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AGREEMENT FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING WITH URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH BEND, INC. (WEST SIDE CORRIDORS MASTER PLAN) THIS AGREEMENT (the or this "Agreement ") is made effective the day of , 2013, by and between the CITY OF SOUTH BEND, DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT, a municipal corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Indiana, acting by and through the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, the governing body of the City's Department of Redevelopment (collectively the "City" or the "Commission ") and URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH BEND, INC. (the "Organization "). RECITALS WHEREAS, Lincolnway West and Western Avenue (the "Corridors ") act as gateways to the City and the City finds that improving the aesthetic appeal of these Corridors will encourage not only additional investment in the Corridors but in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally; and WHEREAS, the investment necessary to improve the aesthetic appeal of the Corridors to prevent or eliminate the conditions set forth in Indiana Code § 36 -7 -1 -3 and to encourage the necessary additional investment in the Corridors could not occur through regulatory processes or the ordinary operations of private enterprise without public involvement; and WHEREAS, the City finds that the areas commonly described as the Lincolnway West Corridor and the Western Avenue Corridor are vital corridors to the City and their surrounding neighborhoods and that providing for additional investment in the Corridors will serve the Corridors, its surrounding neighborhoods, and the residents of the City, generally; and WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the City and the Organization desire to create a market -based strategic revitalization plan to guide revitalization and development of the Corridors (the "Plan"), and that a professional services consultant will be hired to assist with Plan development (the "Project "); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Articles and Bylaws of the Organization, the Organization shall be organized and operated exclusively to benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and in furtherance thereof to conduct such programs and activities in and around the City, especially within the Enterprise Zone, as will (a) relieve the poor and distressed or the underprivileged, (b) advance education or science, (c) erect or maintain public buildings, monuments, or works, (d) lessen the burdens of government, (e) lessen neighborhood tensions, (f) eliminate prejudice and discrimination, or (g) combat community deterioration; and