Approving the consolidated Urban Renewal Plan together with the proposed Amendments thereto and plan changes and the feasibility of relocation for the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Project

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d. Parking Parking for all existing and new developments within Area H shall be provided on the-site of the development with additional parking to be provided by the parking facilities to be developed in Area G. e. Pedestrian Circulation Pedestrian circulation to developments in this area will be principally from parking areas located within the area. It is anticipated, however, that there will be some pedestrian flow from the parking facilities in Area G to Area H. f. Vehicular Access and Service Vehicular access and service to developments in this area will be available for north and south bound traffic on Michigan -St. Joseph Street which will carry one way north bound movements and Main Street which will carry one- way south bound movements. East bound movements into and through Area H will be carried on Western- Jefferson which will be a one -way traffic carrier and on Monroe- Lincolnway which will carry both east and west traffic flow. AREA I (Western Avenue, Monroe= Michigan Street, St Jospeh and New Street) a. Basic Objective - Land Use Area I is to be devoted in its entirety to the provision of a site for a Federal regional postal facility. As an alternate reuse the area would be devoted to service commercial use. b. Physical Organization - Parkin The Physical organization of the area anticipates the office portion of the postal facility to be located in the western. half of the area with its facades oriented towards Michigan -St. Joseph Streets and Western Avenue. This organization of the site will enhance the postal facility as the anchor of the Central Business District at its southern extremity. The eastern half of the area will be devoted to parking for postal vehicles and for a service facility. This parking and service facility shall be adequately and suitably landscaped to visually screen the area from the surrounding areas, particularly from the residential area to the east. c. Pedestrian Circulation Pedestrian circulation to the area is anticipated to be almost entirely along the Michigan Street pedestrian mall with the bulk of the circulation within the area being from parking areas to be located within the complex of the postal facility itself. d. Vehicular Access and Service Vehicular Access to and egress from the area will be from Western Avenue on the north and Pbnroe- Lincolnway will carry two way east and west -bound traffic. Michigan Street will carry one -way north bound traffic along the western edge of the area and the new street will carry both north and south bound traffic on the eastern boundary of the project. AREA J (Monroe Street, Fellow Street, Lincolnway) Area J is to be devoted in its entirety to the provision of public open space. The land area included within Area J will be suitably landscaped and treated to provide for an attractive buffer between the major housing developments to the north and the existing blighted developments to the South. 4. Initiation and Duration of the Land Use Provisions and Building Requirements: -10- (as of 7- 15 -80)