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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />scheduled Regular Meeting - January 4, 1995 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont.) <br />a. continued... <br />land use task force to have them tell us what <br />kind of park the neighborhood wants. <br />We're waiting to hear back from the <br />planning committee and the land use <br />committee as to exactly what the park <br />should be, where it should be, what size it <br />should be. We've said it should be at least <br />the size of Dean Johnson Park. There <br />aren't too many places in the area it can go. <br />It will go in the center along Wenger and <br />Keasey. <br />Ms. NABAA: I guess what I'm missing here <br />is why the action in the beginning. What's <br />ArNw the rationale? <br />MRS. KOLATA: The rationale is to redevelop <br />the area because the Commission previously <br />found that the area is what is technically <br />called "slum and blight." Because of the <br />I existing conditions in the neighborhood or <br />f the area as a whole, their actions are <br />necessary and this is one of the actions that <br />will be taken. <br />Ms. NABAA: What conditions are present? <br />MRS. KOLATA: There's a variety of things. <br />Not every property within the neighborhood <br />or within the area is blighted or a slum. But <br />when you look at the area as a whole, when <br />you look at the percentage of land that is <br />vacant, that used to have housing, that is <br />now vacant land, and you look at the overall <br />condition of homes, there are more homes <br />in deteriorated condition than there are <br />C <br />-18- <br />