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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting — September 13, 2011 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />E. South Side Development Area <br />There was no business in the South Side <br />Development Area. <br />F. Northeast Neighborhood Development Area <br />(1) Request for funding to remove billboard <br />on South Bend Avenue at Eddy Street. <br />Mr. Relos noted that over the next several <br />months, the City of South Bend will begin <br />working with the NNRO, South Bend <br />Heritage, and other groups to finalize a <br />corridor master plan for the Eddy Street <br />corridor from Colfax Avenue to the current <br />"five points" intersection. The planning and <br />preliminary design work has been done by an <br />outside consulting group working with the <br />neighborhood stakeholders and all work has <br />been done in coordination with the State of <br />Indiana's design and planning for a soon -to- <br />be- reconstructed section of State Road <br />23 /South Bend Avenue from Edison/Angela <br />to south of the current "five points" <br />intersection. <br />The Commission's role in the future South <br />Bend Avenue/Eddy Street project will be to <br />use NNDA TIF Funds to implement the <br />infrastructure development plan, including <br />right -of -way acquisition, hiring an <br />engineering firm to develop construction <br />plans and to fund the construction work. <br />One strategic use of these funds will be to <br />provide targeted blight removal, or provide <br />incentive grants for property upgrades along <br />the corridor to help further reinforce and <br />upgrade the aesthetic features of the corridor. <br />25 <br />