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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Development Plan. V. SUB -AREA GOALS AND STRATEGIES The delineation of sub -areas is useful as a means of directing attention to an area's particular challenges, unique opportunities or to highlight the need for further inquiry and collaborative planning. In general, goals for each sub -area will refine the overall goals of the Development Area Plan within appropriate, geographically- identified target areas. Sub -area boundaries are represented in Map 8. A. Eddy Street Commercial Redevelopment Area The Eddy Street Commercial Redevelopment Area sub -area is situated in the northern central section of the neighborhood. The sub -area extends 1 -2 blocks east and west along Eddy Street between Edison Road and Campeau Street. (See Map 9.) The Northeast Neighborhood, though primarily residential in character, will benefit from the introduction of appropriately- sited, neighborhood- scaled commercial uses. Neighborhood input into the 1998 Strategic Revitalization Plan, as well as the Northeast Neighborhood Resident Survey conducted by the NNRO in 2001, revealed a critical need for convenient, cost - competitive retail and services. Residents have also urged that visual improvements to the Eddy Street corridor are essential to improving the perception of the neighborhood in general. The creation of a target commercial redevelopment sub -area in this location will address both of these concerns. Siting new mixed use development and improving the existing streetscape will be the primary goals of this sub -area, with attention to encouraging compatibility at the interfacing of commercial and residential uses. Proposed development and construction currently in progress adjacent along Edison Road and on the southern edge of the University of Notre Dame campus will conceivably impact how the Eddy Street corridor might develop, and should be considered in terms of how best to use existing momentum to further the goals of the Development Area Plan. A southward realignment of Edison Road is planned to mitigate the hazard of the sharply curved connection with Angela Boulevard and to create clearance for a Commons greenspace in front of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Facility, currently under construction. The intent of locating both the Performing Arts Facility and the landscaped Commons area at the campus edge is to create a semi - public space that will serve to connect the university, the neighborhood and the wider community. Also under construction along Edison Road, one block west at Notre Dame Avenue, is Indiana University's South Bend Center for Medical Education, a 66,000 sq. ft. research facility housing both the local branch of N's medical school and the University of V