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REGULAR MEETING
<br />NOVEMBER 23, 1959
<br />a workable program, as set forth in Section 101 (c) of said Title I, for utilizing appropriate public and private
<br />resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight, to encourage needed urban
<br />rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas or to undertake such other
<br />feasible community activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is recognized that contracts for loans and capital grants for urban renewal projects will require,
<br />among other things, (1) the approval of the urban renewal plan by the goberning body of the locality in which the
<br />project is situated; (2) the provision of local grants -in -aid which may consist of donations of cash, land, demolit
<br />or removal work, and the installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds or
<br />other improvements or the provision of other public buildings or facilities; and (3) the development of a feasible
<br />method for the relocation of families displaced from the urban renewal area.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana; Section 1. That the
<br />proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area appropriate for
<br />an urban renewal project and the undertaking by the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, by and through
<br />the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, of surveys and plans for an urban renewal project of the character contem-
<br />plated in Section 110 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended and supplemented, in the proposed Urban Renewal
<br />Area described above, is hereby approved.
<br />Section 2. That the financial assistance provided under said Title I to assist urban renewal projects is needed and
<br />that the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby requested to reserve for an urban renewal project in the
<br />proposed Urban Renewal Area described above Federal Capital grant funds in an amount sufficient to enable the City
<br />of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, by and through the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, to finance the
<br />undertaking of the Project.
<br />Section 3. That it is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of urban
<br />renewal projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including the requirements of said Title I respect-
<br />ing the workable program mentioned above, and that it is the sense of this body (a) that a feasible method for the
<br />relocation of families displaced from the urban renewal area, in conformity with said Title I, can be prepared, and
<br />(b) that local grants -in -aid consisting of donations of cash, land, demolition or removal work, and the installation,
<br />construction or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds or other improvements or the provision of
<br />other public buildings or facilities, necessary for carrying out in the Urban Renewal Area the urban renewal objec-
<br />tives of said Title I in accordance with the urban renewal plan, can and will be provided in an amount which will
<br />not be less than one -third of the net project cost and which, together with the Federal capital grant, will be
<br />generally equal to the difference between gross project costs and the proceeds or value of project land sold, leased
<br />or retained for use in accordance with the urban renewal plan.
<br />Section 4. That the filing of an application
<br />the South Bend Redevelopment Commission; for
<br />defray the cost of the surveys and plans for
<br />hereby approved.
<br />ATTEST:
<br />/s/ Freda G. Noble, City Clerk
<br />by the City of South Bend; Department of Redevelopment, by and through
<br />an Advance of funds from the United States of America to enable it to
<br />an urban renewal project in the urban renewal area described above is
<br />/s/ Joseph T. Kroll
<br />Member of the Common Council
<br />Councilman. Kroll made a motion for adoption of the Resolution. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion
<br />carried.by a..roll call vote of 7 ayes, 2 nays (Councilmen Erler and Glass). Resolution adopted.
<br />There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Hahn made a motion to adjourn. Councilman
<br />Kroll seconded the motion. Motion carried and the Regular meeting of the Common Council adjourned at 9:34 P.M.
<br />ATTEST: APPROVED:
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<br />CLERK PRESIDENT
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