01-08-62 Council Meeting Minutes

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$50,000 per acre for commercial use) to.about $60,000 (at $12,000 - $13,000 per acre for residential use). Yhis would increase the project cost to the City from $330,000 to $520,000, or by $190,000. The Commercial use woul also bring in about $20,000 per year in taxes. Residential reuse, whether public or private, would bring in a lower figure, unless high density private apartments were built. The Redevelopment Department could, if the Council does not accept the commercial reuse, get an entirely new appra which would not mention commercial reuse at all. Chances are that such an appraisal would not be acceptable to the Federal Authorities however, who carefully review all appraisals. /s/ Henry Sucher Henry Sucher HS /iu Councilman Muszynski made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Lehman seconded the motion. Motion carried. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT MEMORANDUM TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FROM: HENRY SUCHER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DATE: JANUARY 3, 1962 SUBJECT: Application for Recertification of South Bend's Program for Community Improvement Annual Recertification of this program is required before the Housing and Home Finance Agency will participate in Urban Renewal, Public Housing or similar programs in a City. The Application for Recertification you are being asked to approve summarizes progress made during 1961 and sets out the program for 1962. The enclosed summary gives the highlights of this entire application. I hope to attend the Council Meeting Monday Night to answer any questions which might arise. /s/ Henry Sucher Henry Sucher HS:iu The City of South Bend during 1961 has adopted its new Building Code (BOCA Basic Building Code). Code enforcement personnel has been increased and activity stepped up. Enforcement of electrical and heating codes, formerly separate, is now handled by the Building Department, strengthening the administrative organization. In the area of Public Housing, the 235 unit first project was completed and is now fully rented. The Housing Authority has obtained an Annual Contributions Contract for a second project of 160 family units. It has also committed itself to purchase five (5) acres in the Chapin Street Redevelopment Area for the purpose of erecting 100 additional low rent units for the aged. Relocation has proceeded more successfully than anticipated. 210 families of the estimated total of 300 in the Sample Street Clearance Area have been relocated in suitable standard housing during the past twelve months. Only fourteen (14) are now in the on -site workload, and five (5) families are in the off -site workload. Public Housing, use of Sec. 221 mortgages for both new and existing housing, and the very substantial number of homes listed for sale in the South Bend area at present, all have facilitated relocation. Only one family in the present on -site relocatic workload is considered in the critical category, i.e., considerable difficulty is expected in relocating it. Three months.ago eight families were in this classification. In 1962 the City intends to start carrying out the Chapin Street Redevelopment Project. Also scheduled are a General Neighborhood Renewal Program in the LaSalle Park Area and a Renewal Feasibility Study for the Central Area of the City. The City Planning Staff, strengthened by the addition of an assistant director during 1961, hopes to complete the Fire Station Locations Plan, to have the Subdivision Ordinance approved,:.and to make further progress on its compre- hensive revision of the zoning ordinance. In the field of Neighborhood Analysis work is scheduled to be done in connection with the LaSalle Park General Neigh- borhood Renewal Program. The question of the advisability of undertaking a Community Renewal Program will also be considered. Councilman Lehman made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. REPORT OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION January 8, 1962 The Honorable Common Council City of South Bend South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: The attached petition of the Common Council to -annex to the City of South Bend, Indiana, a parcel of land being bounded on the south by Ireland Road and lying between Lafayette and Michigan Streets containing approximately 49.5 acres, was legally advertised under date of December 23, 1961, and given public hearing on January 4, 1962. The following action was taken: After due consideration the Commission found that in their opinion: 1. The annexation is in the best interests of the City and of the territory sought to be annexed.