HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 0044 approving undertaking of general neighborhood renewal plan and filing of application for federal advance of fundsRESOLUTION NO. 44
ON OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, GOVERNING
BODY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT
UNDERTAKING OF GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD RENEWAL PLAN AND
FILING OF APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ADVANCE OF FUNDS.
EREAS, under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amend-
ed, tie Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to
exteni financial assistance to localities in the elimination and
preve tion of the spread of their slums and urban blight through
the p anning and undertaking of urban renewal projects; and
WHEREAS, under Section 102(d) of Title I, the Housing and
Home Finance Administrator may make advances of funds for the
preparation of General Neighborhood Renewal Plans for urban
renewal areas of such scope that the urban renewal activities
there n may have to be carried out in stages over a periodcf not
more �han ten (10) years; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the
City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment prepare such a
General Neighborhood Renewal Plan presently estimated to cost
Eighteen Thousand, Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($18,850) in that
certa n area, proposed as an Urban Renewal Area, situated in the
City f South Bend, County of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, and
de cribed as follows:
inden Avenue, proposed park - playground, and the New York
central Railroad on the north; the first alley east of
Meade Street on the east; Western Avenue on the south; and
he first alley West of Chicago Street on the west.
OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Redevelop-
ment :ommission as follows:
That the proposed Urban Renewal Area Described herein
is an area of such scope that it is estimated that the
urban renewal activities therein may have to be carried
out in stages over a period of not more than ten (10)
years.
That the undertaking by the City of South Bend, Depart-
ment of Redevelopment of the preparation of a General
Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the proposed Urban Re-
newal Area described herein is hereby approved.
That it is the intention of this body to undertake an
urban renewal project promptly upon completion of the
General Neighborhood Plan and the preparation of an
urban renewal plan for such project, which project shall
embrace at least ten percent (10 %) of the Urban Renewal
Area and shall be of the character contemplated by
Section 110 (c) of Title I.
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That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed
in the undertaking and carrying out of such urban
renewal projects with Federal financial assistance
under Title I, including the requirements that a General
Neighborhood Renewal Plan conform to the Workable Program
of the community, as set forth in Section 101(c) of
Title I, and to a general plan of the locality as a whole,
as well as those: with respect to the relocation of site
occupants and the provision of local grants -in -aid.
That it is the intention of this body that the General
Neighborhood Renewal Plan will be used to the fullest
extent feasible as a guide for the provision of public
improvements in such Area and that the Plan will be con-
sidered in formulating codes and other regulatory meas-
ures affecting property in the Area and in undertaking
other local governmental activities pertaining to the
development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and con-
servation of the Area.
That the filing of an application by the City of South Bend,
Department of Redevelopment for an advance of funds from
the United States in an amount not to exceed Eighteen
Thousand, Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($18,850) for the
preparation of a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for
the Urban Renewal Area described herein is hereby approved
and that the President of the South Bend Redevelopment
Commission is hereby authorized and directed to execute
and file such application with the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator and to provide such additional information and
to furnish such documents as may be required by said
Administrator and to act as the authorized representative
of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment.
Adopted at
ment ommission held
Commi sion, 129 West
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the Special meeting of the South Bend Redevelop -
on March 22, 1962, at the office of the
Colfax Avenue, South Bend, Indiana.
J es G. Loui , President
South Bend Redevelopment Commission
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