05-08-78 Council Meeting Minutes

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2,68 REGULAR MEETING MAY 8 1978 u REGULAR MEETING RECONVENED (CONTINUED WHEREAS, it is necessary that,the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecti the relocation program and said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project, in conformity with the contracts for financial assistance betweenthe local Public Agency and the United States of America acting by and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the under- taking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title including those proscribing discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex or national origin, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the.City of South Bend: 1. That is is hereby found and determined that the Project Area is a blighted area and qualifies as eligible Project Area under the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended. 2. That the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes thereto proposed, presented at this meeting for the Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, are hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file copies of said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes with the minutes of this meeting. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and the said revisions and plan changes cannot be achieved- -through-more extensive rehabilitation in the Project Area, and that the additional acquisition proposed should be accomplished. 4. That it is hereby found and determined that said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions andplan changes for the Project Area conform to the general plan of the City and County. 5. That it is hereby found and determined that the financial aid provided and to be provided pursuant to the contract for Federal financial assistance pertaining to the Project is necessary to enable the Project to be under- taken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area. 6. That it is hereby found and determined that the abovementioned Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound.. needs of the City and County as a whole, for the urban renwal of such areas by private enterprise. 7. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and said revisions and plan changes for the Project Area give due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vacinity of the Project Area. 8. That it is hereby found and determined that the program for the proper relocation of individuals and families displaced in carrying out the Project in decent, safety and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards is feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the Project, and such dwellingunits available or to be made available to such dis- placed individuals and families, are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families in the Project Area, are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the individuals and families, and are reasonably accessible to their place of employment. 9. That in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, ans said .revisions and plan changes hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this Governing Body with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacation and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the loca- tion of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly, this Body hereby (a) pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such Urban Renewal Plan as amended by those certain pages presented at this meeting; (b) request the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and by those certain pages presented at this meeting; and (c) stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate said Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, and by thosecertain pages presented at this meeting.