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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• Facilitate consolidation of parcels and replatting to create optimally -sized commercial and multi - family residential development sites; • Generate more economical or civic use. out of underutilized real estate, particularly land that can be more effectively developed within updated zoning classifications; • Retain, expand and improve locally owned and operated businesses; • Attract unique and cost - competitive national caliber and regional retailers, particularly those with urban shopfront appeal and that would serve the day -to -day needs of the neighborhood and community; • Support small scale, mixed -use developments with residential, retail and light commercial components; • Create a pedestrian- friendly focal point and gathering place at the center of the neighborhood featuring a mix of commercial, civic, institutional and recreational uses; • Introduce vehicular circulation patterns designed to maximize accessibility and visibility of destination points; • Implement a shared urban parking scheme adequate to meet the needs of the district's commercial, civic, institutional, recreational and residential uses; • Encourage design standards that confirm the urban setting (i.e., retaining the street wall, siting off - street parking behind storefronts); • Encourage design elements that provide visual identification clues for a sense of place or destination (i.e., coordinated signage, lighting, street furnishings and pavement systems); • Consider creating a Business Improvement District to provide daily maintenance, improved safety, District -wide marketing and business support. B. 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 the Notre Dame Woods to the north will be designated as a housing redevelopment sub -area. (See Map 10.) This northeastern residential section of 21