Sec. 21. (a) The redevelopment commission may proceed with the clearing and replanning of the area described in the resolution before the acquisition of all of that area. It may also proceed with the repair and maintenance of buildings that have been acquired and are not to be cleared, and with the following with respect to environmental contamination:

(1) Investigation.

(2) Remediation.

The redevelopment commission may carry out activities under this subsection by labor employed directly by the commission or by contract. Contracts for clearance may provide that the contractor is entitled to retain and dispose of salvaged material, as a part of the contract price or on the basis of stated prices for the amounts of the various materials actually salvaged.

(b) All contracts for material or labor under this section shall be let under IC 36-1.

(c) In the planning and rezoning of the real property acquired, the opening, closing, relocation, and improvement of public ways, and the construction, relocation, and improvement of levees, sewers, parking facilities, and utility services, the redevelopment commission shall proceed in the same manner as private owners of the property. It may negotiate with the proper officers and agencies of the unit to secure the proper orders, approvals, and consents.

(d) Any construction work required in connection with improvements in the area described in the resolution may be carried out by:

(1) the appropriate municipal or county department or agency; or

(2) the department of redevelopment, if:

(A) all plans, specifications, and drawings are approved by the appropriate department or agency; and

(B) the statutory procedures for the letting of contracts by the appropriate department or agency are followed by the department of redevelopment.

(e) The redevelopment commission may pay any charges or assessments made on account of orders, approval, consents, and construction work under this section, or may agree to pay these assessments in installments as provided by statute in the case of private owners. The commission may:

(1) by special waiver filed with the municipal works board or county executive, waive the statutory procedure and notices required by law in order to create valid liens on private property; and

(2) cause any assessments to be spread on a different basis than that provided by statute.

(f) None of the real property acquired under this chapter may be set aside and dedicated for public ways, parking facilities, sewers, levees, parks, or other public purposes until the redevelopment commission has obtained the consent and approval of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction the property will be placed.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-7-18 part; 18-7-7.1-18.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.89; Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.30; P.L.221-2007, SEC.36.