07-23-73 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) 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 Locality at large, 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 aware of these facts and conditions, and that further detailed studies and surveys have shown that certain structures originally scheduled for rehabilitation have been proven not feasible for rehabilitation and should be added to the acquisition list. 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 Locality (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; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan and the amendments and minor plan changes proposed by those certain pages presented at this meeting have been approved by the Governing Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly- certified resolu- tion approving the Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor 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 Locality as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, which is the duly- designated and acting official planning body for the Locality, has submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations respecting said Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor plan changes for the Project area and has certified that said Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor plan changes conform to the said general plan for the Locality 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 and said amendments and minor 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 relo- cation of individuals and families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with said Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor plan changes; and WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the relocation program which have 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 prevailing in the Project area and of the availability of proper housing in the Locality 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 WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate official action respecting the relocation program and said Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor plan changes for the Project, in conformity with the contracts for financial assist- ance between the 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 undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those prescribing 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 it is hereby found and determined that the Project is a blighted area and qualifies as an eligible Project area under the Redevelopment of Cities and Town Act of 1953, as amended. 2. That the Urban Renewal Plan and the amendments and minor plan changes thereto proposed presented at this meeting for the Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, and hereby approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file copies of said Urban Renewal Plan and said amendments and minor plan changes with the minutes of this meeting. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan and the proposed amendments and minor plan changes cannot be achieved through more extensive rehabilitation of 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 and said amendments and minor plan changes for the Project area conform to the general plan of the Locality. 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 undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan and the proposed amendments and minor plan changes for the Project area.