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South Bend Rcde~elopment C onunission <br />Re~~ular Meetin~~ -December ~. ?00~ <br />7. PROGRESS REPOR~1'S <br />Mr. Inks reported that the Commission established the Pizo<,krss Ri-i~~>K is <br />Douglas Road Economic De~~elopment Area in ?00, for <br />the purpose of ~~~idening Douglas Road to accommodate <br />dc~clopmcnt bct~rccn U.S. ?; and the 'Vlisha4~~aka city <br />limits. N~e~~c seen ane project ~~o in there already. The <br />Bro~~~n Mackie Collcgc bein~~ dc~clopcd ~~~ith Holludav <br />Corporation ~~~ill be the second project in there. As part <br />of the ori~~inal vision. the ~~~idcnin~~ of Dou~~las Road. <br />Staff has bccn ~~~orkin~~ Ibr some time to put to«ether the <br />tinancing package for construction ohthe ~~~idcning of <br />Douglas Rd. ~y"c bclic~c ~~~c arc about ready to bring <br />that back to the Commission. either at the December 19 <br />meeting or the tirst regular meeting in January. in order <br />to be ready for construction in spring '_009. <br />Mr. Varner noted [hat he spoke ~~~ith a party recently that <br />may be interested in dc~•elopment there as ~~~cll because <br />of the anticipated ~~idcning of Douglas Road. <br />Mr. Varner noted that he had given copies of an article <br />from the Chicago Tribune to Commissioners notin~~ ho~~~ <br />the pane County baseball team is participating in the <br />enlarzcment of its stadium to the tune of S?.SM. ~~nd, <br />there is an agreement for rc~cnuc sharing ~~ith the <br />county as ~~~cll. He said South Bend needs to consider <br />asking fin- more ~~articipation on some of it projects. <br />Sometimes ~~~e set om cYpcctations loo lo~n~. <br />Vlr. Blake noted that he is at this time resigning his <br />position as a Rede~~clopment Commissioner in order to <br />avoid a potential contlict of interest as the result of a <br />proposal that gill be coming bcti~rc the Commission <br />soon. He has bccn dc~~cloping a U~aining program to he <br />funded by TIE and he would ha~~e a paid position Frith <br />that trainin~~ pro~~ram. <br />Mr. Blake thanked Mayor Lucckc fair appointing him <br />and giving him this opportunity. He noted hma much he <br />has enjoyed his position as a Commissioner and hoer <br />much he has learned tiom the other Commissioners. He <br />l~ <br />