LATE                                                                                                                         ADOPTED - JUNE 26, 2007

AGENDA ITEM NO. 34 

Introduced by Commissioners De Leon and Celentino of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION APPROVING A BROWNFIELD PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF

INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY PROPERTIES

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACT

RESOLUTION #07-183

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2001, pursuant to the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, PA 381 of 1996, as amended (“the Act”), the Ingham County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution #01-328 creating a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, in order to promote the redevelopment of environmentally distressed, functionally obsolete, and/or blighted areas of the County; and

WHEREAS, the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority has prepared and recommended for approval by the Ingham County Board of Commissioners a plan to restore the environmental and economic viability of tax foreclosed and underutilized properties that are held by the Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority (“the Plan”), pursuant to and in accordance with Section 13 of the Act; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has, at least twenty days before holding a public hearing on July 24, 2007, provided notice to all taxing jurisdictions affected by the Plan, and has provided to taxing jurisdictions and the public reasonable opportunities to express their views and recommendations regarding the Plan, in accordance with Sections 13(10) and 14(1) of the Act; and

WHEREAS, the ten jurisdictions with properties listed in the Plan have passed resolutions of concurrence with the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has made the following determinations and findings:

   a. The Plan meets the requirements of a Brownfield Plan set forth in Section 13 of the Act;

   b. The proposed method of financing the costs of the eligible activities is feasible;

   c. The costs of eligible activities proposed are reasonable and necessary to carry out the

        purposes of the Act,

   d. The captured taxable value estimated to result from the Plan’s adoption is reasonable;

   e. The Plan, in accordance with the Act, constitutes a public purpose; and

WHEREAS, as a result of its review of the Plan and upon consideration of the views and recommendations of the taxing jurisdictions and the public, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners desires to proceed with approval of the Plan.

LATE                                                                                                                         ADOPTED - JUNE 26, 2007

AGENDA ITEM NO. 34 

RESOLUTION #07-183

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

1. Pursuant to the authority vested in the Ingham County Board of Commissioners by the Act,  

   and pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the Act, the Plan is  

    hereby approved in the form attached as Exhibit “A” to this Resolution.

2.  Should any section, clause or phrase of this Resolution be declared by the Courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of this Resolution as a whole nor any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.

3.  All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution are hereby repealed.

SS/  Victor Celentino

       Debbie De Leon