No. 0632 amending Res. No. 626 declaring the East Bank Dev. Area to be blighted, approving a development plan/conditions under which relocation payments will be made

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RESOLUTION 626 IZ1:S01,1J'1'ION OF THE CITY OF S01JT1-1 BEND RIiDI VELOPMf:N'1' 1 (101MM1 SS 10N DESIGNATING GNATING � '1'1-11: EAST )SANK Df;V1iL01�MliN'I' AREA, DECLARI NG 'l'llf: JiAST BANK DEVELOPMENT AREA TO BE 13LIGPI'1'13ll AND APPROVING DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH RELOCATION PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment has, pursuant to the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, 'Is amended (the "Act "), conducted surveys and investigations and ]"'s thOl-oughly studied that area in the City of South Bend, County Of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, hereby designated as the East Bank Development Area which is. more particularly described by a line drawn as follows: A Marcel of land being a part of the City of South Bend, Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana Mid being more particularly described as follows, viz: Beginning at the point of intersection of the North right -of -way line of Sorin St-..eet with the Fast { r "I't -o f -way line or- Niles Avenue in said City; t thence South �Iiong; said East right -of -way line of Niles Avenue to the centerline of tile first fourteen (14) foot 111ey lying North of Cedar Street and bc�t►ccen Niles Avenue and Hill Street; thence East along; se-id centerline, to the centerline of Hill Street, a sixty -six (66) foot right -of -way; thence South, along; said Hill Street centerline, to the centerline or Jefferson Boulevard; an eighty -two and one -half' (82.5) foot right -of -way; thence West, aloag said .Jefferson Boulevard centerline to the center of the St. Josc)h River; thence in a Northwesterly and Northeasterly direction along the centerline of said River to its intersection with flue projected North right -of -way line of said Sorin Street; thence East, along said and along, said North right-of-way lineotoc the nEast right -of -way line of Niles Avenue which is the place of beginning. i Will:kAS, upon such surveys, investigati.ons and studies hc: i nl; nracic, 'it has been found by the Ci.tv of South Bend Redevelop- + agent COlilmissi011 that tilt above- described area has become blighted 1 to an extent that such blighted conditions cannot be corrected by' reg;ulatol-y process or by the ordinary operations of private enter- ])rise without resort to the provisions or the Act, and it has been 1'urt.hcr iound that the public health and welfare would be bone- fitted by acclui.sit: ion in and redevelopment of such area under the provisions of the Act; and tV111i1Zl:AS, the Commissioners have caused to be prepared maps and plats shouvinl; the boundaries or such blighted area, the location of tilc various parcels of properties, streets and alleys and other Cesltulres <Iff.ectinly, the acquisition, clearance, replatting ") IMnmi lll;, rezoning; and redevelopment of such area, and indicating the parcels of propel•ty to be iI1C:1LIdCc1 or excluded in the acquisition and portions or the arerl o he rlcgl! i red which are to be devoted LO st rc ets , al 1c , :; , i�`,��ruti sewc• cag;c , parks, playgound and other public purposes uncicr tho redevelopment plan; and 1YI1FR1iAS, there was px•csentcd tc. tlli.s meeting of the Govei °- '119 llody of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment for its consideration and approval, a cop)' of Development P1rIn for the Project area dated October 3, 1980, w}lich plrin iti ent i r 1(.,d: