No. 2016 designating the NNDA, declaring the NNDA to be blighted, approving a development plan and conditions under which relocation payments will be made, and establishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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Road is Logan Center, a developmental rehabilitation and education center. Administrators have announced that Logan will soon relocate in order to expand its operations. Eddy Street is a major collector street running north -south through the core of the Northeast Neighborhood. Disparate commercial and residential uses line both sides of the street, many of which are showing signs of increasing disinvestment. High vehicular speeds and traffic volumes, coupled with inadequate setbacks and insufficient rights -of -way buffering pedestrians along the sidewalks, contribute to the sense of disorganized congestion and hazard. To the south, Eddy Street intersects the angled junction of State Road 23 (South Bend Avenue) and Corby Boulevard, known to residents as "Five Points," in the geographic center of the neighborhood. This is one of South Bend's most well- traveled intersections, and at peak times traffic circulation can easily become bottlenecked. Commercial uses in the Five Points area are a limited mix of retail stores and services. Light industrial and heavy commercial uses are also present in the area. Many of these businesses exhibit signs of economic disinvestment, and few meet residents' needs in terms of either convenience shopping or general consumer appeal. Additionally, three important institutions and gathering places for neighborhood residents are located at or near Five Points: Perley Elementary School, First A.M.E. Zion Church and the Robinson Community Learning Center. The area also includes some vacant and substandard buildings as well as underdeveloped or underutilized land. 2. Georgiana- Talbot Residential Redevelopment Area An area bounded by the west side of Georgiana Street on the west, Howard Street on the south, Fredrickson Park and the South Bend Housing Authority site on the east and Notre Dame Woods to the north will be designated as a housing redevelopment sub -area. This residential area in the northeastern section of the neighborhood exhibits extreme signs of blight, deferred maintenance and disinvestment. The area encompasses approximately 32 acres of single - family lots, a significant number of which are vacant. Of the lots with built structures, owner- occupancy rates are low. Many of the existing homes are in condition beyond rehabilitation or feasible repair. Much of the area also lacks basic infrastructure such as curbs and sidewalks. 4