10-13-80 Council Meeting Minutes

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LSO REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 13, 1980 REGULAR MEETING RECONVENED (CONTINUED The Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic conditions of the Project Area and has determined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the Project Area, because of the presence of blighted structures and the lack of adequate community improvements and the members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised by the Local PUblic Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions, due to the changing conditions governing land use, certain land use pro- visions have been changed in order to.update the Urban Renewal Plan in accordance with such conditions and update plan studies. There has been prepared and referred to the Common Council of the Project Area (herein called the "Governing Body ") for review and approval certain revised pages to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project Area, dated November 15, 1967, as subsequently amended. The Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, has been approved by the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Agency's duty certified Resolution No. 621 approving the consolidation of the Urban Renewal Plan as a single consolidated plan, and said revisions and plan changes, which Resolution, and revised pages are attached thereto. A general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the Project Area as a whole. The Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, which is the duly designated-and acting official planning body for the Project Area, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations respecting said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area and has certified that said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes conform to the said general plan for the Project Area as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly considered said report, recommendation and certification of the planning body. The Consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes for the Pro- ject Area will require among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities and other public action. The Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes. There have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the relocation program which have been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys and inspectionsin the Project Area and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies, surveys and inspections. The members of this Governing Body have general knowledge of the conditions pre- vailing in the Project Area and of the availability of proper housing in the City and County for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced from the Project Area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation. It is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the relocation program and said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes for the Project, in conformity with the contracts for financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of America acting by and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator. The Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under- taking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with federal financial assistance under Title I, including those proscribing discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex or national origin. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common. Council of the City of South Bend: 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the Project Area is a blighted area and qualifies as an eligible Project Area under the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended. 2. That said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes thereto proposed, presented at this meeting for the Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, are hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file copies of said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes with the minutes of this meeting. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that said consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area conform to the general plan of the City and County. 4. That it is hereby found and determined that the financial aid provided and to be provided pursuant to the contract for federal financial assistance pertaining to the Project is necessary to enable the Project to be undertaken in accordance with the con- solidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area. 5. That it is hereby found and determined that the consolidated Urban Renewal Plan and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area will afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the City and County as a whole, for the urban renewal of such areas by private enterprises.