6.I.(2) Agreement Facade Matching Grant Program, Western Ave.

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~ . d ~zJ AGREEMENT FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICF,S W['TH URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OE SOUTtI BEND, INC. (FACADE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM) (WESTERN AVENUE) 2008 THIS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement') is made et~fectivc the day of . ?008. by anti between the CITY OF SOUTl1 BEND, INDIANA_ a municipal corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Indiana. acting by and through the South [3end Redevelopment Commission. the governing body of the City's Department of Redevelopment (collectively the "City" or the "Commission") and GRBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF SOGTH BEND, INC. (the "Organization'"). REC["l'AI.S WHEREAS, the City's commercial corridors act as gateways to our City and the City finds that improving the aesthetic appeal of the Citv~s commercial corridors will encourage not only additional investment in the City's commercial corridors but in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally: and WIIEREAS, the investment ncccssary to improve the aesthetic appeal of the City's commercial corridors to prevent or eliminate the conditions set Iorth in Indiana Code ti 36-7-1-3 and to encourage the ncccssary 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 desires to encourage investment in its commercial corridors to improve their aesthetic appear and encourage additional investment not only in the corridors but also in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally: and WHEREAS, the City 17nds that the area commonly described as the Western Avenue Commercial Corridor and depicted at At~pendis I (the `'Corridor'') is a vital corridor to the City and its surrounding neighborhoods and that providing for additional investment in the Corridor will serve the Corridor. its surrounding neighborhoods and the residents of the City: and WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing. the Cit}~ desires to provide for the establishment, development and administration of certain services and programs. commonly described as the I~a4ade Matching Grant Pro~~ram and more particularly described at Exhibit !~ (the `Program') to sere'e tl~c Corridor: and WHEREAS, the Organization is an Indiana nonprofit corporation whose mission