No. 1207 designating the SEDA, declaring the SEDA to be blighted, approving a development plan and conditions under which relocation payments will be made and extablishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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of Lot #12 in said plat; thence South 89 °- 51' -46" East, along the line between Lots #12 & 13 in said plat extended, 394.00 feet to the Centerline of Michigan Street; thence South 00 °- 03' -23" East +' along said Centerline, 1393.28 feet to the Centerline of Sample Street; thence North 89 °- 54' -56" West along said Centerline, 50.00 feet; thence South 001- 00' -15" East along the Northerly extension of the West right -of -way line of Michigan Street and said West right -of -way line, 2636.58 feet to its intersection with the Centerline of Indiana Avenue; thence South 890- 34' -04" West along said Centerline, 1242.87 feet to the Centerline of Franklin Street; thence North 000- 13' -39" East along said Centerline, 467.25 feet to the Centerline of the South Bend and St. Joseph Railroad; thence North 89 °- 40' -41" West along said Centerline, 1446.96 feet to the Centerline of Kendall Street; thence North 000- 20' -29" East along said Centerline, 626.65 feet to the Centerline of Cotter Street; thence North 89 °- 24' -21" West along said Centerline, 894.73 feet to the Centerline of Prairie Avenue; thence North 280- 35' -29" East along said Centerline, 1253.48 feet and North 00°- 11' -41" West, 915.49 feet and North 890- 53' -19" East, 363.11 feet to a point of curvature; thence around a 286.48 foot radius curve to the left an arc distance of 302.26 feet to the end of a chord which bears North 590- 39' -44" East and having a chord distance of 288.43 feet; thence continuing along said Centerline North 290- 26' -09" East, 142.63 feet and North 290- 31' -40" East, 912.61 feet to the point of beginning, and; WHEREAS, upon such surveys, investigations, and studies being made, the Commission finds that the Expansion Area No. 1 has become blighted to an extent that such blighting conditions cannot be corrected by regulatory process or by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without resort to the provisions of the Act and that the public health and welfare would be benefited by the acquisition and redevelopment of such area under the provisions of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Commission finds that in order to facilitate and enhance the replanning, redevelopment, and disposition of property within the above - described blighted area in the manner that best serves the social and economic interest of South Bend and its inhabitants, it is necessary and desirable to amend and merge the above - described blighted areas for all purposes under the Act by expanding the boundaries of each described blighted area to make the boundaries of each area co- terminus with the following- described area within South Bend, which shall hereafter be referred to as the Sample -Ewing Development Area: Sample -Ewing Development Area That part of Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Township 37 North, Range 2 East, and Section 18 in Township 37 North, Range 3 East all in St. Joseph County, Indiana which is described as: Beginning at the intersection of the Centerline line of Michigan Street (99.00 ft. wide) and the South Right of Way line of Sample Street extended West,; thence North along said Centerline of Michigan Street to its intersection with the Northerly Right of Way line of the Conrail Railway (formerly Penn Central Railroad) extended East; thence Westerly and Northwesterly along said Northerly Right of Way line to the Southeast Corner of Lot 1 in the unrecorded plat of "GUILDFOYLE'S ADDITION" and the West Right of Way line of Arnold Street; thence South along the West Right of Way line of Arnold Street to the North Right of Way of Sample Street, said point being the Southeast Corner of Lot # 48 in the recorded plat of "ARNOLD & WEBSTER'S SUB- DIVISION OF BANK OUTLOT #103" as recorded in the records of said county; thence West along the North Right of Way line of Sample Street to the intersection of the Northwesterly Right of Way line of the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad; thence Southwesterly along said Northwesterly Right of Way line to a point which is 300 ft. more or less South of the North Right of Way line of Meadow Lane extended East,