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Cleanup Grant Criteria A. Sustainable Reuse of Brownfields/Develovment Potential 1. South Bend has a vision and long-term strategy to redevelop and reuse Brownfield properties throughout the City. Over the last 10 - 15 years the City has successfully undertaken a number of brownfield projects. The City has created a brownfield database for our commercial corridors that is currently being expanded to cover the remainder of the city. We are currently involved in (x) brownfield projects including the TJX site (80 acres, 500,000 square feet of new construction), Fredrickson Parkremediation, the Studebaker/Oliver project (141 acres, 3,500,000. vacant square feet:), Fitterling landfill remediation (26 acres), and several smaller projects°along our commercial corridors. In addition, a Brownfield Team has been established to coordinate the;efforts of all 'City departments in addressing brownfield issues. `A copyVof the Brownfields Policy ,. Statement is attached as Attachment A. The City has a Wellhead Protection Ordinance and is''also"covered by the St. Joseph County Source Water Protection Ordinance and- Well Drilling &: Water. Supply Systems Ordinance. All of these ordinances are designed toprotect the groundwater and prevent future environmental problems. An engineer from:the".South Bend Water Department sits on the county Water Resources Advisory Board. South Bend also has a vision and long-term strategy to redevelop and reuse the former Studebaker Corporation factory complex. When,, tudebaker ceased operations in South Bend in 1963, the community:had.a plan for xeuse of theTa:ctory complex. That plan was to replace the Studebaker Corporation with new. ,and smaller industries, located in the former Studebaker Buildings: That.effort was very successful, as new independent operators purchased the buildings" "and,located businesses in the foundry, engine plant, stamping plant;'and Avanti production facilities. The remaining structures were occupied by light manufacturing and warehouse firrns.,The large power plant was demolished to make way fora new pentratoolice and.fire station. This situation lasted for the next twenty to thirty years: Overtime, the businesses that occupied the former Studebaker buildings began to shut "`down'or move out of their existing facilities. In their place came lower intensity uses, until.vacant buildings and -warehouse space became the dominant land uses in the Studebaker Corridor. The primary exception was South Bend Stamping which was owned by Allied Products Corporation. Having taken over the stamping plant and final assembly buildings in the.1960s and 1970s, that business prospered where others failed. Although Allied Products eventually sold the business, the stamping plant continued to operate with a workforce of more than 500 union employees until June 1999 when the firm's parent company filed for bankruptcy. The plant immediately lost their contracts and the plant was forced to close down. This occurred during the planning process for the Studebaker/Oliver Redevelopment Strategy, therefor the stamping plant became a -2-