Committee urges steering beautification projects to Urban Renewal Agency
Members discussed using Urban Renewal Agency funds for eligible beautification projects and asked staff to confirm URA boundaries and statutory eligibility before referring applicants there.
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Committee members spent substantial time discussing whether larger beautification projects should be handled by the Urban Renewal Agency (URA) rather than the contributions committee. Staff explained that URA funding requires the property to be inside the URA boundary and to comply with the state urban renewal statute; "first, it has to be within the urban renewal boundaries," staff said, and then the project must qualify under the adopted urban renewal plan.
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