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RESOLUTION NO.2949 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BENT} REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AREA WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission,,), the governing body of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment (the "Department"), on November 17, 2003, adopted Resolution No. 20'16 declaring the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area(the"Area")in the City of South Bend,Indiana(the"City")to be an area needing redevelopment within the meaning of the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended, which is codified at,Indiana Code § 36-7-14-1 et seq(the"Act"),the boundaries of the Area being incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2016, and the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Development Plan (the "Development flan") adopted by Resolution No. 2016 on November I7, 2003, were confirmed by Resolution No. 2021, adopted on December 19, 2003; and WHEREAS,pursuant to the Act and the Development Plan,the Department has conducted surveys and investigations and has thoroughly studied the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area; and WHEREAS,the Department, after reviewing the surveys and investigations,has prepared certain amendments to the Development Plan set forth in Exhibit A (the "Plan Amendments");and WHEREAS, upon such surveys, investigations and studies having been made, the Commission finds that the Plan cannot be achieved by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under the Act and that the public health and welfare will be benefited by the accomplishment of the plan Amendments; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Development Plan by adopting the Plan Amendments; and WHEREAS, the Commission, having previously adopted the Development Plan, now desires to amend the Development Plan and adopt the Plan Amendments, and WHEREAS, the Plan Amendments conform to other development and redevelopment plans for the City.