HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 0526 authorizing the filing of Amendatory Application for loan and grant, Project IN R-66RESOLUTION NO. 526
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AMENDATORY
APPLICATION FOR LOAN AND GRANT, PROJECT IN R -66.
WHEREAS it is necessary and in the public interest
that the South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment
avail itself of the financial assistance provided by Title
I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to carry out the
urban renewal project described as Central Downtown Project,
IN R -66, hereinafter referred to as the "Project ", which is
more particularly described by a line drawn as follows:
Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of
the north right -of -way line of LaSalle Avenue and
the west right -of -way line of Main Street; thence
south along the west right -of -way line of Main Street
to the north right -of -way line of Washington Street;
thence west along the north right -of -way line of
Washington Street to the west right -of -way line of
Lafayette Boulevard; thence south along the west
right -of -way line of Lafayette Boulevard to the south
right -of -way line of Jefferson Boulevard; thence east
along the south right -of -way line of Jefferson Boule-
vard to the west right -of -way line of Main Street;
thence south along the west right -of -way line of Main
Street to the south right -of -way line of Monroe Street;
thence east along the south right of way line of Monroe
Street to the west right -of -way line of Fellows Street;
thence south along the west right -of -way line of Fellows
Street to the south right -of -way line of Monroe Street;
thence east along the south right -of -way line of Monroe
Street and proceeding in a northeasterly direction along
said right -of -way to the center of the St. Joseph River;
thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction along the
center of the St. Joseph River to the north right -of -way
line of LaSalle Avenue; thence west along the north right -
of -way line of LaSalle Avenue to the west right -of -way
line of Main Street which is the point of beginning.
WHEREAS it is recognized the the Federal contract for such
financial assistance pursuant to said Title I imposes certain
obligations and responsibilities upon the Local Public Agency
and requires among other things (1) the provision of local grants -
in -aid; (2) a feasible method for the relocation of individuals
and families displaced from the project area; and (3) other local
obligations and responsibilities in connection with the under-
taking and carrying out of urban renewal projects; and
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin
under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assis-
tance and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on the
basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease
or other disposition of residential property (including land in-
tended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof;
and
WHEREAS the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan cannot
be achieved through rehabilitation of the Project area:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE LPA:
1. That the United States of America and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured
of full compliance by the LPA with regulations of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders.
2. That an amendatory application on behalf of the LPA
for a loan under Section 102(a) of said Title I and for a
project capital grant, a relocation grant, and a Federal grant
for the making of rehabilitation grants to the full amount avail-
able for undertaking and financing the Project is hereby approved,
and that the Executive Director of the LPA is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and to file such amendatory application
with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide
such additional information and to furnish such documents as may
be required in behalf of said Department, and to act as the author-
ized correspondent of the LPA.
Adopted at the Regular Meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment
Commission, held on July 1, 1976, at the Office of the Commission,
1200 County -City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend,
Indiana 46601.
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT
ATTEST:
By:
A. Peter Donaldson, Secretary
(SEAL)
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