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5/8/64 BILL NO. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIT.MAN ZRLDA EPSTEIN 6111 ORDINANCE NO. 4043 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE URBAN RBIqEWAL PLAN FOR THE EASTGATE- WESTGATE PROJECT AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION OF FAMILIES WITHIN THE SAID EASTGATE-WESTGATE PROJECT. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to provide nancial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid there- under shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the Governing Body of the locality in which the Project is situated and that such approval include findings by the Governing Body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be under- taken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum oppo~tunitys consistent w~th the mDund needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the develop- ment of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consid- eration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, x~ith special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Land Clearance for Redevelopmeat Authority of University City, Missouri, (herein called the *Local Public Agencyt) has entered into a planning contract for financial assistance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, pursuant to which Federal funds were provided for the urban renewal project (herein called the jectt) identified as wEastgate-Westgate Project~ and encompassing the area; Beginning at a point on the North line of Vernon Avenue at the eastern City Limits of University City~ proceeding in a north- westwardly direction along said North Line of Vernon Avenue to a point at the prolongation of the West Line of Leland Avenue; thence southwardly along the said West Line of Leland Avenue to the North line of the alley north of Enrtght Avenue; thence eastwardly along eald North Line of alley to the east Line of the abandoned Public Service Right-Of-Way; thence southwardly along said East Line of the Right-Of-Way to a point at the prolongation of the East Line of the Right-Of-Way on the South Line of Delmar Boulevard; thence westwardly on said South Line of Delmar Boulevard to the East Line of Melville Avenue; thence southwardly along said East Line of Melville Avenue to the South Line of the alley south of Delmar Boulevard; thence eastwardly along said South Line of the alley South of Delmar Boulevard to the East Line of Limit Avenue, which is the eastern City Limits of University City; thence north and northeastwardly along said City Limits Line to the point of beginning.