Approving the urban Renewal Plan and the feasibility of relocation for the neighborhood development program project

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. i WHEREAS , the rules and regulations prescribed by the Federal Government pursuant to Title I require that the conditions under which the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment will make Relocation Payments in connection with the Urban Renewal Project contemplated by the application be officially approved by the Governing Body of the City of South Bend De- partment of Redevelopment; and WHEREAS , there was presented to this meeting of the Governing Body of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment for its consideration and approval , a copy of an Urban Renewal Plan for the project area dated April 6 , 1973 , which plan is entitled , "URBAN RENEWAL PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA ( S ) MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD AREA #1 (MN #1 ) & SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD AREA #1 (SE #1 ) PROJECT NO . IN . A- 10 SOUTH BEND , INDIANA" and consists of pages and a set of conditions under which the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment will make Relocation Payments , which set of conditions is set forth in the Relocation Plan attached hereto and marked for the Urban Renewal Project contemplated by the application ; and WHEREAS , the Urban Renewal Plan and the conditions under which the Local Public Agency will make Relocation Payments were re- viewed and considered at the meeting ; and WHEREAS , Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , and the re- gulati-ons of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that title , provide that no person shall , on the ground of race , color , sex , or national origin , be excluded from participation in , be denied the benefits of , or be subjected to discrimination in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects assisted under Title I or the Housing Act of 1949 , as amended , as well as other Civil Rights Acts and President- ial Executive orders : NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVEL- OPMENT COMMISSION , GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DE- PARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT : 1 . That the (MN #1 ) Model Neighborhood #1 and (SE #l ) Southeast Neighborhood #1 of the Neighborhood Devel - opment Project Area , which is described in the first "WHEREAS" clause hereof , is blighted and constitutes a menance to the social and economic interest of the City of South Bend and its inhabitants and that it will be of public utility and benefit to acquire such area and redevelop the same under the provisions of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953 , as amended . 2 . That the Department of Redevelopment proposes to ac- quire that land and the interests therein within