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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5. Madison Center Campus Housing and Commercial Redevelopment Area The Madison Center and Hospital behavioral health complex currently occupies approximately 23 acres on the east bank of the St. Joseph River. The Madison facilities offer residential, inpatient (hospital) and outpatient services and occupy six buildings (Madison Center, Madison Hospital, Madison Apartments, Madison Center for Children, Riverside Hospital and Providence House) along Niles Avenue, totaling approximately 300,000 square feet of clinical space. The campus has previously been contained within the boundary of the South Bend Central Development Area, but will be included in the Northeast Neighborhood Redevelopment Area for the benefit of coordinating the institution's plans for future growth with the redevelopment goals and strategies of the surrounding neighborhood. A 53 -acre sub -area will be designated for housing and commercial redevelopment in the area, which will include existing and proposed Madison Center facilities. II. PROJECT AREA DESCRIPTION A. Project Area History South Bend's first commerce and civic development originated in the northeastern quadrant of the City. In the Northeast Neighborhood, historic street names honor the City's founders and first leaders who first built homes and enterprises in the area in the early to mid- 1800's, including Alexis and Frances Coquillard, Colonel Norman Eddy and Judge Thomas Stanfield. Trading posts and mills were sited along the St. Joseph River, as were the City's first factories, which harnessed waterpower for production needs. Many of the industries that started along the river out of necessity relocated after the introduction of electrical power, allowing the northeast to develop as a primarily residential area. The early social history of the Northeast Neighborhood is tied to the establishment and influence of the University of Notre Dame. Many who worked on the first railroads in the area during the 1850's were Irish Catholics, and Father Sorin, the University's founder, felt that their spiritual needs could best be met if they moved within the shadow of Notre Dame. Both the Irish and the French Canadians who immigrated here in the following years were encouraged to settle in an area around the newly established St. Joseph's Parish, bounded by Niles Avenue, LaSalle Avenue, Eddy Street and Napoleon Street. The religious at Notre Dame purchased as much land in the northeast section as possible, planning for future expansion. Some of this land, roughly between Corby Street and 2