HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproving the undertaking of surveys and plans for an Urban Renewal Project and the filing of an application RESOLUTION
N0. 126-66
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
January 10, 1966
Attest: City Clerk
Attest: President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
January 11, 19 66
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 19
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO.
TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 106-65
KATHRYN L. BLOL,GIA
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RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, APPROVING THE UNDERTAKING OF SURVEYS AND PLANS
FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION.
WHEREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (herein
referred to as "Title I") , the Housing and Home Finance Administrator 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
WHEREAS 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 Two Hundred Seventy Four Thousand,
Three Hundred and Fifty Eight Dollars ($274,358) , in order to undertake 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:
Beginning at a point which is the intersection of the north
line of LaSalle Street and the west line of Main Street;
thence easterly along the north line of LaSalle Street to
the west bank of the St. Joseph River; thence southeasterly
along the west bank of the St. Joseph River to the south line
of Jefferson Boulevard; thence westerly along the south line
of Jefferson Boulevard to the east line of St. Joseph Street;
thence southerly along the east line of St. Joseph Street
to the south line of Monroe Street extended; thence westerly
along the south line of Monroe Street to the west line of
Main Street extended; thence northerly along the west line
of Main Street to the south line of Western Avenue; thence
westerly along the south line of Western Avenue to the west
alley line of the first alley west of Lafayette Boulevard;
thence northerly along said alley extended to the north line
of Washington Street; thence easterly along the north line
of Washington Street to the west line of Main Street ; and
thence northerly along the west line of Main Street to the
point of beginning.
NOW, TMIREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE C0:f40N 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
renewal project and that the undertaking by the City of South Bend, De-
partment 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 finan-
cial assistance under Title I , including those relating to (a) the reloca-
tion 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 Housing
and Home Finance Administrator, 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.
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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 the proceeds or value of project land
sold, leased, or retained for use in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
5. 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.
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