Approving the undertaking of surveys and plans for an Urban Renewal Project and the filing of an application

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fl�umrnit#e� ��ort Ou t4e Tiammon &unrtl of t4r Titg of*oi# igrnd: Your Committee on Urban Renewal and Housing to whom was referred the problems besetting LaSalle Park Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in ahedxz�VMi= the opinion of the minority Problems in this area could be resolved by progressively improving the area from west to east by construction of the necessary sewers, sidewalks and streets in proportion to that being accomplished in other areas of the city to create proper incentive for one's social responsibility to the community, which is needed city-wide. To base an urban renewal program on facts which are city-wide is setting a precedent which could force our city into bankruptcy. In addition, we have been assured that by strict enforcement of substandard codes in the area, and where credit ratings permit, local financing is anxious to participate in a self-help program by appropriate means. Therefore, the resolution for a planning and survey application for a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan in our opinion is unwarranted and, without there being any attempt to fool the public, is merely an easy way, not the best way, to solve the problem. In conclusion, it cannot be too strongly urged that the council, by endorsing the af,)resaid plan, are subjecting ourselves to a demand for more public housing. This demand will be based upon a need to relocate relief and welfare recipients. These same people are problematical applicants, because of their low income, for public housing. Thus, while we face an immediate problem in LaSalle Park, we can expect to face the same problem again in a few years in another area, in that the relief and welfare recipients will be located in another section of our city and not in the housing to be constructed in LaSalle Park. Chair