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South Bend Regular Me elopment Ccmmdssion - February 14, 1986 6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) a. c:onninuea... con entration of deterioration in the north pla4t complex as compared to the area as a Regarding the sub -areas adjacent to the Studebaker complex, the staff found that in the area just east of the plant, approximately 1/3 of the land and buildings are presently either vacant or underutilized. Finally, in the adjacent fringe area, the staff found that approximately 280 of the buildings were classified as being in poor or very poor condition. Approximately 35% of all residential units in the area are classified as being in poor or very poor condition. The condition of commercial and industrial stiaLctures in the area is quite a bit better. In the main plant area there are several buildings in deteriorated condition, while in the fringe area most of the commercial and ind strial structures are in relatively good condition. This shows that the area is leaning towards commercial and industrial development and could support such with all the surrounding vacant land, and relatively good condition of the commercial /industrial buildings and the relatively poor conditions in the area. Mr. Pocius distributed photographs of the area supporting the fact that the environmental conditions in the area are also very poor. This is primarily based on the existance of some left over industrial debris, overgrown grass, weeds, etc., and abandoned vehicles. The Chair asked if there were any comments or que tions from the public. There were none. Mrs Kolata noted that attached to the back of Res lution No. 764 is the following Finding of Fa s related to the Studebaker Corrdior Dev lon ment Area: 1. Almost half (48.6 %) of the total building floor area in the Studebaker Plant Complex is vacant or underutilized.