ADOPTED - OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agenda Item No. 7

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BROWNFIELD PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF

INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY PARCELS

IN THE CITY OF LANSING

            RESOLUTION #08-291

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 that includes certain eligible properties in the City of Lansing only 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 October 28, 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 City of Lansing has passed a resolution 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 City of Lansing, affected taxing jurisdictions and the public, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners desires to proceed with approval of the Plan.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, 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.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 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.

ADOPTED -OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agenda Item No. 7

RESOLUTION #08-291

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution are hereby repealed.

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Nolan, De Leon, Copedge, Soule, Grebner,

Nays:  None     Absent:  Severino     Approved 10/21/08

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Hertel, Celentino, Dougan

Nays:  None     Absent:  Schor, Weatherwax-Grant   Approved 10/22/08