Approving the Urban Renewal Plan together with the proposed amendments thereto providing for the designation of an allocation area and allocation plan within the central downtown project

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and are aware of these facts and conditions; and WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, (herein called the "Governing Body ") for review and approval Resolution No. 615 adopted by the Local Public Agency on June 6, 1980 further amending said Declaratory Resolution No. 215 by establishing Allocation Area No. I within the Project Area pursuant to Indiana Code 18 -7 -7 -39.1; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, has been reapproved by the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certified Resolution No. 615 approving the Urban Renewal Plan and amending said Declaratory Resolution No. 215; and WHEREAS, the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the Project Area, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations respecting said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615 and has certified that said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615 conform to the said general plan for the Project Area as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly considered said report, recommendation, and certification of the planning body; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615, in conformity with the contracts for financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of America acting by and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those proscribing discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex or national origin: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend: 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the Project Area is a blighted area and qualifies as an eligible Project Area under the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended (Indiana Code 18 -7 -7) 2. That the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615 presented at this meeting for the Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, are hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file copies of said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended and said Resolution No. 615 with the minutes of this meeting. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615 conform to the general plan of the City and County. 4. That it is hereby found and determined that the above - mentioned Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said Resolution No. 615 will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the City and County as a whole, for the urban renewal of such areas by private enterprise. 5. That said Resolution No. 615 of the Local Public Agency, amending said Declaratory Resolution No. 215, establishing Allocation Area No. I in the Project Area pursuant to Indiana Code 18 -7 -7 -39.1 is hereby approved. 2