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J RESOLUTION NO. 201-68 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A COOPERATION AGREEMENT Excerpts of Minutes of Regular Meeting of Common Council, November 25, 1968 This being the time for public hearing on the above Resolution, Proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. City Attorney, Arthur Frisk, explained the need for the Resolution. City Engineer, Lloyd Taylor, ex- plained the zoning necessary. Councilman Robert 0. Laven also spoke on the need for low income housing, and that this is the way it should be done. Reginald Howard, spokesman for the South Bend branch of NAACP, questioned item No. 5 of the Cooperation Agreement and Rev. Lawrence E. Crockett, president of the NAACP branch, asked if the Council had authority to approve sites. Councilman Laven said, "if a site has to be rezoned the council would have to consider it". Jesse L. Dickinson, executive direc- tor of the Housing Authority, said, "the site is part of a housing project and is a matter of law that comes up when a project is up for approval". Councilman Laven made a motion that the Resolution be adopted by a roll call vote. Councilman Reinke seconded the motion. Motion carried. The Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of 9 ayes, (Councilman Laven, Allen, Craven, Reinke, Grounds, Szymkowiak, Wise, Palmer, and Zielinski) 0 nays, 0 absent.