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RESOLUTION NO.3644 <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE <br /> SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br /> APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE DECLARATORY <br /> RESOLUTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RIVER <br /> WEST DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br /> ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT <br /> PROGRAM AND RELATED MATTERS <br /> WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), the <br /> governing body of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment (the <br /> "Department")and the Redevelopment District of the City of South Bend, Indiana(the"District"), <br /> exists and operates under the provisions of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953 <br /> which has been codified in Indiana Code 36-7-14, as amended from time to time(the"Act"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Commission has heretofore adopted a declaratory resolution (as <br /> subsequently confirmed and amended from time to time, the "Declaratory Resolution") <br /> designating an area known as the River West Development Area (the "Area") as an economic <br /> development area pursuant to the Act,designating portions of the Area as allocation areas pursuant <br /> to Section 39 of the Act (collectively, the "Allocation Area"), and approving and subsequently <br /> amending from time to time a development plan for the Area (collectively, the "Original Plan"); <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53 of the Act, the Commission desires to establish a <br /> residential housing development program to provide for the construction of new residential <br /> housing or the renovation of existing residential housing in certain portions of the Area and <br /> additional territory to be included in the Area as described herein and as such desires to(i) include <br /> certain additional territory(the"Lincoln and Kennedy Park Residential Program Expansion Area") <br /> in the Area which is described at Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein and <br /> (ii) designate the Lincoln and Kennedy Park Residential Program Expansion Area, together with <br /> a redesignated portion of the existing Allocation Area which is described at Exhibit B attached <br /> hereto and incorporated herein (the"Redesignated Area" and together with with the Lincoln and <br /> Kennedy Park Residential Program Expansion Area, the "Lincoln and Kennedy Park Residential <br /> Housing Development Program Area"); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Commission has thoroughly studied the Lincoln and Kennedy Park <br /> Residential Housing Development Program Area and,pursuant to Sections 15 through 17.5 of the <br /> Act, the Commission seeks to amend the Declaratory Resolution and the Original Plan by (i) <br /> redesignating an existing portion of, and amending the boundaries of, the Area to include the <br /> Lincoln and Kennedy Park Residential Housing Development Program Area, (ii) designating the <br /> Lincoln and Kennedy Park Residential Housing Development Program Area as an allocation area <br />