City Council rejects used-car lot on Elvis Presley Boulevard
The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.
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The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.
The ballot question would be the second amending the city charter in this election year. Also on the budget are Memphis Area Transit Authority funding and the city’s blight problem.
Concerns about absentee landlords have led Olive Branch and other DeSoto County cities to look at ordinances to control blight.
The Tuesday council session includes discussion about proposed home improvement grants, an extension of the contract with the company that runs Liberty Bowl stadium for the city and a delay until June 15 on final votes that would set the city budget and property tax rate.
Blighted properties cost the city, rather than bringing in tax revenue. The city pays dearly for police, fire, board-up, lot clearing and other services required for abandoned properties.
Meanwhile, the council delayed for two weeks a first reading vote on historic overlay district status for the Crosstown area.
A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so.
The plan, which may be considered by city government later this month, would address blight in an area near Northgate Shopping Center.
The neighborhood cleanup is part of Shelby County's proposal to bring sanitation services to the area.
A Houston-based business consultant is proposing a solution to blighted and vacant properties in northwest Frayser after touring the neighborhood several months ago.
Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night.
Northaven residents would pay about $27 a month if the county rolls out a garbage collection service in the area for the first time.
The Klondike-Smokey City CDC plans to hire local community members to maintain the lots, before moving forward with a development plan for the lots.
The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.
Representatives from cities ranging from Pittsburgh to Little Rock are in Memphis this week to learn how local stakeholders came together to equip code enforcement with the power of the law to take down blighted properties.
The $11 million renovation of a Frayser apartment complex owned by The Works, a South Memphis community development corporation, is an indication that the coordinated fight against blight in the city has moved beyond one single-family home at a time.
The city is taking 29 blighted properties to Environmental Court, and in some cases the defendant is the address of the property as the city seeks to find the real owner. The new provision in the state law allows the move, which sets the stage for the appointment of a receiver by the court.
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