affected by the proceedings pertaining to the proposed project
<br />and to determine the public utility and benefit of the proposed
<br />project for the Sample -Ewing Development Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission caused to be filed a copy of the notice
<br />of the hearing on the proposed project for the Sample -Ewing
<br />Development Area in the office of the Area Plan Commission of St.
<br />Joseph County, Indiana, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Board of
<br />Public Works, the South Bend Board of Park Commissioners, and the
<br />South Bend Building Commissioner, as well as any other
<br />departments, bodies, or officers of the City of South Bend having
<br />to do with unit planning, variances from zoning ordinances, land
<br />use, or the issuance of building permits; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Department of Redevelopment, having studied the
<br />same with respect to each taxing unit that is wholly or partly
<br />within the Sample -Ewing Allocation Area (South Bend Allocation
<br />Area No. 8), described above, has prepared and mailed to each
<br />such taxing unit a statement disclosing the impact of the
<br />Sample -Ewing Allocation Area (South Bend Allocation Area No. 8),
<br />including: (A) The estimated economic benefits and costs
<br />incurred by the allocation area, as measured by increased
<br />employment and anticipated growth of real property assessed
<br />values, and (b) the anticipated impact on tax revenues of each
<br />such taxing unit; and
<br />WHEREAS, minor, non - substantive, selling and grammatical
<br />corrections have been made to the Plan since the adoption of
<br />Resolution No. 1151, as indicated by the Development Plan, dated
<br />as of the 21st day of May, 1993, attached hereto and incorporated
<br />herein.
<br />WHEREAS, at the hearing held by the Commission May 21, 1993, at
<br />10:00 a.m., at 1308 County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana,
<br />the Commission heard all persons interested in the proceedings
<br />and received 0 written remonstrances and objections that had
<br />been filed, and considered those remonstrances and objections, if
<br />any; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission is cognizant of the conditions that are
<br />imposed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
<br />amended, providing that no person shall, on the grounds of race,
<br />age, sex, color, religion, or national origin, be excluded from
<br />participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
<br />discrimination in the undertaking and carrying out of any
<br />federally- assisted project.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT
<br />COMMISSION, as follows:
<br />1. After considering the evidence presented at its hearing May
<br />21, 1993, the Commission confirms the blight found and declared
<br />by it in its Resolution No. 1151, within the Sample -Ewing
<br />Development Area, and adopts and confirms the Findings of Fact
<br />for that Area, Exhibit A, attached to this resolution and made a
<br />part hereof.
<br />2. The Commission finds and determines that it will be of
<br />public utility and benefit to proceed with the Development Plan
<br />for the Sample -Ewing Development Area, set forth in Resolution
<br />No. 1151, adopted by the Commission on April 16, 1993, and as
<br />amended hereby, and that the public health and welfare will be
<br />benefitted by the acquisition and redevelopment of the
<br />Sample -Ewing Development Area.
<br />3. Resolution No. 1151 and the Sample -Ewing Development Plan
<br />are hereby modified to make the corrections indicated within the
<br />Sample -Ewing Development Plan, dated as of the 21st day of May,
<br />1993, attached hereto, and confirmed.
<br />4. This Resolution constitutes final action, pursuant to IC
<br />36- 7- 14- 17(c), by the Commission determining the public utility
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