No. 0174 approving the undertaking of surveys/plans for an Urban Renewal Project and filing of an application

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NOW, T EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMIS- SION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND: 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area appropriate for an urban renewal project and that the undertaking by the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of the character contemplated by Section 1 0(c) of Title I in the proposed Urban Renewal Area is hereby approved. 2. That the financial assistance available under Title I is needed to enable the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment to finance the planning and undertaking of the proposed Project. 3. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those relating to (a) the relocation of site occupants, (b) the provision, of local grants -in- aid,,, and (c) the requirement that the locality present to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as a pre- requisite to approval. of the application described below, a workable program for communi y improvement, as set forth in Section 101(c) of Title I, for utilizing appropri to public and private resources to eliminate and prevent the development 'or sprea of slums and urban blight. 4. That the United States of America and the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban. Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full com- pliance b the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment with regulations of the De artment of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rivhts Act of 1964. ' 5. That it is the sense of this body (a) that a feasible method for the relocation of individuals and families displaced from the Urban Renewal Area, in conformity with the requirements of Title I, can be prepared, and (b) that local grants -in -aid can and will be provided in an amount which will be not less than one -third of the Net I roject Cost of the Project and which, together with the Federal Capital Grant, w ll be generally equal to the difference between Gross Project Cost and the prOCE eds or value of project land sold, leased, or retained for use in accord- ance with the Urban Renewal Plan. 6. Th t the filing of an application bythe City of South Bend, Department of Redevelo 3ment, for an advance of funds from the United States of America in an amount n t to exceed Two Hundred Seventy Four Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty -Ei ht Dollars ($274, 358) for surveys and plans for an urban renewal project in the pr posed Urban Renewal Area described above is hereby approved, and that the Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application with the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide such additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by the Secretary and to act as the authorized representative of the City of South Bend, Departm nt of Redevelopment. -2- R 144