6.I.(1) Agreement Facade Matching Grant Program, Mishawaka Ave.

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~.~~~) AGREEMENT FOR PROGRAMS AND SI?12VICES WITH URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIAITON OF SOUT1i I3I;ND, INC. (FARAD[: MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM) (MISHAWAKA AVENUE.) 2008 THIS AGREEMEN"T (this "Agreement") is made effective the _ day of ?008, by and between the Ci1'Y OF SOUTH 13I:ND, iNllIANA, 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 bode of the City's Department of Redcvclopment (collectively the '`City" or the "Commission°) and URBAN ENT[?RPRiSF. ASSOCIATION OF SOUTII BEND, YNC. (the "Organization"). IZI~CfhALS WIIERI~;AS, the City's commercial corridors act as gateways to our City and the City finds that improving the aesthetic appeal of the City's commercial corridors will encourage not only additional investment in the Citv~s commercial corridors but in their stu~rounding neighborhoods and in the City more generall}~; and WHEREAS, the investment necessary to improve the aesthetic appeal oP the Citv~s commercial corridors to prevent or eliminate the: conditions set forth in Indiana :'ode ~ 36-7-1-3 and to encourage the necessan~ additional investment in the corridors could not occur through regulatory processes ~or the ordinary operations of private ~,ntcrprise without public involvement and WEll?REAS, the City desires to encoura~~e investment in its commercial corridors Lo improve their aesthetic appeal and encourage additional invesllnent not only in the corridors but also in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally: and WHEREAS, the City linds that the area comnu~nly described as the 1Vlisha~~-aka Avaiue Commercial Corridor and depicted at ;Appendix 1 (die "Corridor") is a vital corridor to the City and its surrounding neighborhoods and that providing for additional iny~cstment in the Corridor ~~'ill serve the Corridor, its surroundim~ nei~zhborhoods and the residents of the Citv: and WHEREAS, in Light of the lorcgoing. the Cite desires to pro~~ide for the r_stablishmcnt. development and administration of ccrt~iin services and programs. commonly described as the Facade ly~Iatchimz C;rant Program and more particularly described at Exhibit :A (the "Pro~~ram~~) to s~n~~ the Corridor and t~'VHEREAS. the Organization is an Indiana nonprofit corporation ~~hose mission