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South BendlRedevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - October 3, 1980 EP b. continued.... Chair directed that the letter be ived and placed on file. 5. OLD BUSINESS There as no old business to present to the Commission. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Conmission authorization requested to declare that part of the City of Sout Be -referred to as the East Bank De eloument Area as a bliQhted area. Mr. McMahon: At this time due to my nevness to this position and Mrs. Kolata's veiy intense involvement with the development of the plan, I will defer to her to'highlight. Mrs. Kolata: We have prepared a Development Plan for the East Bank and I will summarize that now. The primary focus of the East Bank area is on residential mixed -use development and the ar a itself is divided into two sub -areas for different emphasis. Area "A' is primarily to be a multi- family area with supporting commercial uses, Area "B" is proposed to be a commercial area with some multi - family included. In the plan itself we have set ou self certain goals and objectives. They aTE primarily to reverse the underutilization of the existing conditions in the area th ough creation of a residential -mixed USE area. We expect it to be a medium de sity pedestrian oriented development that will have supporting commercial and retail facilities. We want to see new construction, and we want to see adaptive re -use of certain existing buildings. That wo ld depend uponthe character of the building, as well as the structural condition of the building. We also want to create an attractive park setting to complement the riverfront in the do town area. That is of course the pa k departments project with the LETTER FROM BORGER /JONES & ASSOCIATES, RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE (RE: BLDG. INSPECTION OF OFFICE BLDG. FOR THE HOLLADAY CORP., RIVER GLEN OFFICE PARK) NO OLD BUSINESS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION