15-5499
Submitting report relative to Feasibility of reinstating Citizens’ District Councils. (Citizens’ District Councils (“CDC or “CDC’s”) are specific agencies required by and used for the implementation of urban renewal projects under the Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas Act, 1945 PA 344 (‘Act 344”). With the elimination of all Act 344 urban renewal projects, district areas, development areas, and development plans by Emergency Manager Order No. 36 and Ordinance No. 34-14, there is no longer any role or function for CDC’s. Therefore, reimplementation of Chapter 14, Article VI of the City Code by itself would not reinstate CDC’s, as there are no Act 344 district areas in which the CDC’s would operate. If the City decides to pursue urban renewal under Act 344 in the future, Act 344 would require the reestablishment of CDC’s for any contemplated development areas. However, because the City’s population is now under 1,000,000, Act 344 no longer requires an ordinance but instead permits the size and method of selecting members of the CDC, whether by appointment, election, or a combination, to be established at the time the development area is considered. (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-2-17)
- Committee
- Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee
- Introduced
- April 10, 2017
- On agenda
- March 2, 2017