09-27-71 Council Meeting Minutes

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O W . . REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 27, 1971 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (Cont.) RESOLUTION NO. 284 -71 (Cont.) 2. That the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment is hereby designated as the Exec- utive Department of the City to administer code enforcement programs, to act as the authorized representative of the City in accomplishing the code enforcement program, to file requisition for funds, and to provide such additional information and furnish such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for. 3. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement grant, the City of South Bend will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expen- ditures in any federally assisted code enforcement of Title I Urban Renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly expenditures for such activities by said City for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of the application. 4. That in the opinion of this Council the City has a program for and will provide in a time- ly manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforcement area. 5. That there presently exists in the locality and this Council hereby commits itself to make available in the future an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is avail- able to persons displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacee, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of Dousing and Urban Development. 6. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of South Bend with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders. 7. That this resolution shall take effect immediately and hereby cancels and supersedes Resolution 232 -69. /s/ Robert 0. Laven Member of Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana Public hearing on this resolution was held at this time. Mr. B. Ashenfelter, Executive Director of the Department of Redevelopment, said that in essence this resolution was changed only in that the Mayor was the only legally authorized officer elgible to sign this application, not the Redevelopment Department, as is now done. Councilman Reinke moved for adoption of this resolution, seconded by Councilman Zielinski. The resolution was passed by a roll call vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent (Councilman Laven.) RESOLUTION NO. 285 -71 RESOLUTION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT PROJECT EAST NOW KNOWN AS PROJECT IND. E -5 WHEREAS Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities and counties to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this locality certain deteriorated or deteriorating areas for which a program of concentrated code enforcement, com- bined with certain public improvements, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of South Bend, among which is the obligation to assure that any person who may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public im- provements programs are relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance, and Exec- utive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease, or other disposition or occupancy thereof: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND: 1. That this Council supports and favors the filing of an application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of South Bend for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949 as amended, of two - thirds of the project cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforcement program, which project cost, not including re- location payments and rehabilitation grants, is now estimated to be One Million, Six Hundred & Eight Thousand, Two Hundred Ninety -Nine Dollars ($1,608,299.00), in an area or areas to be de- signated and specially described in such application as Model Neighborhood Code Enforcement Project East, now known as Project IND. E -5 and that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and file such application and to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for. 2. That the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment is hereby designated as the Execu- tive Department of the City to administer code enforcement programs,.to act as the authorized representative of the City in accomplishing the code enforcement program, to file requisition 4-- 4 „"Ac - "A a-., „Yn%ri AA c„rh =AAi ti nnal information and furnish such contract or contracts as