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South Bend l edevelopm.e .t Commissioll <br />Regular Meeting 17, 2007 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONY.) <br />A. South Bend Central Development area <br />(1) continued... <br />New iterns on the lisp; follow. <br />Su stagy ti.al. improvements to Michigan <br />St. from Western to LaSalle St. It 1s the <br />main pedestrian street m downtown <br />South Bend and is in need of repair and a <br />Ma or upgrade. Given. the time of year, <br />we'll do some patch and rep tr work -f <br />safety purposes yet this year; and then <br />we'll do design work and get input from <br />the merchants before making major <br />.i.mprover eats in 2008. <br />In addition to that we'd like to see a little <br />more green. space in downtown if at all <br />possible. we've ide.ti.fied a potential <br />site for a small town plaza in front of the <br />Football lull of Fanie and, if we can get <br />some support from TCU, maybe create <br />some sod of ornamental roofed enclosure <br />that stall allows ark ing throughout the <br />week, but also has enclosed space for <br />events that we're holding in downtown <br />South .Bead. The city spends tip to <br />$25,000 per season to rent tents for those <br />events. We thinly that could be a wise <br />investment. <br />We want to do something with the block <br />that includes the Fat Daddies outlet.. <br />There are four buildings in the block. It "s <br />very substandard. It makes a poor <br />entrance to the downtown. when coning <br />from the south. We want to study the <br />block, looping at either preservation or <br />demolition. If we would demolish it, we <br />would put together a strategic plan that <br />shows how a developer could use the site, <br />5 <br />