RES 1999-3196 - Ames Center redevelopment area declared blighted and substandard •
OMAHA, Planning Department
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Acting Director
Hal Daub,Mayor
Honorable President
And Members of the City Council,
The attached proposed Resolution recommends your approval of the designation of the Ames
Center Redevelopment Area as blighted and substandard. The area in question complies with the
requirements of State law in order to be designated. The designation of this area as substandard
and blighted will enhance the ability to develop a commercial shopping complex at this location.
• The area has an unemployment rate higher than the State of Nebraska; the per capita income is
lower than the community at large; the average age of the structures in the census track being
analyzed is 49 years which exceeds the 40 year average in the State regulation; the population in
the census track has continued to decline; the property value and tax revenue have continued to
decline due to the vacancy of the site; the major buildings on the site have been vacant for
approximately two years or more and have become a health and safety hazard due to vandalism
and deterioration.
It is our assessment that the conditions in the area comply with Community Development law
and warrant the substandard and blighted designation. Your favorable consideration of the
Resolution to approve the designation of the 72°d Street and Military Avenue project known as
Ames Center Redevelopment Area as substandard and blighted is greatly appreciated.
Respectfully submitted, Referred to City Co, ncil for Consideration:
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Hal Daub,Mayor November, 1999 Planning Department
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1819 Farnain Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68183
• Ames Center
72nd Street at Military and Ames Avenue
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SUBSTANDARD AND BLIGHTED DESIGNATION
Ames Center Redevelopment Area
72nd Street @ Military Avenue & Ames Avenue
The approval of the declaration of Substandard and Blighted conditions will
facilitate the development of the site and create the opportunity for the developer
to apply for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) to be used as a financing mechanism
for public improvements and site preparation cost associated with
redevelopment. The project site meets the requirements of Community
Development Law, which establishes the process to declare the site as
substandard and blighted.
Location / Legal
Benson Park generally bound the site on the North and East, 72nd Street on the
West, Ames Avenue on the SouthEast and Military Avenue on the SouthWest.
The site is currently zoned Community Commercial (CC) on the south and
General Office (GO) on the north.
Legal Description: See Attached.
Substandard and Blighted Conditions
Although development efforts at this location began over thirty years ago, the site
remains largely unused and has never been fully developed. In 1965, the site
was rezoned from R2 to C1, P1 and R9 to allow commercial development.
Today the site contains two abandoned commercial buildings, empty parking lots,
and undeveloped land. An abandoned large box store building housed a K-Mart
Store for a period of time. Oriental Trading Company occupied the building for
approximately two years and closed in 1997. A branch bank facility located on•
the parcel at the southern tip of the site is the only development that remains
viable at this time.
Property tax values at this site have shown a pattern of increased value followed
by decline. Valuations have remained at the declined level since 1992 and for
some parcels since 1985. The property tax value of the parcel with the bank
facility increased until 1990 and has remained at that level.
Traffic infrastructure serving the site is inadequate for effective development and
the cost of public improvements necessary for full commercial use at this
location, estimated to be in excess of three million dollars, has been a barrier to
development efforts.
The project site is located in Census Tract 56, an area that qualifies to be
designated as substandard and blighted. The per capita income level in the
Census Tract is $2,320 lower than the city per capita income level. Population in
the Census Tract has declined from 4,413 to 4,351. The 49- year average age
of housing and commercial structures in this area exceeds the 40- year average
age requirement established in the legislation.
The approval of the Substandard and Blighted designation will facilitate financing
to cover the costs of public infrastructure improvements and site preparation.
Successful redevelopment will eliminate substandard and blight conditions and
provide community commercial services and job opportunities that are not
available this area of Omaha. The designation is required to authorize the
potential use of TIF.
