1987 ORD 0-8-87_Redevelopment Plan Adoption_Mt. Vernon

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(c) To provide for participation by owners and tenants and preferences to persons engaged in business within the Project Area to participate in the redevelopment of the Project Area; to encourage and ensure the redevelopment of the Project Area in the manner set forth in the proposed Redevelopment Plan; and to provide for the relocation of residents, if any, displaced by the implementation of the proposed Redevelopment Plan. (d) To improve and construct or provide for the construction of public facilities, roads, and other public improvements and to improve the quality of the environment in the Project Area to the benefit of the Project Area and the general public as a whole. (e) To encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the Project Area by protecting and promoting the sound development and utilization of the Project Area and by replanning, redesigning or redeveloping portions of the Project Area which are stagnant or improperly utilized because of the lack of adequate facilities, utilities and other causes. (f) To provide housing as required to satisfy the needs and desires of the various age, income and ethnic groups of the community. 2. The Redevelopment Plan for the Mt. Vernon Corridor Redevelopment Project is hereby approved, adopted and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Mt. Vernon Corridor Redevelopment Project, and is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth at length herein, three copies of which are hereby directed to be on file with the City Clerk. 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: (a) The Project Area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California and specifically that the Project Area is characterized by properties 47