Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-169-601. Findings and declarations

(2)(A) Such areas impair economic values and tax revenues;

(B) Such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state; and

(C) These conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;

(4)(A) Redevelopment activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely correlated with general economic activity; and

(B) Such undertakings authorized by this subchapter will aid the production of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in achieving and maintaining full employment; and

(5)(A) It is in the public interest that advance preparation for such projects and activities be made; and

(B) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.