05-08-78 Council Meeting Minutes

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6T REGULAR MEETING MAY 8, 1978 REGULAR MEETING RECONVENED (CONTINUED WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment (herein called the "Local Public Agency "), has entered into a planning contract for financial assistance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to which Federal funds were provided for the urban renewal project (herein called the "Project "), identified as "Central Downtown PROJECT, Indiana R -66" and encompassing the area bounded 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 Boulevard 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, all in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, (herein called the "Project Area "); WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for additional financial assistance under such Act and proposed to enter into an additional contract or contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the undertaking of, and for making available additional financial as- sistance for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condi- tion of structures, land use, environmental influences, and the social, cultural, and encomic conditions of the Project Area and has determined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the Project Area, because of the presence of blighted structures and the lack of adequate community improvements, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Local Public Agency and are unaware of these facts and conditions. Due to the changing market conditions governing land use, certain land use provisions should be changed in order to update the Urban Renewal Plan in accordance with these current market conditions and update plan studies and WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Common Council of the Project Area (herein called the "Governing Body ") for review and approval certain revised pages to the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project Area, dated November 15, 1967, as subsequently amended: and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes proposed by those certain pages presented at this meeting have been approved by the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certified Resolution No. 550 approving the Urban Renewa Plan and said revisions and plan changes which resolution and which revised pages are attached thereto; and WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recognized and used as a guide for the general development of the Project Area as a wholeaand WHEREAS, the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the Project Area, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations respecting said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area and has certified that said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes conform to the said general plan for the Project Area as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly considered said report, recommendation, and certification of the planning body; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area prescribe certain land uses which the Project Area will require among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted a program for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes; and WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respectin, the relocation program which has been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the Project Area and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections; and WHEREAS, the members of this Governing Body have general knowledge of the conditions pre- vailing in the Project Area and of the availability of proper housing in the City and County for the relocation of individuals and families that may be displaced from the Project Area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and