No. 0374 application for Program 1

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RESOL RESOLUTION NO. 374 ON OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION GOVERNING BODY OF SOUTH BEND DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR PROGRAM NO. 1 WHEREAS it is necessary and in the public interest that the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment avail itself of the financial assistance pro- vided by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to commence a Neighbor- hood Develop ent Program in the urban renewal areas described on Annex No. 1, hereinafter referred to as the "Program;" and WHEREAS it is recognized that the Federal contract for such financial assist- ance pursuant to said Title I will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the Local Public Agency and will require among other things (1) the provision of local grants-in-aid; (2) a feasible method for the relocation of individuals and families displaced from the urban renewal areas comprising the Program; and (3) other to al obligations and responsibilities in conneciton with the undertaking and carrying out of the Program; and WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin under any program or activity receiv- ing Federal financial assistance, and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease or other disposition of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has elected to make relocation payments in excess of $25,000, it is recognized that such payments are to be made in accordance with the reg lations governing relocation payments; and the Local Public Agency has, or will have, available local funds (other than local grants -in -aid or program funds) with which t pay its share of the payments in excess of $25,000, and WHEREAS in those areas where clearance is proposed, the objectives of the Program cann t be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of the urban renewal areas compri ing the Program. NOW, THEREFO E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, GOVERNING BODY OF THE ITY OF SOUTH BEND DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT: 1. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development De, and they hereby are, assured of -full compliance by the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. 2. That an application on behalf of the City of South Bend Department of Re- development, for a loan under Section 102 (a) of said Title I in the amount of $1,118,635.0 and for a program capital grant, a relocation grant, and a Federal grant for the making of a rehabilitation grant to the full amount available for undertaking and financing the first increment of such Program is hereby approved, and that the Exe utive Director is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide such additio al information and to furnish such documents as may be required in behalf of said Department, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the City of South Bend D partment of Redevelopment 3. That it is hereby recognized that relocation payments made in excess of $25,000 are to be made in accordance with the regulations governing relocation payments and that the Local Public Agency has, or will have, available local funds (other than local grants -in -aid or project funds) with which to pay its share of the payments in excess of $25,000. Adopted on August 20 227 West Jef ATTEST: VgS E C R REV. WILLIE (SEAL) at the Regular Meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held 1971, in the Office of the Commission, 1200 County -City Building, erson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601 CITY OF SOUTH BEND r =OF VELOPMENT Fre elmen, President . WILLIAMS