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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK presenting to give an update on March 1 to let us know where they are. We need to see what steps we need to take, as Council, and hopefully will end up implementing that ordinance. We will be working diligently on that ordinance. We also need to keep our eyes on the bonds and TIF as well. I think we are doing a good job. We need to have the public better understand how the bonds are working and how TIF is being utilized. So, I think it would be great for us to learn and grow together with that. Committee Chair McBride then opened the floor to Committee Members. Committeemember Erin Patzkowsky stated, This is both of our second(2nd) year so, thank you for having us back. I professionally work for NIBCO and I am the E-Commerce Director and I was born and raised in South Bend. I joined this Committee because I went to ICU Daycare on the corner of Chapin and Lincolnway and that really instilled the sense of community in me. That is where my passion started, and I would like to get back to that. That is the goal I have for our Committee is keeping the kids involved during the summer months. There is no one really watching them but I'm excited to be here. Committeemember John Mazurkiewicz stated, This is actually my third(3rd)go-around. Anyhow, it is a pleasure. I'm a long-time resident. I am on the Board of DTSB. I work right across the street. I hang out at Potawotomi Park and various other parks around the City, so, I am very much in tune to what is going on. Some of the things we learned on the bus tour last year surprised the hell out of me. The fact we have things like that going on in South Bend, I don't see some of that. So, it is good to see and address some of that. Obviously, I am looking forward mostly to the opening of Howard Park. I get to drive by it about six(6)times a day coming to and from work.What is going on over there, it is phenomenal. We are here for Thanksgiving because, I keep telling everybody, Tim is going to be frying a turkey down there. Anyhow, I think that will be the big highlight here in South Bend. That park needed something. I'm looking forward to it. Committee Chair McBride then opened the floor to Council Members. Councilmember Karen White stated, I just wanted to add to your list, I know since the Wooden Indian has been taken down, it was long over-due, and we have all that space. I think some administrators have been in conversation with some City officials to really begin to look at what that site will look like. It's been leveled, and it is a prime area to have some partnerships with. Committee Chair McBride stated, I'm glad you brought that up. I was at the River Park Neighborhood Association meeting and the Chancellor from IUSB talked about the green space there. I think they are doing something as well. So, I will follow up to see what that looks like. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, A couple quick things. You mentioned TIF funding but, of interest, I think, perhaps to the Council, would be our budget project alignment to budget. So, we have quite a few bonds out there with different various dates and projects tied to them. A real good score sheet and progress report on a regular pace, I think for the Council's and community's benefit. There have also been some projects that have costed more because of where we are. So, I just want to make sure that we're all on top of that.I think that actually would require some tracking at a divisional level. So, if there is a way to do that, that would be great. We have the performing areas, then the green space, you've got Century Center, but getting down to that detail and a good thorough report that would sort of get at both of those things, that would be of interest. EXCELLENCE j ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southhendin.gov 2