Michigan Laws 125.4810 – Powers of board
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.4810
- Authority: means a neighborhood improvement authority created under this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
- Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Development area: means that area described in section 805 to which a development plan is applicable. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
- Housing: means publicly owned housing, individual or multifamily. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Municipality: means a city or a village. See Michigan Laws 125.4802
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Public facility: means housing, a street, plaza, pedestrian mall, and any improvements to a street, plaza, or pedestrian mall including street furniture and beautification, park, parking facility, recreational facility, right-of-way, structure, waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, or building, including access routes designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.4803
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
The board may do any of the following:
(a) Prepare an analysis of economic changes taking place in the development area.
(b) Study and analyze the impact of metropolitan growth upon the development area.
(c) Plan and propose the construction, renovation, repair, remodeling, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, or reconstruction of a public facility, an existing building, or a multiple-family dwelling unit which may be necessary or appropriate to the execution of a plan which, in the opinion of the board, aids in the residential growth and economic growth of the development area.
(d) Plan, propose, and implement an improvement to a public facility within the development area to comply with the barrier free design requirements of the state construction code promulgated under the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.
(e) Develop long-range plans, in cooperation with the agency that is chiefly responsible for planning in the municipality, designed to halt the deterioration of property values in the development area and to promote the residential growth and economic growth of the development area, and take steps as may be necessary to persuade property owners to implement the plans to the fullest extent possible.
(f) Implement any plan of development, including housing for low-income individuals, in the development area necessary to achieve the purposes of this part in accordance with the powers of the authority granted by this part.
(g) Make and enter into contracts necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties.
(h) Acquire by purchase or otherwise, on terms and conditions and in a manner the authority considers proper or own, convey, or otherwise dispose of, or lease as lessor or lessee, land and other property, real or personal, or rights or interests in the property, that the authority determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes of this part, and to grant or acquire licenses, easements, and options.
(i) Improve land and construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, restore and preserve, equip, clear, improve, maintain, repair, and operate any public facility, building, including multiple-family dwellings, and any necessary or desirable appurtenances to those buildings, within the development area for the use, in whole or in part, of any public or private person or corporation, or a combination thereof.
(j) Fix, charge, and collect fees, rents, and charges for the use of any facility, building, or property under its control or any part of the facility, building, or property, and pledge the fees, rents, and charges for the payment of revenue bonds issued by the authority.
(k) Lease, in whole or in part, any facility, building, or property under its control.
(l) Accept grants and donations of property, labor, or other things of value from a public or private source.
(m) Acquire and construct public facilities.