to make all filings necessary or
desirable to carry out the purposes and intent of this Resolution.
15. The provisions of this Resolution shall be subject in all respects to the Act and any
amendments thereto.
16. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Commission.
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Adopted the 11 th day of April, 2023.
CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
President
ice President
Secretary
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Me
Member
EXHIBIT A
Description of the 2023 Expansion Area to be removed from the Carmel Downtown EDA
and the Carmel Downtown Allocation Area No. 1, and added to the City Center
Redevelopment Area
The 2023 Expansion Area consists of the following parcels as shown on the map attached hereto.
PARCEL ID NUMBERS:
16-09-3 6-00-00-005.115
16-09-3 6-00-00-005.015
16-09-3 6-00-00-005.016
16-09-3 6-00-00-005.116
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DMS 25974662.2
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