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4STRBE p �f-/ \''4, *0 i<,,,\\......._ ,..,\ �\PEACE �f % X x1 5„5 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DAWN M.JONES, CITY CLERK COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FEBRUARY 10, 2020 4:00 P.M. (ORGANIZATIONAL) Council Members Present: Jake Teshka, Rachel Tomas Morgan Troy Warner, Sharon L. McBride Thomas Kurzhal (Citizen Member) Council Members Absent: None Other Councilmembers Present: Tim Scott, Karen L. White, Lori K. Hamann Sheila Niezgodski Others Present: Dawn Jones, Bob Palmer, Lisa Horton Committee Chair Jake Teshka stated, that the responsibilities of the Community Investment Committee are to oversee the various activities of the Department of Community Investment. This Committee reviews all of the Real and Personal Tax Abatements requests and works closely with the Community Investment Business Department team. For the majority of what we do in terms of Tax Abatements and TIF, we will be working with Dan Buckenmeyer and his team in the Community Investment Business Department directly, but there are, as Dan Buckenmeyer mentioned during our last meeting,a whole host of other things that the Department of Community Investment does in terms of Workforce Development, all of the incentives available to us for business development and redevelopment. In my opinion the Community Investment Department and especially that team,has always been welcoming of residents and talking with the community. With that, I'd like to open the meeting up to members of the Committee and talk about your areas of interest and your priorities regarding things that you might want to see put on the docket for this community throughout this year. Committeemember Sharon L. McBride stated that she would like to see a better connection this year between the Administration and the Common Council. There are a lot of moving parts with Tax Abatements and TIF and making sure that TIF's are being utilized in the correct manner. I think that one of the big questions that was asked at the new Clerk's training is, how do you know when there's a bad TIF? The food for thought that I remember taking away from that was,the Tax Abatements are great. Of course, bringing businesses into the community, that's always great. However, do the businesses need TIF funds to do it? Would they still build regardless of the TIF, and how the TIF's could be better utilized for our own communities? Those are the things that I INTEGRITY' SERVICE' ACCESSIBILITY BIANCA L.TIRAuO GRAHAM D.SPARKS GABRIEL.N.MUREI CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 46601 I p 574.235.92211f 574.235.9173 I www.southbendin.gov