2007-09-05 Redevelopment Authority Minutes

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SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , • REGULAR MEETING September 5, 2007 1308 County-City Building 1:30 p.m. 227 West Jefferson Boulevard Presiding: Carolyn Pfotenhauer South Bend, IN 46601 The, 2007 Regular Meeting of the Redevelopment Authority was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by. There was a quorum present. 1. ROLL CALL Members Present: Ms. Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer, President Mr. Ray Thomas, Vice President Mr. Jose Alvarez, Secretary Redevelopment Staff: Ms. Cheryl Greene, Legal Counsel Mrs. Jenny Hullinger, Recording Secretary 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of the minutes of February 21, 2007 • Upon a motion by Ray Thomas, seconded by Jose Alvarez, arid unanimously carried, the Authority approved the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of February 21, 2007. 3. NEW BUSINESS a. Redevelopment Authority approval of Resolution No. 159 authorizing the Director of Economic Development of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission to approve and execute plats and conduct other administrative acts on behalf of the South Bend Redevelopment. Authority. Mr. Inks asked the Authority to table this resolution until a future meeting: More .research is needed on this issue. Ms. Greene said she and Shawn Peterson had some discussion on this. In the past, the Area Plan Commission had pushed to have the Mayor's signature on a number of different documents. Ms. Greene explained that since the Redevelopment Authority can hold title on properties, the Mayor's signature was not necessary. One concern about this resolution would be if this would cause a delegation of the Authority's powers, particularly whether or not it would give up the Authority's power over lot splits, which are not administrative functions. Ms. Pfotenhauer said her concern is that the statute is looked at very carefully. If • we want to entertain this resolution at another time she would like to see an analysis of the statute that gives us authority to turn this power over to the