21-7955Publisher's Affidavit
I, __ D~e~b~b~1~· e~N~e~ls~o~n~---, being duly sworn
declare tha t I am a J,egal Coordinator
of THE SALINA JO U RNAL, a d aily newspap er
p u blish e d a t Salina, Saline County, Kan sas, and of
gen eral circula tion in said co unty, w hich n ewsp a p er
h as been a dmitted to the mails a s second cl as s m a tte r in
said co unty, and continuously and unin terrupte dly
publishe d fo r five consecutive years prio r to first
publication of a tta che d notice, and that th e
Resolution No. 21-7955 No ti ce h as
b een correc tly publishe d in the entire is su e of s a id
n ewspa p er on e time, publication b ein g g iven in th e issu e
of
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A. CHRISTY FINK
~ Notary Public -State of K1 n111
My Appt. Exp ires
(Published in the Salina Journal
May 10, 2021)
RESOLUTION NO. 21-7955
BE IT RESOLVED ~f the
Governing ·Body of the City 1
Salina, Kansas, as folows: i
A RESOLUTION MAKING
CERTAIN FINDING S AND
DETERMINATIONS AS TO THI!
NEED FOR TH E HOU SIN6
WITHIN THE CITY OF SAL INA ,
KANSAS AND SEm NG FO RTH
THE LEGAL DESC RIPTION OF
REAL PR OPERTY PROPOS ED
TO BE DE SIGNATED AS A
RURAL HOUSING INCENTIVE
DISTRICT WITH IN THE CITY.
Section 1. The Governing
Body has previously adopted m inC01porated by reference as
part of this Resolution the Needs
Analysis, a copy ot ·Nhich is on file
in the office of the City Cle111, and
based on a review of said Needs
Analysis makes the following
findings and determinations.
Section 2. The Governing
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12·5241
et seq. (the 'Act') authorizes
any city incorpora1ed in
accordance with the laws
of the Slate of Kansas (the
'State') with a population of
less than 60,000 located in
• Body hereby finds and detennines
that there is a shortage of quality
housing of various price ranges
in the City despite the best effo rts
of public and private housing
developsrs.
a county ~h a population of
less than 80,000, to designate
rural housing incentive
districts ~hin such city; and
WHEREAS, prior to such
designation the governing
body of such ci1y shall
conduct a housing needs
analysis to detennine what,
tt any, housing needs exist
~hin its communi1y; and
WHEREAS , after conducting
such analysis, the governing
body of such ci1y may
adopt a resolution maki ng
certain findings regarding
the establishment of a rural
housing incentive district
and providing the legal
description of property to be
contained therein; and
WHERE AS, after publishing
such resolution, the governing
body of such city shall send a
copy thereof to the Sec.etary
of Commerce of the State
(the 'Secretary') requesting
that the Secretary agree with
1he finding contained in such
resolution; and
WHEREAS, if the Secretary
agrees with such findings,
such city may proceed with
the establishment of a rural
housing incentive district
within such ci1y and adopt a
plan for the development or
redevelopment of housing
and public facilities in ths
proposed district; and
WHEREAS, the City of
Salina, Kansas (the 'City')
has an estimated population
of 47,707 (2010) is located
·in Saline County, Kansas
which has a population of
55,606 (2010) and therefore
constitutes a city as said term
is defined in ihis act; and
WH EREAS , the Governins
Body of the City has
perfonned a Ho1JSing Needs
Analysis (Live Salina Housing
Assessment and S1rategic .
Plan dated January 25, 2016
(the 'Needs Analysis'), a
copy of which is on file in the
office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS , based on
the Needs Analysis, the
Governing Body of the City
proposes to commence
proceedings necessary
to create a Rural Housing
Incentive District, in
accordance with the
provisions of the Act . SO ·
NOW THEREFORE ,
Section 3. The Governing
Bodv hereby finds and determines
thatthe shortage of quality housing
can be expected to persist and that
additional financial incentives are
necessary\ii order to encourage
the private sector to construct or
renovate housing in the Crty.
Section 4. The Governing
Body hereby finds and determines
that the shortage of quality housing
is a substantial deterrent to Mure
economic growth and development
in the City
Section 5. The GQverning
Body hereby finds and determines
that the future economic
wellbeing ot the Crty depends on
the Governing Body providing
additional incentives for the
construction or renovation of
quality housing in the City.
Section 6. Based on the
findings and determinations
contained in Sections 2 through 5
of this Resolution, the Governing
ody proposed to establish a Rural
ousing Incentive District pursuant
o the Act, within boundaries of the
eal estate legally described and
epicted in the map in Exhibits 'A·
'and 'A·2' attached hereto.
Sectio n 7. This Resolution
~all take effect atter its adoption
nd publication once in the official
~ity newspaper.
~PR'lVED AND PASSED by
ttre 3overning Body of the Crty
of Salina, Kansas, this 3rd day of
'May, 2021.
ATTEST:
Melissa Rose
Hodges, Mayor
oVonna A. Rutherford, City Clerk
Exhibit "A·1"
Legal Description
~ots 1 through 26, Block 2, Lots
HO, Block 3, Lots 1 through 26 , eock 4, and Lots 1 through 13,
ock 5, in the Ryan Addition to
City of Salina, Saline County,
ansas.
map is available in the office of
the City Cle111, 300 W. Ash Street.
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