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RESOLUTION # <br />A Resolution Declaring a Blighted Area <br />WHEREAS, there exists in the City of Batesville deteriorating, dilapidated, or blighted <br />properties and/or buildings that pose a significant threat to public health and safety to <br />residents, and; <br />WHEREAS, a need exists to address and arrest the adverse conditions that have led to <br />and perpetuate the identified deterioration, decay and blight, and; <br />WHEREAS, the conditions found at the identified property or properties, as identified <br />below, are consistent with the definitions for "slum and blight" as set forth by the United <br />States Department of Housing and Urban Development in 24 CFR Part 570 and; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of <br />Batesville declares the location identified below as a blighted structure in need of <br />demolition: <br />Former Gray's Hospital, located at 477 East Main, Batesville, Arkansas <br />The structure is in a dilapidated, deteriorating condition and has known <br />environmental <br />contamination (asbestos). <br />ADOPTED in regular session of the City Council on this day of September, <br />2025. <br />Mayor <br />City Clerk <br />