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2 3 4 5 I 6 7 81 91 10 11. 12I� 13 14. 15' 16 17 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Beginning at a point which is the inter -section of the north line of the San Bernardino Freeway (U.S.70, 99 and Inter- state 10) and the west line of 8th Streets proceeding east along the north boundary of the San Bernardino Freeway to its intersection with the west line of the Pacific Electric Railroad; thence northerly along the west line of the Pacific Electric Railroad to its intersection with the north line of "H" Street; thence westerly along the north line of "H" Street to its intersection with the west line of 8th Street; thence southerly along the west line of 8th Street to its intersection with the north line of the San Bernardino Freeway, which is the point of beginning, in the City of Colton, State of California, (herein called the "Locality"); and WHEREAS,,, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location,,, physical condition of structures, land use environmental influences,, and social, cultural, and economic conditions of the Project area and has de. termined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the Locality at large, because of defective design and character of physical construction; age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character and shifting of uses, economic dislocation,9 deterioration., and disuse, resulting from faulty planning, subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development; a prevalence of depreciated values., im- paired investments, and economic maladjustment to such an extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced; and the above conditions of blight tend to further obsolescence, deterioration and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his ability to improve, modernize, or re- habilitate his property while the conditions at the neighboring properties remain the sarie,, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Kcal Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and W-HEREAS1 there has been prepared and referred to the City Council of the Locality (herein called the "Governing Body") for review and approval a Redevelopment Plan for the Project area, dated November 20, 1963,, and con- sisting of 30 pages and 2 maps; and WHEREAS,, the Project area, which is predominantly nonresidential in character, is to be redeveloped for predominantly nonresidential uses under said Plan; and