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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 <br /> <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> <br />D. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> <br />(3) continued… <br /> <br />approval. We appropriate TIF funds. In this <br />case, a specific pot of money within a TIF <br />fund called the Urban Enterprise Zone. <br />Money comes into that fund from business <br />taxes, and we are in charge of appropriating <br />those funds. We don’t have access to any <br />other tax funds out there. <br /> <br />Mr. Downes noted that the Commission can’t <br />spend these funds in any way it chooses. <br /> <br />Mr. Wallace: Is St. Joseph County <br />Community Corrections under… <br /> <br />Ms. Jones: No. <br /> <br />Mr. Varner: That’s a state function. <br /> <br />Mr. Wallace: OK. <br /> <br />Mr. Varner: Hardie, I appreciate your <br />passion. My concern going forward is that <br />there are great expectations, there’s <br />enthusiasm, everybody appreciates what <br />you’ve done, but the money going forward <br />isn’t there. We’ve got another young lady <br />from that program…how do you divide up <br />the pie? It’s a tough decision. You just <br />happened to be first on the list when there <br />was some pie available. And your <br />organization got an enormous amount of <br />money to fund a program which has <br />enormous possibilities. Don’t think for a <br />moment that there’s a question about the <br />sincerity of the effort. But on the Council we <br />get requests, I’ll use the example of the Hall <br /> 50 <br /> <br />