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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 11-242 RESOLUTION NO. 11-242 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE OF TWELVE(12)RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE IKE. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THE ACTIVITIES. WHEREAS,the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved the use of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery("CDBG")funding for the demolition and clearance of residential properties that were damaged as a result of Hurricane Ike and are now uninhabitable; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that the identified properties pose a threat to the public's health and safety because the structures are open and accessible, collapsed or in danger of collapse, an attractive nuisance to children, a harborage for vermin, and magnets for drug users and other criminal activity; and WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has defined the demolition and clearance activities as Slum and Blight for Spot Basis; and WHEREAS, the elimination of specific conditions of blight or deterioration on a spot basis is designed to comply with the statutory objective for CDBG funds to be used for the prevention of blight, on the premise that such action(s) serve to prevent the spread to adjacent properties or areas; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby, in all things, approved and adopted; and THAT the City Council of the City of Beaumont hereby finds and declares the buildings listed on Exhibit"A,"attached hereto,to be public nuisances in that said buildings violate Title Il, Chapter 24, Article 24.04, Division 1, et seq., of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont and are for want of repairs or, by reason of age, are dilapidated, decayed, unsafe or unsanitary, or otherwise unfit for human habitation, or otherwise likely to endanger the health, safety or general welfare of the citizens of the City. THAT the properties listed on Exhibit "A," attached hereto, are scheduled for demolition and clearance and are defined as Spot Slum and Blight. READ, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 23rd day of August, 2011, at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, by the following vote: AYES: _ Councilmembers: Ma 0 r Omf-S, Ma D Ir0 �MA c� l m b.ex's Cot eon Wrigdll an d Scam u e,i NOES: Councilmembers: yor Becky Ames - A EST: M R oagc� City Secretary August 2011 Lggal Description Location 2140 Angelina Residence& Storage Building Parkdale L 10 B 16 Abstract 050750 1516 Annie Residence Sunset Heights L6 B 1 1638 Annie Residence&storage building Sunset Heights L 19 B 1 Abstract 063050 1254 Center Residence Chaison S23 3/1 OFT ofN1/2 L 7 & 8 B 17 Abstract 012100 3075 Donohue Residence Dixie Terrace L 1 B 1 Abstract 016800 2225 Foch Residence Joachimi L 13 B 13 Abstract 032450 2516 Laurel Garage Averill L 24 B 47 2498 W Lucas Rear storage building Calder Highlands N1/2 L7 B31 Abstract 008901 2478 Park Garage apartment Ellis L16 B2 Abstract 019200 945 Parry Residence Bergmann L 3 B 2 1751 Sarah Residence Mildred L4 B2 Abstract 044300 2386 St Anthony Storage building PL K T 5 D Brown Pam Loiacano Demolition Coordinator Exhibit A City of Beaumont 801 Main Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 (409) 880-3762 MMISIT A