Resolution No. 3664 (Confirming RWDA IDD Project Site Allocation) - Signed

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RESOLUTION NO. 3664 RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONFIRMING A DECLARATORY RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE DECLARATORY RESOLUTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RIVER WEST DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING NEW ALLOCATION AREAS AND RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the “Commission”), the governing body of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment (the “Department”) and the Redevelopment District of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the “District”), exists and operates under the provisions of Indiana Code 36-7-14, as amended from time to time (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, the Commission has heretofore adopted a declaratory resolution (as subsequently confirmed and amended from time to time, the “Declaratory Resolution”) designating an area known as the River West Development Area (the “Area”) as an economic development area pursuant to the Act, designating portions of the Area as allocation areas pursuant to Section 39 of the Act (collectively, the “Allocation Area”), and approving and subsequently amending from time to time a development plan for Area (the “Original Plan”); and WHEREAS, the Commission on December 18, 2025, approved and adopted its Resolution No. 3661 entitled “Resolution of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission Approving Amendments to the Declaratory Resolution and the Development Plan for the River West Development Area for the Purpose of Establishing New Allocation Areas and Related Matters” (the “Amending Declaratory Resolution”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Amending Declaratory Resolution approved amendments to the Declaratory Resolution previously adopted by the Commission and the Original Plan previously approved by the Commission to (a) designate certain areas, each of which is presently part of the Allocation Area, as separate allocation areas pursuant to Section 39 of the Act to be known as (i) the “Lafayette North Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit A to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (ii) the “Lafayette South Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit B to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (iii) the “Ignition Park Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit C to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (iv) the “Downtown North Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit D to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (v) the “Michigan Street Corridor Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit E to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (vi) the “Studebaker Campus Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit F to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, (vii) the “Riverfront West Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit G to the Amending Declaratory Resolution, and (viii) the “Downtown South Allocation Area” as described and depicted at Exhibit H to the Amending Declaratory Resolution (clauses (i) through and including (viii), collectively, the “Allocation Areas”), and (b) amend the Original Plan to include each of the Allocation Areas therein; and WHEREAS, the South Bend Plan Commission, on January 26, 2026, approved and adopted its resolution (the “Plan Commission Order”) determining that the Amending Declaratory