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RESOLUTION NO. %708-8/
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL APPROVING
<br />THE ORDER OF THE AREA PLAN COMMISSION OF ST. JOSEPH
<br />COUNTY WITH REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS AMENDED
<br />FOR THE SOUTH BEND CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND
<br />ADOPTING THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
<br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (Commission),
<br />pursuant to Indiana Code 36- 7 -14 -1 et. seq., (Act), has conducted
<br />additional surveys and investigations and has thoroughly studied
<br />the area in the City of South Bend (City), St. Joseph County,
<br />Indiana, previously designated by the Commission as the South Bend
<br />Central Development Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the'Commission, on February 10, 1989, adopted
<br />Declaratory Resolution No. 867 amending the Development Plan by
<br />adding a parcel to the acquisition list and reapproving the
<br />Development Plan as amended; and
<br />WHEREAS, upon such additional surveys, investigations and
<br />studies being made, the Commission found and determined in its
<br />Resolution No. 867 that the Area is blighted to an extent that
<br />cannot be corrected by regulatory processes or by the ordinary
<br />operations of private enterprise without resort to the provisions
<br />of the Act and that the public health and welfare would be
<br />benefitted by the acquisition and redevelopment of the Area under
<br />the provisions of the Act; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has previously caused to be prepared
<br />maps and plats of the Area which show the boundaries of the Area,
<br />the location of the various parcels of property, street, alleys and
<br />other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, replatting,
<br />replanning, rezoning, or redevelopment of the area, indicating the
<br />parcels of property to be excluded from acquisition and the parts
<br />of the Area to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks,
<br />playgrounds and other public purposes; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has amended the South Bend Central
<br />Development Plan and has adopted such plan as amended to serve as
<br />the plan for redevelopment of the Area and such plan as amended
<br />shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Development Plan "; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has found and determined in its
<br />Resolution No. 867 that there is a substantial presence of factors
<br />such as excessive vacant land on which structures were previously
<br />located, abandoned or vacant buildings, old buildings, excessive
<br />vacancies, substandard structures, and delinquency in payment of
<br />real property taxes in the Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has submitted its Resolution No. 867,
<br />together with supporting data, to the Area plan Commission of St.
<br />Joseph County, and the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County by
<br />its Resolution No. 104, adopted on February 21, 1989, approved,
<br />ratified and confirmed the Development Plan and Resolution No. 867
<br />and determined that Resolution No. 867 and the Development Plan
<br />conform to the master plan of development for the City of South
<br />Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council, as governing body of
<br />the City, is required by the Act to approve an order of the Plan
<br />Commission and is further required by certain provisions of the Tax
<br />Reform Act of 1986 to designate the area as blighted and to adopt
<br />the Development Plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council has received from the Commission
<br />certain findings of fact which concern the location, physical
<br />condition of structures, land use, environmental influences and
<br />other economic conditions of the Area, a copy of which findings of
<br />fact are attached hereto and incorporated fully herein as Exhibit
<br />A; and
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