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

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CUMINS RENEWAL Prior to any publiq knowledge of Cummins being interested in moving to South Bend, Mayor Allen asked each council member if he would be inclined to approve the Urban Renewal :roject just south of the Studebaker Plant which Gummins is purchasing. At - at time, although I, as an individual have always been strongly opposed to unnecessary Federal handouts, I realized this was necessai-I sincep in my opinion, this is the first Urban Renewal Project that would be done in the best interest of the community as a whole. We all are aware that the entrance into South Bend of Cummins Engine Plant should prove to be one of the greatest elements for the future prosperity of our community through the employment of many people and the broadening of our tax base. It had been discussed by the majority of the council members that we would take action on this resolution at our May 25th meeting, and the reason nor wanting to delay it at that time was due to the impending trip that was made on 'May 20th to Chicago by several members of our council and housing authority to finally resolve the public housing dispute. It is unfortunate that Councilman ifiaszynhki did not attend any one of our many special meetings (where he would have learned why we wanted this resolution acted upon 'May 25th instead of Kay llth)., and that he therefore made a motion on the resolution which we were unable to either get off the floor or to show him the reason for withdrawing the motion. On Ma.y 11th, Oouncilmian Geib called the president of Cummins to ask him if delaying the action until May 25th would matter. The president stated that it did not matter whether we acted upon it in 6 weeks, 8 weeks or several months, hence. tie also dis- cussed this with our local Urban Renewal Department: the City Attorney and the Mayor.,