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City Clerk's Office Item # M13
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: January 12, 2026
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Carla Sikes, City Attorney
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PUEBLO URBAN RENEWAL
AUTHORITY ADDRESS BLIGHTED PROPERTIES ALONG WEST
NORTHERN AVENUE WITHIN THE COLORADO SMELTER URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CITY
STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE COLORADO SMELTER REVITALIZATION
PLAN
SUMMARY:
address blighted properties along West Northern Avenue within the Colorado Smelter
Urban Renewal Plan Area.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
On September 9, 2024, by Ordinance No. 10790, City Council approved the Colorado
Smelter Urban Renewal Plan.
BACKGROUND:
West Northern Avenue is within the Colorado Smelter Urban Renewal Plan Area which
was approved by City Council on September 9, 2024. Several properties along the West
Northern corridor have been vandalized, destroyed by fire and the structures are
deteriorating. These properties create an attractive nuisance for vagrants and criminal
behavior, which creates an unsanitary and unsafe condition to the public. These
properties also contribute to the blight in this urban renewal area.
The City is working to purchase the property at 316-322 West Northern Avenue for
rehabilitation and thus, working to reduce blight and encourage renewal in this area. The
City is requesting PURA take steps to acquire property or otherwise address blight along
the West Northern Avenue corridor to likewise enhance the area and be consistent with
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not applicable.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
Not applicable.
ALTERNATIVES:
The City may refuse to adopt this resolution.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
RESOLUTION NO. 16224
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PUEBLO URBAN
RENEWAL AUTHORITY ADDRESS BLIGHTED PROPERTIES
ALONG WEST NORTHERN AVENUE WITHIN THE COLORADO
SMELTER URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AREA CONSISTENT WITH
THE APPROVED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN, AND
THE COLORADO SMELTER REVITALIZATION PLAN
Renewal Plan Area; and
WHEREAS, certain properties within the West Northern Avenue have been vandalized,
severely damaged by fire, and are deteriorating; and
WHEREAS, these properties are an attractive nuisance for vagrants and criminal
behavior, which creates unsanitary and unsafe conditions for the public; and
WHEREAS, the properties contribute to the blight in this urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, the City is working to purchase property within the Colorado Smelter Urban
Renewal Plan Area located at 316-322 West Northern Avenue for rehabilitation and to reduce
blight in the area; and; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that
SECTION 1.
City Council hereby requests and directs the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority to take all
lawful actions necessary to expeditiously acquire properties or otherwise eliminate blighted
structures located along West Northern Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado. City Council finds that such
revitalization of the Colorado Smelter Urban Renewal Plan Area. City Council further finds such
action is consistent with the Colorado Smelter Urban Renewal Plan as approved by City Council
on September 9, 2024, the Pueblo Regional Comprehensive Plan (September 2022), as well as
SECTION 2.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with
the intent of this Resolution.
SECTION 3.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: January 12, 2026
BY: Brett Boston
MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED: __________________________
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY: ________________________
CITY CLERK