4796-19 A Resolution of the Common Council of South Bend, Indiana, Encouraging continued and increased public engagement between the Public and the Redevelopment Commission

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SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 19-43 RESOLUTION NO. 4796-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA,ENCOURAGING CONTINUED AND INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Whereas, the Redevelopment Commission, pursuant to IC 36-7-14-32, is empowered to; (1)make plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; (2)make plans for the enforcement of laws and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair,rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements; (3)make preliminary plans outlining urban renewal activities for neighborhoods to embrace two(2)or more urban renewal areas; (4)make preliminary surveys, including environmental assessments,to determine if the undertaking and carrying out of an urban renewal project are feasible; (5)make plans for the relocation of persons (including families, business concerns, and others) displaced by an urban renewal project; (6) make relocation payments to or with respect to persons(including families,business concerns,and others)displaced by an urban renewal project, for moving expenses and losses of property for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of payments financed by the federal government; and (7)develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of areas needing development as defined in the conditions described in IC 36-7-1-3 in urban areas; and Whereas, the Redevelopment Commission is comprised of five voting members, three of whom are appointed by the Mayor and two are appointed by the South Bend Common Council. In addition, one member of the South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees is appointed by the Mayor as a non-voting adviser to the Commission.; and Whereas,IC 36-7-14-3(b)gives the Common Council the statutory obligation to review and oversee the budget of the Redevelopment Commission; and Whereas, IC 36-7-14-13 requires the Redevelopment Commission to issue a report to the City's executive and fiscal body which includes, in part,the names of the then qualified and acting commissioners,the names of the officers of that body,the number of regular employees and their fixed salaries or compensation,the amount of the expenditures made during the preceding year and their general purpose, an accounting of the tax increment revenues expended by any entity receiving the tax increment revenues as a grant or loan from the commission,the amount of funds on hand at the close of the calendar year, and other information necessary to disclose the activities of the commissioners and the results obtained; and Whereas, IC 36-7-14-13 also requires that report to include the following information set forth for each tax increment financing district regarding the previous year: (1) Revenues received. (2) Expenses paid. (3)Fund balances. (4)The amount and maturity date for all outstanding obligations. (5)The amount paid on outstanding obligations. (6)A list of all the parcels and the depreciable personal property of any designated taxpayer included in each tax increment financing district allocation area and the base assessed value and incremental assessed value for each parcel and the depreciable personal property of any designated taxpayer in the list. (7)To the extent that the following information has not previously been provided to the department of local government finance: (A)The year in which the tax increment financing district was established. (B)The section of the Indiana Code under which the tax increment financing district was established. (C)Whether the tax increment financing district is part of an area needing redevelopment,an economic development area,a redevelopment project area,or an urban renewal project area. (D)If applicable,the year in which the boundaries of the tax increment financing district were changed and a description of those changes. (E)The date on which the tax increment financing district will expire. (F)A copy of each resolution adopted by the redevelopment commission that establishes or alters the tax increment financing district; and Whereas,the Redevelopment Commission has stated an expectation of having$28.4 million within its control during fiscal year 2019; and Whereas, the Redevelopment Commission is otherwise subject to the same laws,rules, and ordinances of a general nature that apply to all other commissions or departments of the City; and