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CITY OF SOUTH BE <br />COMMUNITY INVESTMENT <br />ii in C •rk's Offic <br />AUG 23 l <br />August 23, 2023 <br />Council Member Sharon McBride <br />President <br />South Bend Common Council <br />County-City Building, 4th Floor <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />DAWN M. JONES <br />CITYCLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN <br />Council Member Rachel Tomas Morgan <br />Chairperson <br />Community Investment Committee <br />South Bend Common Council <br />County-City Building, 4th Floor <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />RE: An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, amending the legal <br />description and map of Ordinance No. 10165-12, as amended, and designating a Municipal <br />Riverfront Development Project to be known as the "Expanded West Riverfront District <br />Dear President McBride and Council Member Tomas Morgan, <br />Attached for filing with the Common Council of the City of South Bend is an ordinance amending the <br />legal description and map within Ordinance No. 10165-12, as amended, to expand the boundaries of <br />the existing Riverfront Development Project Area. Please include the attached ordinance on the <br />Council agenda for first reading at the August 28, 2023, Council meeting, and set it for public hearing <br />at the Council meeting on September 11, 2023. <br />If adopted, this ordinance would expand the Riverfront boundaries downtown and into areas west of <br />the St. Joseph River. The Department of Community Investment will present to the Common Council <br />for its consideration a similar ordinance that will expand the boundaries on the east side of the river. <br />The Riverfront Development Project Area enables businesses within the boundaries of the area to <br />acquire three-way liquor licenses at a substantially reduced cost. Exhibits A and B attached to the <br />ordinance contain the new map and legal description, respectively, of the expanded area. <br />To date, since the South Bend Common Council first passed Ordinance No. 10165-12 in June 2012, <br />establishing the Riverfront Development Project Area, it has been amended in December 2013 and <br />March 2017. More than 20 active licenses have been issued in the Project Area, and this has helped <br />spur economic development within the downtown and East Bank areas. Expansion of the district is <br />expected to continue to attract investment in South Bend, including more dining establishments and <br />entertainment and cultural venues. <br />If you or any of the other Council members have questions concerning the report or need additional <br />information, please feel free to call me at (574) 235-5838. <br />Sincerely, <br />Erik Glavich <br />Director, Growth and Opportunity <br />EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT <br />1400S County-City Building 227W Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9371 www.southbend,n.gov <br />BILL NO. 51-23