09-27-71 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 27, 1971 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (Cont.) RESOLUTION NO. 285 -71 (Cont.) 3. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement grant, the City of South Bend will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expen- ditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I Urban Renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly expenditures for such activities by said City for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of the application. 4. That in the opinion of this Council the City has a program for and will provide in a time- ly manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforcement area. 5. That there presently exists in the locality and this Council hereby commits itself to make available in the future an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is avail- able to persons displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacee, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 6. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of South Bend with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. 7. That this resolution shall take effect immediately upon the proper signature by a member of the Common Council and does hereby cancel and supersede Resolution No. 269 -71, passed by the Common Council March 22, 1971. /s/ Robert 0. Laven Member of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana Public hearing on this resolution was held at this time. Mr. B. Ashenfelter and Mr. Glenn Barbe, Assistant Director of the Department of Redevelopment, stated that again this was a matter of the legally authorized signature, the Mayor only being authorized to sign the application. Councilman Szymkowiak made a motion for the adoption of this resolution, seconded by Councilman Grounds. The resolution was passed by a roll call vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent (Councilman Laven.) UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS There being no Grounds made a Time 11 :04 P.M. ATTEST: None None further business, unfinished or new, to come before the Council, Councilman motion for adjournment, seconded by Councilman Rginke. Motion carried. APPROVED: 41coo PRESIDENT