Approving the Urban Renewal Plan and the feasibility of relocation for the Merry Avenue Project

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RESOLUTION N0. 315-72 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR THE MERRY AVENUE PROJECT WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid there- under shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consis- tent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilita- tion or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Urban Renewal Plan gives due considera- tion to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment (herein called the "Local Public Agency") , is entering into a non-Federally assisted urban renewal project and is submitting application for this project to the De- partment of Housing and Urban Development for recognition, said application being in all respects in conformity with the rules, regulations and guide- lines of submission of application for Federally-assisted projects under such Act or Acts of the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to which Federal funds would be provided for the Urban Renewal Project (herein called the"Project") identified as "Merry Avenue Project" and encompassing an area bounded by a line drawn as follows: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the East ROW line of Grant Street extended and the North ROW line of Washington Street; thence West along the North ROW line of Washington Street to a point of intersection of the North ROW LINE OF Washington Street and the West ROW line of Olive Street extended; thence South along the West ROW line of Olive Street to a point of intersection of the Southwest row line of Merry Avenue extended; thence Southeast along the Southwest ROW line of Merry Avenue; thence East along the South ROW line of Merry Avenue to a point of intersection of the South ROW line of Merry Avenue and the East ROW line of Grant Street; thence North along the East ROW line of Grant Street to the place of beginning. in the City of South Bend, State of Indiana, (herein called the "Locality") ; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for recognition of the non- assisted project for the purpose of obtaining credit for the monies spent thereon; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic conditions of the Project area and has determined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof, and of the Locality at large, because of the presence of blighted structures and the lack of adequate community improvements, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Common Council of the Locality (herein referred to as the "Governing Body) for review and approval of an Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated , and consisting of a document entitled "Urban Renewal Plan for the Merry Avenue Project, contained in and supported by a document entitled "Part I