No. 1207 designating the SEDA, declaring the SEDA to be blighted, approving a development plan and conditions under which relocation payments will be made and extablishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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• Continue acquisition of older, deteriorated multi -story industrial buildings north of Sample Street. ' • Acquire older, deteriorated, underutilized manufacturing buildings south of Sample Street particularly the former Studebaker Foundry on Prairie Avenue and the South Bend Foundry between Franklin Street and Lafayette Street. • Protect and enhance the physical environment for the businesses along Michigan, Main, Lafayette and Franklin Streets through limited streetscape improvements, including new sidewalks, curbs, landscaping, lighting and street paving. • Encourage a strong business association such as the South Gateway Improvement Association • Establish and maintain an attractive inner -city light industrial area in the Industrial Fringe Area that will complement the commercial area on Michigan and Main Streets. • Develop an attractive and economically viable entrance to the Central Business District on South Michigan Street. • Improve the physical environment of the sub -area through clean -up of vacant lots, removal of dead trees and brush, and public improvements to streets, curbs, sidewalks and lighting. • Where necessary, improve appearance of existing buildings in the sub- area through building rehabilitation and clean-up of former industrial sites. This could include removal of old conveyor systems, former accessory structures and materials stored outside. 1 12/17/93 STUDEBAKER CORRIDOR SUB -AREA GOALS t• Continue acquisition, relocation and clearance within n the industrial fringe area in order to create development sites for new, private investment. • Eliminate incompatible land uses within the sub -area by selective acquisition and clearance of properties. • Continue acquisition of older, deteriorated multi -story industrial buildings north of Sample Street. ' • Acquire older, deteriorated, underutilized manufacturing buildings south of Sample Street particularly the former Studebaker Foundry on Prairie Avenue and the South Bend Foundry between Franklin Street and Lafayette Street. • Protect and enhance the physical environment for the businesses along Michigan, Main, Lafayette and Franklin Streets through limited streetscape improvements, including new sidewalks, curbs, landscaping, lighting and street paving. • Encourage a strong business association such as the South Gateway Improvement Association • Establish and maintain an attractive inner -city light industrial area in the Industrial Fringe Area that will complement the commercial area on Michigan and Main Streets. • Develop an attractive and economically viable entrance to the Central Business District on South Michigan Street. • Improve the physical environment of the sub -area through clean -up of vacant lots, removal of dead trees and brush, and public improvements to streets, curbs, sidewalks and lighting. • Where necessary, improve appearance of existing buildings in the sub- area through building rehabilitation and clean-up of former industrial sites. This could include removal of old conveyor systems, former accessory structures and materials stored outside. 1 12/17/93