2011-04-20 Redev Authority Minutes

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SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING April 20, 2011 1308 County-City Building 10:30 a.m. 227 West Jefferson Boulevard Presiding: Carolyn Pfotenhauer South Bend, IN 46601 The April 20, 2011 Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Authority was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by its Vice-President, Carolyn Pfotenhauer. There was a quorum present. 1. ROLL CALL Members Present: Ms. Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer, Vice President Mr. Ray Thomas, Secretary Member Absent: Mr. Jose Alvarez, President Redevelopment Staff: Mr. Don Inks, Director of Economic Development Mrs. Cheryl Phipps, Recording Secretary Mr. Larry Meteiver, Legal Counsel 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of the minutes of April 6, 2011 Upon a motion by Ray Thomas, seconded by Carolyn Pfotenhauer, the Authority approved the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 6, 2011. 3. NEW BUSINESS a. Authority approval for Addendum to the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Restrictions of Blackthorn Corporate Center Mr. Inks said he was approached by Mr. Bill Panzica, Steve Hartz and Larry Garatoni about putting the charter school into 3801 Crescent Circle, which was the former City Group Processing Center. There were questions as to whether the charter school could go into a site in the Blackthorn Corporate Center because of the covenants. The representatives of the school were asked to contact John Schalliol of the Airport Authority, as well as the business owners in the corporate park to see if they could support this type of activity at that location. They provided a letter showing that they had contacted those individuals and that they were in support of the school. The Redevelopment Commission has approved this addendum, and the last step is for the Authority to take the same action. Ms. Photenhauer asked if legal had checked the covenants and Mr. Inks stated that they had. Upon a motion by Mr. Thomas, seconded by Ms. Pfotenhauer, the Authority