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RESOLUTION
NO. 267-71
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
Marcl^, 19 71
Attest: C' Clerk
Attest: lot--- President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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3:- AND PLANS FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE FILING
OF AN APPLICATION
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W'iEREAS, under Title I of the I ous ing Act of 1949, as amended (Herein
referred to as "Title I") , the Secretary of '!ousing and Urban Development
is authorized to extend financial assistance to local public agencies in the
elimination and prevention of the spread of their slums and urban blight
through the planning and undertaking of urban renewal projects; and
WI;EREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the City of
South Bend, Department of Redevelopment make surveys and prepare plans,
presently estimated to cost approximately Four ! undred and Fifty Two
Thousand, Seven undred Seventy Five ($452,775) Dollars in order to under-
take and carry out an urban renewal project of the character contemplated
by Section 110 (c) of Title I in the proposed Urban Renewal Area, situated
in the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, which
is described as follows:
SEE ATTACHMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TILE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum,
blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area appropriate for an urban re-
newal project and that the undertaking by the City of South Bend, Depart-
ment of Redevelopment surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of the
character contemplated by Section 110 (c) of Title I in the proposed Urban
Renewal Area is hereby approved.
2. That the financial assistance available under Title I is needed to
enable the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment to finance the
planning and undertaking of the proposed Project.
3. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the
undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial
assistance under Title I, including those relating to (a) the relocation of
site occupants, (b) the provision of local grants-in-aid, (c) the prohibition
of discrimination because of race, color, creed, or national origin, and
(d) the requirement that the locality present to the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, as a prerequisite to approval of the application described
below, a workable program for community improvement, as set forth in Section
101 (e) of Title I, for utilizing appropriate public and private resources
to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight.
4. That it is the sense of this body (a) that a feasible method for the
relocation of individuals and families displaced from the Urban Renewal Area,
in conformity with Title I, can be prepared, and (b) that the local grants-
in-aid can and will be provided in an amount which will be not less than
one-third of the Net Project Cost of the Project and which together with the
Federal capital grant, will be generally equal to the difference between
Gross Project Cost and proceeds or value of project land sold, leased, or
retained for use in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
S. That the filing of an application by the City of South Bend, De-
partment of Redevelopment for an advance of funds from the United States of
America to enable it to defray the cost of the surveys and plans for an
urban renewal project in the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above
is hereby approved.
1st & 2nd READING 3-22-71 G
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
PUBLIC HEARING 3-22-71 A ember of the Common Council of the
3rd READING City of South Bend, Indiana
NOT APPROVED
REFERRED
PASSED 3-22-71
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BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
Project Number One of the Southeast Neighborhood is located in the City of
South Bend, County of St. Joseph and State of Indiana and is described as
follows:
Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the north right-of-way
line of Sample Street and the west right-of-way line of Michigan Street;
thence in an easterly direction on the north right-of-way line of Sample
Street to the east right-of-way line of Carroll Street; thence in a
southerly direction along the east right-of-way line of Carroll Street
to the north right-of-way line of Wenger Street; thence in an easterly
direction along the north right-of-way line of Wenger Street to the east
right-of-way line of Fellows Street; thence in a southerly direction along
the east right-of-way line of Fellows Street to the south right-of-way line
of Indiana Avenue; thence in a westerly direction along the south right-of-
way line of Indiana Avenue to the west right-of-way line of Michigan Street;
thence in a northerly direction along the west right-of-way line of Michigan
Street to the north right-of-way line of Sample Street, which is the point
of beginning.
FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE.
MAR I F 19 71
KATHRYN L. BLOUGH
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.
Be it hereby resolved that the Project Area Committee on the South East
Side of South Bend, Indiana approve the initial application for funding
of the Redevelopment Department of South Bend to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development regarding funding for improvements in an area
bounded by Sample Street, Carroll Street, Wenger Street to Fellows Street,
Indiana Avenue and Michigan Street. This approval to be based on the
advice of the Project Area Committee's Advisory Board and the assurance
that this request does not bind the Committee to any specific plan but to
the general improvements to be planned in upcoming months jointly by the
Committee and the Redevelopment Department of South Bend.
Recommended for passage by the Advisory Board at their regular meeting on
February 17, 1971 .
Passed unanimously at the regular general meeting of the Project Area
Committee on February 24, 1971 .
Initial application approved by the Project Area Committee, February 24, 1971 .
Mr. Garrett Mullins , President
Mr. Conrad Damian, Vice-president
Mrs . ,lancie Stokes, Secretary