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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-03-08 Resolution 35.; ., • • RESOLUTION NO. 35 A RESOLUTION OF T~iiE SOUTH BEND.. REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DECLARING ITS_INTENT TO COMPLY WITH. THE. FEDERAL.... UNIFORM RELOCATIONS ASSISTANCE_AND REAL_ PROPERTY. ACQUI53TI(JNS POLICIES ACT OF 1.970 {42 U.S.C. Sec. 4.501-4.55.5.) AND. RATIFYING.. ACTIONS.. TAKEN PURSUANT_THERETO WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Authority {the Authority) undertakes activities, including the acquisition. of real property, that subject the Authority to the requirements of the Indiana.. Relocation Assistance Act,. I.C. $-23-17, which Act requires the Authority to compensate displaced persons far expenses and losses including, but not limited to, the actual reasonable expenses in moving those. persons.,. their families, businesses, farm operations or gersanal'property; and. WHEREAS., when undertaking certain- redevelopment activities. involving the use of federal funds the Authority is also subject to the Federal.. Uniform Relocations Assistance and Real Property Acquisiti.ans Policies Act_of 1970 {42 U.S.C. Sec.. 4601.-4655) which. Act also requires the Authority to make relocation payments and to provide relocation assistance programs to persons displaced by reason of tre Authority's actions; and... WHEREAS, the obligations. placed upon. the Authority by the Federal. Uniform Relocations_Assstance and-Real Property Acquisitions. Policies Act differ from thosa placed upon the Authority by the. Indiana. Relocation. Assistance Act.; and.. WHEREAS.,. the. Authority is desirious_af treating equally all individuals displaced by redevelopment activities. and has determined that. the source of funding for such redevelopment activities should. not determine the extent and nature of relocation assistance provided. by the Authority; and WHEREAS.,. Section 31 of the Indiana. RelacatiQn_Assistance Act. provides that an agency such. as the Authority that. is subject to the.. requirements. of the Federal Uniform Relocations. Assistance and Real_ Property Acquisitions Policies. Act. of 1970 is not. required. to make relocation payments or provide relocation assistance programs under the Indiana. Relocation. Assistance Act,. if such an agency complies with all applicable federal law and regulations relating to relocation payments and assistance for persons displaced by a project_ undertaken by such agency,. including campliance_~,rith the Federal Uniform Relocations Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970;. and WHEREAS, the. Authority believes the Federal Uniform Relocations.. Assistance and Real Property~Acquisitions Policies Act of_1970 allows ~~ it to provide more generous relocation.. assistance and compensation than is allowed by the Indiana Relocation Assistance_Act. NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT RESOLVED BY THE. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the Authority shall,. and hereby does, elect to follow the requirements of the Federal Uniform_Rel.ocations Assistance and. Real Property Acquisitians_Policies Act of 1970 {42 U.S.C. Sec. 4501.- 4655) rather than the requirements of the Indiana. Relocations Assistance Act. far all relevant projects. 2. That each and every relocation payment and/or type of relocation. assistance that has been provided by the Authority anal/or its staff pursuant to the Federal Uniform Relacat:ion.s Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970 shall be, and herebg is, ratified by the_Authority as an appropriate and authorized act of the Authority. 3. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption by the Authority. ADOPTED at a meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Authority held on March 8, 1991, at 1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601. • CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY R By: osep W. Wroblewski, President AT EST: - ~~ Donald. K. Fewell, Secretary-Treasurer • JPM/OFD-RES2:RES-FURA •