09-28-09 Community and Economic Development

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~~ ~A `. YY, ~~ \~.,. ... '7~4y COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 9-28-09 Timothy A. Rouse, Chairperson, Community and Economic Development Committee called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. Committee Members Present: Henry L. Davis, Jr., Vice-Chairperson, Ann Puzzello, Karen L. White Other Councilmember's Present: David Varner Other's Present: Rita Kopala, Bob Matia, Martha Lewis, Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Dea Andrews, Mayor Luecke, Ann Kolata, Don Inks, Phil Byrd, Matthew Seese, Jerry Niezgodski, Carl Littrell Agenda: Bill No. 73-09 -Appropriation (Fund 209) from EPA for Environmental Clean- Up Bill No. 09-64 -Tax Abatement 1400 W. Riverside (Personal Property Bill No. 09-65 -Tax Abatement 1016-1036 W. Washington (South Bend Heritage) Chairperson Rouse opened the meeting noting that with only three of the six members of the Community & Economic Development Committee present the hearings would proceed; but without a quorum there would be no recommendation to full Council. Bill No. 73-09 - An Appropriation of EPA Dollars for Environmental Clean-Up of Brownfield Sites. Chairperson Rouse called upon Ann Kolata, Deputy Director, Economic Development, to make the presentation. The bill she explained would appropriate $360,000 from an EPA Supplemental Grant for the city's Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund. The City received the grant from the federal government as part of the Economic Recovery Stimulus Package. Ms. Kolata said two projects were selected. One, anot-for-profit, the Good Shepherd Montessori School for probable asbestos removal. The second project was for soil remediation of South Bend Redevelopment Commission owned land. Documentation for these projects was not yet in place.