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I I I 4. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan for the Program conforms to the general plan of the Locality. 5. That it is hereby found and determined that the financial aid to be provided pursuant to the contract for Federal financial assistance per- taining to the Program is necessary to enable the Program to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan for the areas comprising the Program. 6, That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan for the urban renewal areas comprising the Program will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the Locality as a whole, for the renewal of the areas by private enterprise. 7. That it is hereby found and determined that the Urban Renewal Plan for the urban renewal areas gives due consideration to the provisions 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 vicinity of the sites covered by the Plan. 8. That it is hereby found and determined that the Program for the proper relocation of individuals and families displaced in carrying out the Urban Renewal Plan in decent, safe, 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 Plan~ and that such dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made available to such dis- placed individuals and families, are at least equal in number to the number of displaced 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 areas comprising the Program, are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the displaced individuals and families, and are reasonably accessible to their places of employment. 9. That, in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Urban Renewal Plan hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this Body with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and re- location 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 the Urban Renewal Plan, (b) requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the Locality having administrative re- sponSibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the Urban Renewal Plan, and (c) stands ready to consider to take appropriate action upon proposals and measures deSigned to effectuate the Urban Renewal Plan. 10. That those areas within the Neighborhood Development Program scheduled for acquisition by the Agency in the Plan are located within slum clearance and redevelopment sections based upon the findings of this Council that at least 50% of the structures in such sections are dilapidated beyond the point of feasible rehabilitation, or are otherwise unfit for rehabilitation, and that there exist other blighting characteristics, such as overcrowding of structures on the land, mixed uses of structures, narrow, crooked, inconven- ient, congested, unsafe, or otherwise deficient streets or deficiencies in public utilities or recreational and community facilities. - 3 -