11-24-58 Council Meeting Minutes

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for Survey and Planning from $137,000 to $98,000, and second, by approving the reduction in the requested capital grant reservation from $1,774,900 to $1,502,866 as contained in the revised Survey and Planning Application. ATTEST: In all other respects the Resolution of July 14, shall remain in full force and effect. /s/ Freda G. Noble Common Council City of South Bend By /s/ Stanley C. Korpal President Councilman Glass made a motion that the Resolution be held,over until the next meeting of the Council in order to have time to confer with the Redevelopment Commission. Mr. Henry Sucher, Commissioner of the Urban Redevelopment program was present and expalined the Resolution to the Council. Councilman Kroll then made a motion to adopt the Resolution. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion car- ried by a roll call vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays. U17CM TTT'TONT WHEREAS under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and the Housing Act of 1954 as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to extend financial assistance to localities in the elimination and prevention of the spread of their slums and urban blight through the planning and undertaking of urban renewal projects.; and WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the South Bend Redevelopment Commission prepare surveys and plans, presently estimated to cost approximately $98,000.00 (ninety-eight thousand dollars), in order to undertake and carry out an urban renewal project of the character contemplated by Section 110(c) of said Title I, in that certain area, proposed as an Urban Renewal Area, situated in the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, and described as follows: BEGINNING at the intersection of the westerly right of way line of Chapin Street with the southerly ;right of way line of Chapin Street with the southerly right of way line of the New York Central Main Line right of way. THENCE, in an easterly direction along the southerly right of way line of said New York Central right of way for a distance of approximately 720 feet to the intersection with the easterly right of way line of Scott Street. THENCE, in a southerly direction along said easterly right of way line of Scott Street for a distance of 850 feet to the intersection with the easterly right of way line of Prairie Avenue. THENCE, along the easterly right of way line of Prairie Avenue for -a distance of approximately 1450 feet in a southwesterly direction to the point where said easterly right of way line of Prairie Avenue intersects with the southerly right of way line of Garst Street, extended. THENCE, along the southerly right of way line of Garst Street extended and Garst Street for a distance of 615 feet in a westerly direction to the end of Garst Street at the easterly property line of Wilson Brothers. THENCE, in a northerly direction for a distance of 300 feet along said easterly property line of the Wilson Brothers Plant to the northerly right of way line of Kerr Street. THENCE ,,in ad easterly direction along the northerly right of way line of Kerr Street for a distance of 220 feet to the intersection with the westerly right of way line of Catalpa Avenue for a distance of 300 feet to the intersection with the southerly right of way line of Sample Street. THENCE, in a westerly direction along the southerly right of way 1. -ne of Sample Street for a distance of 825 feet to the intersection with the westerly right of way line of McPherson Street, extended. THENCE, in a northerly direction along the westerly right of way line of McPherson Street, extended, and McPherson Street, for a distance of 800 feet to the intersection with the northerly right of way line of the first east -west alley north of Dunham Street., THENCE, easterly along said northerly right of way line of the alley for a distance of 950 feet to the intersection with the easterly right of way line of the second north -south alley east of Laurel Street THENCE, in a southerly direction along said easterly right of way line of the alley for a distance of 130 feet to the intersection with the northerly right of way line of Dunham Street. THENCE, easterly along the northerly right of way line of said street for a distance of 350 feet to the intersection with the westerly right of way line of Chapin Street. HENCE, northerly along the westerly line of said street for a distance of 970 feet to the point of BEGINNING. WHEREAS, the above -cited Federal. Law requires as a condit on to the execution of a contract for a loan and capital grant for an urban renewal project that the locality present to the Housing and Home Finance Administra- tor a workable program, as set forth in Section 101(c) of said Title I, for utilizing appropriate public and private resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas or to undertake such othex feasible community activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program; and WHEREAS, it is recognized that contracts for loans and capital grants for urban renewal projects will re- quire, among other things, (1) the approval of the urban renewal plan by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated; (2) the provision of local grants -in -aid which may consist of donations of cash, land, demolition or removal work, and the installation, construction or reconstruction of streets; d tilities, parks, playgrounds or other improvements or the provision of other public buildings or facilities; and (3) the development of a feasible method for the relocation of families displaced from the urban renewal area. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the Common Council�of the City of South Bend, Indiana: Section 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area appropriate