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Resolution of the Council of the County of Allegheny, pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Law of Pennsylvania, approving Steel Valley Redevelopment Proposal #1 within the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area located in the Borough of Homestead
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Urban Redevelopment Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991, as amended, 35 P.S. Sections 1701 et. seq. (Urban Redevelopment Law), certain actions and responsibilities are required to be officially taken by the Planning Commission of the county in which a particular Redevelopment Authority operates; and
WHEREAS, in any city or county in which a planning commission does not exist the law permits a Redevelopment Authority to be substituted for the Planning Commission, pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Law, 35 P.S. §1703(j); and
WHEREAS, the County of Allegheny does not have a Planning Commission to designate and certify an area to be blighted and in need of redevelopment pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary for the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County to act as The Planning Commission for appropriate and necessary activities under the Urban Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County has certified an area in the Boroughs of Homestead, Munhall, and West Homestead known as the “Steel Valley Redevelopment Area” at its December 16, 1998 meeting, as in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County has prepared a Redevelopment Proposal for an area in the Borough of Homestead within the “Steel Valley Redevelopment Area”, referred to herein as the “Steel Valley Redevelopment Proposal #1”; and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment study has been satisfactorily performed for the area and members of the Council of the County of Allegheny have been provided with the Final Report, and
WHEREAS, the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area residents and property owners have been informed and consulted at public meetings with staff and agents of the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County on June 18, 2001, November 14, 2002, and December 12, 2002, as to the Steel Valley Redevelopment Proposal #1; and
WHEREAS, the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area residents and property owners, the Planning Commission of the Borough of Homestead, and the Council of the Borough of Homestead, and the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County are satisfied with the goals of the Steel Valley Redevelopment Proposal #1 and the manner in which it was developed,
WHEREAS, the same Steel Valley Redevelopment Proposal #1 was approved by the Planning Commission of the Borough of Homestead at its October 23, 2002 meeting; and the Council of the Borough of Homestead at its December 12, 2002 meeting; and the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County at its August 28, 2002 meeting, and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County, acting as the Allegheny County Planning Commission, hereby recommends to the Chief Executive and County Council that they accept the Redevelopment Proposal for the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area as submitted.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Redevelopment Proposal #1 for the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area is hereby approved. Further, the Chief Executive is hereby authorized to take any and all actions necessary to implement the aforesaid Redevelopment Proposal #1 for the Steel Valley Redevelopment Area.
Section 2. If any provision of this Resolution shall be determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining provisions of this Resolution which shall be in full force and effect.
SECTION If any provision of this Resolution shall be determined to be unlawful, invalid, void or unenforceable, then that provision shall be considered severable from the remaining provisions of this Resolution which shall be in full force and effect.
SECTION Any Resolution or Ordinance or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.