Approving the Urban Renewal Plan and the feasibility of relocation for the Industrial Expansion Urban Renewal Area, Project number IND. R-56

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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 called the "Governing Body") for review and approval of an Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated October 5, 1967 and consist- ing of 17 pages, supported by the Final Project Report material, data, and recommexlarions, which material, data, and recommendations are not a part of tip irban Renewal Plan, WHEREAS the Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the Governing Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certi- fied resolution approving the Urban Renewal Plan, which is attached thereto; and WHEREAS a general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the Locality as a whole ; and WHEREAS the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations respecting said Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area and has certified that said Urban Renewal Plan conforms to the said general plan for the Locality as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly considered said report, recommendations , and certi- fication of the planning body; and WHEREAS the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area prescribes certain land uses for the Project area and will require, among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns , the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities , and other public action; and WHEREAS the Local ?wxblic Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation .)f individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying ouc the Project in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the relocation program which have been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies , surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections ; and WIiEREAS the members of this Governing Body have general knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and of the availability of proper housing in the Locality for the Relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced from the Project area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions , have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and WHEREAS it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the relocation program and said Urban Renewal Plan for the Project, 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 prohibiting discrimina- tion because of race , color, creed, or national origin: -2- R 302