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:
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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