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

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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. 92, 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. Section 4. The Common Council hereby finds that the Area continues to be a menace to the social and economic interest of the City and its inhabitants, and it will continue to be of public utility and benefit to continue to acquire and redevelop the Area under the Act. Section 5. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the objectives of the Development Plan cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of the area. Section 6. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the Area consists of four hundred forty-seven (447) acres and is contiguous and compact. Section 7. To the extent that qualified redevelopment bonds under Section 144(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are issued to pay for all or a part of the redevelopment within the area, the use of proceeds of such bond issues shall be limited as required by Section 144(c) , and no use of the property within the area shall be allowed which use would be prohibited by Section 144(c) . Section 8. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the Commission Resolution No. 800 and the Development Plan are in all respects approved and adopted and directs the City Clerk to file certified copies thereof with the minutes of this meeting. Section 9. The Common Council reapproves and reconfirms all other findings, determinations, and conclusions in the Commission' s Resolutions No. 737, 745, 751, and 795, as approved by previous . resolutions of the Common Council, which include but are not limited to the approval of the designation and establishment of the South Bend Central Allocation Area (South Bend Allocation Area No. 1A) , pursuant to Section 39 of the Act. Section 10. The Common Council hereby assures the United States of America of full compliance by the City with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that title. 3 •