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION TIF BOUNDARY
Lots 1 and 2, BENSON REPLAT III, an administrative subdivision, as surveyed, platted
and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska, TOGETHER WITH Lot 2, Block 90, AND Lot 2,
Block 89, AND Lots 1 and 2, Block 92. AND part of Lot 2. Block 88, AND Lot 1 and part
of Lots 2, 3 and 4, Block 93 AND part of Lot 2, Block 94, BENSON, an addition to the City of
Omaha, Nebraska, as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska, AND
ALSO TOGETHER WITH Grand Avenue, vacated Grand Avenue, vacated Fowler Avenue,
vacated Ames Avenue, vacated Boyd Street and vacated 70`" Avenue abutting, the entire tract
described by metes and bounds as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, Township
15 North, Range 12 East of the 6`" P.M., Douglas County, Nebraska;
Thence South 89'52'09" East (assumed bearings) for 50.00 feet along the south line of
the said Northwest Quarter of Section 1 to the east right of way line of 72"d Street and the
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence North 00'04'28" West for 1304.92 feet along said east right of way line to the
centerline of Grand Avenue;
Thence South 89'57'20" East for 937.25 feet along said centerline of Grand Avenue and
vacated Grand Avenue to the extended east line of Lot 2, Block 90, BENSON;
Thence South 00'02'31" East for 1417.32 feet along the east line of Lot 2, Block 90 and
Lot 2, Block 89, BENSON to the southeast right of way line of Ames Avenue;
Thence along a curve to the left (having a radius of 539.96 feet and a long chord
bearing South 33'19'04"West for 461.93 feet) for an arc length of 477.32 feet along said
southeast right of way line;
Thence along a curve to the right (having a radius of 208.00 feet and a long chord
bearing South 40'44'10" West for 225.00 feet) for an arc length of 237.73 feet along said
southeast right of way line;
Thence South 73'28'45"West for 205.27 feet along the southeast right of way line of
Ames Avenue;
Thence along a curve to the left (having a radius of 1870.89 feet and a long chord
bearing South 37'47'23" West for 121.50 feet) for an arc length of 121.52 feet along the
southeast right of way line of Ames Avenue;
Thence along a curve to the left (having a radius of 39.00 feet and a long chord bearing
South 13'18'19" West for 29.92 feet) for an arc length of 30.70 feet along the southeast right of
way line of Ames Avenue to the north right of way line of Military Avenue;
Thence North 55'25'37" West for 316.07 feet along the north right of way line of Military
Avenue to the east right of way line of 72nd Street;
Thence North 00'12'05" East for 673.78 feet along the east right of way line of 72nd
Street to the Point of Beginning.
Contains 40.71 acres.
September 9, 1999
LAMP, RYNEARSON & ASSOCIATES, INC.
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LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER
Omaha,Nebr November 23 19 99
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
WHEREAS, the primary objectives of the City of Omaha's Master Plan and -
Community Development Program are to encourage additional private investment and infill,
development within inner city neighborhoods; and to eliminate the conditions which are
detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare by developing vacant, underutilized property
within these neighborhoods; and,
WHEREAS, State Statute 18-2109 requires that before any redevelopment plan
be prepared, the City council must declare the proposed redevelopment area to be "substandard
or blighted" and in need of redevelopment; and,
WHEREAS, the approximately 40.71 acres Ames Center Redevelopment Area
located at 72nd Street and Ames Avenue, is bounded by Benson Park on the North and East, 72nd
Street on the West, Ames Avenue on the Southeast, and Military Avenue on the Southwest; and,
WHEREAS, the Ames Center Redevelopment Area meets the conditions of both
a blighted and a substandard area as defined by State Statute 18-2103 and as described in Exhibit
"A" attached hereto and made a part hereof; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Omaha Planning Board recommended on October 6,
1999, that the Ames Center Redevelopment Area be declared blighted and substandard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OMAHA:
THAT, the Ames Center Redevelopment Area located at 72nd Street and Ames
Avenue, bounded by Benson Park on the North and East, 72nd Street on the West, Ames Avenue
on the Southeast, and Military Avenue on the Southwest, is hereby declared a blighted and
substandard area in need of redevelopment, as recommended by the Mayor.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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