Approving the amended Urban Renewal Plan and the feasibility of relocation for Project No. Indiana R-7

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RESOLUTION NO. 31---63 RESOLUTION OF COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROVING THE AMENDED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR PROJECT NO. INDIANA R-7o WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for finan- cial aid thereunder shall require that the amended Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the amended Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the amended Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; and (3) the amended Urban Renew- al Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the local- ity as a whole; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment (herein called the "Local Public Agency") has entered into a plan- ing contract for financial assistance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, pursuant to which Federal funds were provided for the urban renewal project (herein called the "Project") identified as "Sample Street Redevelopment Project" and encompassing the area bounded by Garst Street, Prairie Avenue, Scott Street, New York Central Railroad, Chapin Street, Oliver Corporation, Mc- Pherson Street, Sample Street and Wilson Brothers in the City of South Bend, State of Indiana, (herein called the "Locality") ; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for financial assistance under such Act and proposes to enter into a contract or contracts with the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the under- taking of, and for making available financial assistance for, the Project; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environ- mental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic :)ndi- tions of the Project area and has determined that the area is blighted, built up, predominantly residential 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 fact that forty-three per cent (43/0) of the dwell- ings are in blighted condition and because unfavorable environmental conditions prevail, specifically including the following: 1. Majority of lots are less than forty(40) feet wide or contain less than four thousand (4,000) square feet. A number of lots contain two or more structures . 2. Seven per cent (7%) of the structures contain residen- tial and nonresidential uses; surrounding industrial