No. 0650 designating the Rum Village Industrial Park, declaring the area constituting the Rum Village Industrial Park to be blighted and approving a development plan

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t without resort to the provisions of the Act, and it has been further found that the public health and welfare would be benefited by acquisition in and redevelopment of such area under the provisions of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Commissioners have caused to be prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries of such blighted area, the location of the various parcels of properties, streets and alleys and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, replat- �. ting, replanning, rezoning and redevelopment of such area, and indicating the parcels of property to be included or excluded in the acquisition and portions of the area to be acquired which are to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, play- ground and other public purposes under the redevelopment plan; and WHEREAS, there was presented to this meeting of the Governing Body of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment for its consideration and approval, a copy of the Development Plan for the project area dated December 18, 1981, which plan is entitled: "RUM VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT PLAN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA" and consists of 11 pages; and WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended and the regula- tions of the Department of Housing and Ubran Development effectuating that title, provide that no person shall, on the grounds of race, age, sex, color or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination in the undertaking and carrying out of any federally assisted projects; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMIS- SION, GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT: 1. That the Rum Village Industrial Park, which is described in the first "WHEREAS" clause hereof, is blighted and constitutes a menace to the social and eco- nomic interest of the City of South Bend and its inhabitants and that it will be of public utility and benefit to acquire real estate in such area and to redevelop the area under the provisions of the Act. 2. That the Department of Redevelopment proposes to acquire such real estate and the interests therein within the aforementioned boundaries as designated in the Development Plan and under the conditions set out therein. 3. That it is estimated that the cost of acquiring the properties in the area will be $185,200.00. 4. For purposes of the allocation provisions of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended (Indiana Code 36 -7 -14) ( "Act "), the following IL areas of the blighted area described in this resolution shall be constituted an "Allocation Area" for purposes of the Act and this Resolution: A parcel of land being a part of the City of South Bend, Portage Town- ship, St. Joseph County, Indiana and being more particularly described as follows, viz: Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the east right -of- way line of Olive Street and the south right -of -way line of Calvert Street; thence west along said south right -of -way line of Calvert Street to west line of the east 112 of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section Fifteen (15) Township Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence south to a point (intersecting with the present city limits) two hundred (200) feet south of the north line of Section Twenty -two (22) Township Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence west (along present City limits) to the east line of Section Twenty -one (21), Township Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence north (intersecting with the present city limits) to the south line of Section Sixteen (16), Township Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence (along the present city limits) west along the south line of said Section Sixteen (16) to the west line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Sixteen (16); thence north (along the present city limits) along the west line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Sixteen (16) to the northeast corner of -2-