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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sub -area to the surrounding neighborhood should also be addressed by improving traffic flow among local streets. For instance, an extension of Napoleon Street east to Duey Street is recommended to allow circulation to increase safely and efficiently to the northwest. Redevelopment of the area will require investment in other public works infrastructure that is currently lacking or inadequate, including curbs, sidewalks, lighting and street paving. In geographic proximity to this sub -area, though not contained within the sub -area boundary, are two public parks which will benefit from significant revitalization efforts and investment in 2004. Fredrickson Park (described in Section II [I], Environmental) situated between Howard Street and South Bend Avenue, is a 15.7 acre former landfill site that the City has begun remediating for environmental hazard. A unique partnership among Federal and State environmental agencies, the City of South Bend Public Works, Parks and Recreation and Economic Development Divisions, The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture and the South Bend School Corporation has resulted in plans for the renewal of the site as an Environmental Education Center, complete with constructed wetlands, landscaped trails, amphitheater, and an indoor "hands - on" learning facility. Coquillard Park, known to some neighborhood residents as Perley Park, is located between Chalfant and Campeau Streets behind Perley Elementary School. In recent years the NNRO has devoted advocacy, collaborative planning efforts and resources toward the restoration of Coquillard Park. Project plans finalized in the Fall of 2003 include the construction of a trail system, picnic shelter, water spray play area, and play structure. The South Bend Parks & Recreation Department has committed to providing labor and equipment in kind, including the removal of tennis courts deemed obsolete, tree planting and maintenance. The Georgiana- Talbot Residential Redevelopment sub -area lies between these two parks, and therefore the strategies and activities undertaken within the sub- area stand to be beneficially reinforced by the planned improvements to the park facilities. Connectivity to Fredrickson Park and Coquillard Park, which will in fact be assets for the entire neighborhood, should be emphasized in this as well as other sub -area planning. Sub -area goals: Facilitate acquisition, resident relocation and clearance of existing housing stock; Replat area to create optimally- sized, marketable tracts for new housing development; 23