Designating the South Bend Central Development Area to be Blighted for Purposes of Compliance with Tax Reform Act 1986

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Avenue with the centerline of the first 14 foot alley lying west of said Hill Street; thence southeasterly, southwesterly and south along the centerline of said alley to the centerline of the first 14 foot alley lying north of Cedar Street; thence east along said centerline to the centerline of the first 14 foot alley lying east of Hill Street; thence south along said centerline to the south right-of-way line of Jefferson Boulevard; thence west along said south right-of-way line to the centerline of the St. Joseph River; thence southeasterly along said centerline to the easterly projection of the southerly right-of-way line of Monroe Street; thence southwesterly along said projection and the southerly right-of-way line of Monroe Street to the easterly right-of-way line of Lincolnway East (U.S. Highway #33 ) ; thence southeasterly along said easterly right-of-way line to the south right-of-way line of Sample Street; thence west along said south right-of-way line to the place of beginning; and WHEREAS, upon such additional surveys, investigations and studies being made, the Commission found and determined in its Resolution No. 800 that the area remains blighted to an extent that cannot be corrected by regulatory processes or by the ordinary . operations of private enterprise without resort to the provisions . of the Act and that the public health and welfare would be . benefitted by continued acquisition and redevelopment of the Area under the provisions of the Act; and : 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 South Bend Central 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. 800 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. 800, 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. 92, adopted on May 19, 1987 , approved, ratified and confirmed the Development Plan and determined that Resolution No. 800 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 2