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Redevelopment commission preparing amended Beale Street plan; commission to survey blighted conditions
Summary
City staff briefed council on the Beale Street redevelopment area update and a planned blighted-conditions survey for several central neighborhoods; the redevelopment commission will prepare an amended plan that could add specific parcels for acquisition consideration.
City staff and the redevelopment commission provided an update on the Beale Street redevelopment area and described plans for a blighted-conditions survey in multiple neighborhoods as a step toward an amended redevelopment plan.
Background and findings: staff recapped that the Planning Board certified a redevelopment area around Beale Street in 2007 and amended it in 2008 to include additional blocks. At adoption the area covered about 35 acres and 196 parcels; staff summarized prior conditions reporting that described 81% of structures as dilapidated, severely or moderately deteriorated at that time and that ownership and occupancy patterns showed a high share of tenant-occupied units.
Commission activities and proposed amendments: the…
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