No. 0522 redeclaring Central Downtown Renewal Area to be blighted, reapproving an urban renewal plan/conditions under which relocation pmts. will be made for Project No. IN R-66, minor chgs to renewal plan

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840 40 (7 affecting the acquisition, clearance, replanning and redevelop- Tent of such area, and indicating the parcels of property to be included in the acquisition and portions of the area acquired which are to be devoted to streets, parks, playground, and other public purposes under the redevelopment plan, and it has been found that certain parcels are not feasible for rehabilita- tion and should be added to the acquisition list and that certain land use provisions should be changed and updated to conform with current conditions; and WHEREAS, in connection with an application of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment to the Secretary of the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development for financial assistance under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the approval by the Governing Body of the City of South Bend, Department of Re- development, of an Urban Renewal Plan for the project area involved in such application is required by the Federal Government before it will enter into a contract for loan or grant with the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, under Title I; and WHEREAS, the rules and regulations prescribed by the Federal Govern- ment pursuant to Title I require that the conditions under which the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, will make Re- location Payments in connection with the Urban Renewal Project con- templated by the application be officially approved by the Govern- ing Body of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment; 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 amended pages of the Urban Renewal Plan for the project area in the land use provisions, which plan is entitled, "URBAN RENEWAL PLAN CENTRAL DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL AREA PROJECT NO. IND. R -66 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA" and consists of a typewritten document and a set of conditions under which the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, will make Relocation Payments, which set of conditions is set forth in the Re- location Plan attached hereto and marked for the Urban Renewal con- templated by the application; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan and the proposed changes to said Plan and the conditions under which the Local Public Agency will make Re- location Payments were reviewed and considered at the meeting; and WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that title, provide that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects assisted under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: - 2 -