Designating the Stuedbaker Corridor Development Areato be Blighted for Purposes of Compliance with Tax Reform Act 1986

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WHEREAS, the Commission has previously caused to be prepared maps and plats of the Area which show the boundaries of the Area, the location of the various parcels of property, streets, alleys and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, replatting, replanning, rezoning, or redevelopment of the Area, indicating the parcels of property to be excluded from acquisition. and the parts of the Area to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds and other public purposes; and WHEREAS, the Commission has readopted the Studebaker Corridor: Development Plan (Development Plan) to serve as the plan for the redevelopment of the Area; and WHEREAS, the Commission has found and determined in its Resolution No. 801 that there is a substantial presence of factors. such as excessive vacant land on which structures were previously located, abandoned or vacant buildings, old buildings, excessive vacancies, substandard structures, and delinquency in payment of real property taxes in the Area; and WHEREAS, the Commission has submitted its Resolution No. 801, together with supporting data, to the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, and the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County by its Resolution No. 93 , adopted on May 19, 1987, approved, ratified. and confirmed the Development Plan and determined that Resolution No. 801 and the Development Plan conform to the master plan of development for the City of South Bend; and- WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council, as governing body of the City, is required by the Act to approve an order of the Plan Commission and is further required by certain provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to designate the area as blighted and to adopt the Development Plan; and WHEREAS, the Common Council has received from the Commission certain findings of fact which concern the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences and other economic conditions of the Area, a copy of which findings of fact are attached hereto and incorporated fully herein as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Common Council is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, providing that no person shall, on the grounds of race, age, sex, color, religion, or national origin, be excluded from- participation in or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in the undertaking and carrying out of any federally-assisted project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Common Council, as follows: Section 1. The order of the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, pursuant to its Resolution No. 93 , attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof, is in all respects approved. Section 2. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that there is a substantial presence of factors such as excessive vacant land on which structures were previously located, abandoned or vacant buildings, old buildings, excessive vacancies, substandard_ structures and delinquency in payment of real property taxes in the Area. Section 3. The Common Council hereby finds and determines, based upon the aforementioned evidence consisting of the maps and plats of the Area and findings of fact now submitted to it, that . the Area which has previously been found by the Commission to be blighted, continues to be blighted to an extent that cannot be - corrected by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise without resort to the Act and that the public health and welfare will continue to be benefitted by the continued acquisition and redevelopment of the Area under the Act. 2