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CITY OF DANBURY 155 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 www.danbury-ct.gov ELISA ETCHETO PHONE: 203-797-4514 LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT FAX: 203-796-1529 e.etcheto@danbury-ct.gov SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOTICE Who: City Council members When: 7:30 P.M. – Monday, September 15, 2025 Where: City Council Chambers 3rd Fl, City Hall, 155 Deer Hill Avenue Purpose: Special Meeting of the City Council 1. Resolution - CT City and Town Development Act *A copy of the Agenda is available online and in the Legislative Assistant’s Office and on the City website. Posted: Town Clerk Information Board City Website Calendar Noticed: Mayor’s Office Dept. Heads  SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 The meeting will be called to order at 7:30 PM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & PRAYER ROLL CALL Hawley, Rickert, Simone, Gartner, Salvatore, Peter Buzaid, Emile Buzaid, Coelho, LaPine, Wallace-Smith, Dennis Perkins, Fox, Palma, Robinson, Britton, McAllister, Duane Perkins, Chianese, Rotello, Giordano, Tomchik PRESENT ABSENT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING There will be a Special Meeting of the City Council on Monday, September 15, 2025 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in City Hall to act on the items below. ACCEPTANCE OF CALL TO SERVICE PUBLIC SPEAKING AGENDA 1. RESOLUTION - CT City and Town Development Act ADJOURNMENT Copies of Agenda Items are available in the Legislative Assistant’s Office and on the City’s website.  1 CITY OF DANBURY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR 155 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 ROBERTO L. ALVES (203) 797-4511 MAYOR mayor@danbury-ct.gov September 1, 2025 Hon. Members of City Council 155 Deer Hill Avenue Danbury, CT 06810 Re: Danbury Proton Honorable Members of the City Council, For your consideration is a proposed resolution that would allow Danbury the power to undertake programs and support projects that revitalize the City, including through the issuance of bonds and notes. If adopted, immediately to follow, a proposed resolution will be presented to you that would then authorize the City of Danbury to be the conduit issuer of bonds on behalf of the non-profit Danbury Proton Therapy Center Project. The City would not be subject to repayment or liability on the bonds, but our partnership would allow for the development and operation of a revolutionary, life-saving cancer treatment center to open in Danbury. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. Sincerely, Roberto L. Alves Mayor Cc: Daniel E. Casagrande, Corporation Counsel Dan Garrick, Director of Finance  RESOLUTION CITY OF DANBURY, STATE OF CONNECTICUT 2025 ADOPTING THE CONNECTICUT CITY AND TOWN DEVELOPMENT ACT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF DANBURY TO UNDERTAKE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AUTHORIZED UNDER SAID ACT. WHEREAS, Chapter 114 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Sections 7-480 to 7-503, inclusive, as amended from time to time (the “Act”), provides that municipalities which have found and determined that conditions substantially as described in Section 7-481 of the Act exist in the municipality, are continuing, and may be ameliorated by the exercise by the municipality of the powers granted under the Act, may adopt the Act; and WHEREAS, in order to exercise the powers conferred upon municipalities under the Act for a period which may not exceed five years, the legislative body of a municipality must determine by resolution that conditions substantially as described in Section 7-481 of the Act exist, and such resolution must include certain findings and determinations and standards as required under Section 7-485 of the Act for implementation of the powers granted under the Act; and WHEREAS, any action taken in the exercise of any powers granted under the Act by a municipality may only be taken after approval of such action by the legislative body of such municipality, which approval must be by resolution adopted in accordance with the Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, a municipality shall have the power to issue its notes and bonds for achieving the purposes of the Act, including the making of mortgage loans and loans to sponsors, the acquisition of development property, the establishment of reserves to secure such notes and bonds, interest on such notes and bonds during construction and for one year thereafter, and the payment of expenses incident to or necessary for furtherance of the purposes of the Act; and WHEREAS, the City of Danbury, Connecticut (the “City”) considers any level of unemployment unreasonable and any obsolete residential, industrial, commercial and manufacturing facilities unacceptable, and continually seeks innovative approaches to attracting jobs to the City, constructing and holding residential, non-residential, industrial, commercial and manufacturing facilities, and eliminating vacant facilities which are a blighting influence; and WHEREAS, the ordinary operations of private enterprise cannot deal effectively with these problems without the powers provided under the Act, and the exercise of the powers conferred upon the City by the Act are critical to revitalizing the City; and WHEREAS, the members of the City Council have general knowledge of the conditions within the City relating to the rate of unemployment, the obsolescence of many of the City’s residential, commercial, industrial and manufacturing facilities and the need for the City to retain and attract new residential, commercial, industrial and manufacturing facilities; and WHEREAS, the City continues local efforts to address the needs of its citizens as stated above by reducing blight, increasing the tax base and creating opportunities for employment; and WHEREAS, the City Council is generally aware of the requirements imposed upon municipalities by the Act; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the City to implement the provisions of the Act as soon as possible in order to take advantage of the provisions of the Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby makes the following findings and determinations and the following standards for the implementation of the powers granted under the Act: (1) it is unreasonable that any number of residents of the City are subject to hardship in finding employment and adequate, safe and sanitary housing; (2) any conditions of blight and deterioration that exist in the City must be addressed and the City would substantially benefit from the renovation, rehabilitation or construction of commercial or residential properties; (3) private enterprise is not meeting such need for employment, housing, the reduction of blight and deterioration, or the renovation, rehabilitation or construction of commercial or residential properties; (4) the need for employment and adequate, safe and sanitary housing will be lessened and the City will be revitalized by the exercise of the powers granted under the Act; (5) adequate provisions shall be made for the payment of the cost of acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance and insurance of all development property; (6) a feasible method exists and shall be utilized for the relocation into safe and sanitary dwellings of comparable rent of families and individuals displaced as a consequence of the exercise of any power granted under the Act and such families and individuals shall not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of actions authorized by the Act for the public benefit; (7) development property shall not be acquired or disposed of without due consideration of the environmental and economic impact of such acquisition or disposition and the adequacy of existing or proposed municipal services; and (8) the acquisition or disposition of all development property shall advance the public interest, general health, safety and welfare, and development, growth and prosperity of the City. RESOLVED: That anything contained in this Resolution to the contrary notwithstanding, it is the intention of this City Council that by adopting this Resolution it is conferring upon the City all of the authority, powers, rights and obligations conferred upon municipalities under the provisions of the Act, and that the City will have sufficiently complied with the Act so as to be able to exercise all of the powers conferred upon municipalities under the Act in accordance with said Act. RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby adopts this Resolution and the Act. RESOLVED: That the effective date of this Resolution shall be the date of its adoption by the City Council, and this Resolution shall be effective for a period of five years from such effective date.