HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 0651 ratifying/confirming Res. No. 648 with respect to the Monroe Sample Development Area, redeclaring the Monroe Sample Development Area to be blighted and approving a development plan1/
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RESOLUTION NO. 651
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT ST. JOSEPH CO.
COMMISSION RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING RESOLUTION NO. INDIANA
648 WITH RESPECT TO THE MONROE- SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT FILED FOR R E CC
AREA, REDECLARING THE MONROE- SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT AREA
TO BE BLIGHTED AND APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment has, pursuant
to the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended (the "Act "),
conducted surveys and investigations and has thoroughly studied that area in
the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, hereby desig-
nated as the Monroe- Sample Development Area which is more particularly described
by a line drawn as follows:
A parcel of land being a part of the City of South Bend,
Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and being
more particularly described as follows, viz:
Beginning at the
Street and Monroe
said Monroe Stree
'Jay East; thence
intersection with
Southwesterly and
part, also known
intersection with
North along said
intersection of the centerlines of Michigan
Street in said City; thence East, along
t centerline, to the centerline of Lincoln
southeasterly along said centerline to its
the centerline of-State Road 23; thence
Westerly along said centerline (being, in
as the centerline of Sample'Street) to its
the centerline of Michigan Street; thence
centerline to the place of beginning.
WHEREAS, upon such surveys, investigations and studies being made, it has
been found by the City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission that the above
described area has become blighted to an extent that such blighted conditions
cannot be corrected by regulatory process or by the ordinary operations of pri-
vate enterprise without resort to the provisions of the Act, and it has been
further found that the public health and welfare would be benefitted by acqui-
sition in and redevelopment of such area under the provisions of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners have caused to be prepared maps and plats show-
ing the boundaries of such blighted area, the location of the various parcels
of properties, streets and alleys and other features affecting the acquisition,
clearance, replatting, replanning, rezoning and redevelopment of such area, and
indicating the parcels of property to be included or excluded in the acquisition
and portions of the area to be acquired which are to be devoted to streets,
alleys, levees, sewerage, parks, playground and other public purposes under the
redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, the Development Plan, adopted by Declaratory Resolution No. 633,
adopted on February 2, 1981, and confirmed by Resolution No. 635, adopted on
March 20, 1981, has been amended by Declaratory Resolution No. 636, adopted on
April 16, 1981, and confirmed by Resolution No. 641, adopted on June 12, 1981;
and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners did, on November 24, 1981, adopt Declaratory
Resolution No. 648, redeclaring, among other things, the Monroe- Sample Develop-
ment Area to be blighted and approving a Development Plan and increasing the
size of the Monroe- Sample Design Review Committee as established within the
Monroe - Sample Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, as required by law, the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission
and the South Bend Common Council have considered and approved said Resolution
No. 648 and the Development Plan, and, subsequently, the Commissioners did, on
February 5, 1982, hold a public hearing for the purpose of presenting said Reso-
lution No. 648 and to hear and consider remonstrances concerning said resolution;
and
WHEREAS, said Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended,
requires that the Commissioners, after such hearing and consideration, shall
take final action determining the public utility and benefit of the project,
either confirming, modifying, or rescinding Resolution No. 648.
WHEREAS, the Commissioners desire to confirm said Resolution No. 648
without modification;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commissioners of the City of South
Bend Department of Redevelopment that it will be of public utility and benefit
to proceed with the plan of redevelopment as set forth in Resolution No. 648
referred to in the WHEREAS clauses above, and that said Resolution No. 648 is
hereby approved, ratified and confirmed.
Adopted at a meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held on
February 5, 1982, at the Office of the Commission, 1200 County -City Building,
227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana.
ATTEST:
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT
By
. Jay N tz, President
Re ev ent Commission