Approving the Urban Renewal Plan and the feasibility of relocation for Project No. Indiana R-29, as amended

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t \ (3) Conversions to incompatible types of uses. A number of residences have been converted to partial commercial use which has been a blighting influence on adjoining residences . (4) Obsolete building types. A number of three story commercial structures are empty above the ground floor since the loft storage space is not in demand. A large proportion of the residences are small cottages that were built by European immigrants before World War I . They average 400 to 500 square feet which is well below F.H.A. minimum standards . (5) Detrimental land uses . The commercial area along Chapin Street is considered the worst vice center in the City. This section is probably the main reason the area has deter- iorated so rapidly over the past 10 years or so. (6) Unsafe congested, poorly designed or otherwise deficient streets. and the members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised 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 an Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated b J2,(Jrn &, , 1 67,1, , consisting of _�_ pages and 3 exhibits; and WHEREAS said 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 certified resolution approving said 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 South Bend City Planning Commission, which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations res- pecting 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 certification of the planning body; and WHEREAS said 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 Public Agency has prepared and submitted propo- sals for the relocation of families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with said Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the proposals for relocation 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 -2- i