No. 3174 Confirming a Resolution Amending the Development Plan for the South Bend Central Development Area

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Resolution 1737 -Exhibit A 1. 0 INTRODUCTION Since 1968, the City of South Bend through the South Bend Redevelopment Commission has been actively involved in redevelopment planning and implementation for the Central Core of the City of South Bend. In 1985 it was recognized that three formerly individual redevelopment areas, the Central Downtown Urban Renewal Area, the East Bank Development Area and the Monroe Sample Development Area should be consolidated into a larger redevelopment area in order to realize the maximum redevelopment benefit for each area. This merged and expanded area was named the South Bend Central Development Area (SBCDA). For the last fifteen years the SBCDA has served as a successful redevelopment district for the citizens of the City of South Bend. Since 1985 the SBCDA has seen over $250 million of public and private investment. In 1999 alone, there was over $ 20 million of public and private investment in the SBCDA. However, faced with an evolving real - estate market and fundamental changes in the delivery of Health Care in the United States, it was deemed necessary to once again revise the boundary of the SBCDA. This amendment to the SBCDA will expand the boundary to include what will be called the Downtown Medical Services District (Expansion Area No.4, Resolution 1737). Like previously defined districts (Central Business District, East Bank, and Monroe Park) the Downtown Medical Services District has its own individuality but is interrelated to the success of the revitalization of the SBCDA due to its location, circulation patterns and most importantly land uses. In order to facilitate efficient and orderly growth between the existing SBCDA and the defined Downtown Medical Services District, it is essential that the necessary tools be put in place. 2.0 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Over the past decade there have been significant changes in how health care providers in the United States deliver their services. Of particular relevance to this amendment to the SBCDA plan is the growing trend toward outpatient based service delivery. On -going advances in technology and the ability to treat patients on an outpatient or day care basis are re- shaping the delivery of health -care. Procedures which formerly required a long -term stay in a hospital, can now be performed within a matter of hours in a clinic setting. Chart 1.0 demonstrates the increase in the number of outpatient visits in community hospitals in the United States between 1993 and 1996.