Authorizing filing of application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for grant to aquire open-space

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r T WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said interest will be $529641.50; and WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of necessary demolition and removal of improvements on said land will be $19 ,915.00 ; and WHEREAS it is estimated that the total amount of relocation pay- ments to be made to eligible site occupants displaced from property to be acquired will be $51,845.00 : NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Common Council of the Civil City of South Bend: 1. That an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be $90,087.75, and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other funds available to it. 2. That adequate open-space land for the locality cannot effec- tively be provided through the use of existing undeveloped or predominately undeveloped land. 3 . That the Mayor of the Civil City of South Bend, Indiana, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such appli- cation with the Department of Housing and - Urban Development to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may ue required by said Department, to execute such contracts as are required by said Department , and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant. 4. That the proposed acquisition is in accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses,and that , should said grant be made , the Applicant will acquire, and retain said land for the use designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Administrator be, and they hereby -2-