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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-12-06 Community & Economic DevelopmentCommune and conoma ®ouelopmon commt~eo "006 SotiL1~ i3e~1a C'cz~nmou Cixu~cil The January 12, ?flf)G, »eetl€~s ol~the. C'or~~~~lunity a~~d Fco€~on~ric Deveiopn~ent Con7n~ittee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Mel~€ber Roland belly at 3:35 p.-3-t. in the Co€.€3~czi informal Meeting IZoo€'n. i?€:rs©ns in attendance included C~ur€cil l+lleinlaers Deily, P€~z~elio, Write and Rouse; Martha Lewis, Co€n€r~uni.t~t and Economic Development executive I~irectox Sharon T~endali, Dori Inds, :fennifer t~aurent, ar~d Kathleen Cekar4sl~.iT~'arra~~d, C©€€ncii Attorney. Council Me€n.ber K.el.ly noted that this meeti€~~ had been coordinated by Co€.lncil Ivlei~€l~er Puzzeli.o in order to Dave an update an vario€!s projects goi~~w on in the Depart€~~ent csf Co€~€~~€nity a€~d Fcc~l~o~z~ic Develop€~ent. Don. Inks thanked Cor€ncil ~e€nber Pttzrello t=or reci~€estin;~ su~;h an update. ~e noted that thc; ~~.eeting will address three (3} basic areas: 1. l~e~ req~eest fc~r ~aro~~osaai {~FIE~~ lvr~nat 2. 1~a'ew i~rc~cess fa>;- s~sch regraests 3. t;pc~ate o~ Fc~€~r {~~ i~ro~ects Mr. inks noted that the forger for€~at €e~et ali of the required statutory require~~:aents. ~€'1€e new Iortnat puts thy; property into context ar~d as a rest€it it also serves as a ~~arketing t~oi. .All r4f this ij~forrr~at-ion is posted c)n tine depart€nent's ovebsite. i-~e tlYen provided two (.7j multi-pace handouts to tl~e Cono~x€iE:tee ~copie~s attached}, tl7e .first being tine "Proposal Documents a.r±d ~'oxms fcr Propert}I Disposi4ion" (old foxn~at} a€td the second 15eing tl~e " 1'ropasal Docu€nents and ~~~~-!~€s for 1'rc€t~erty disposition" (new for€a~at which il~cl~€des as~~c~ng. other things city seal:, a€~d 1=3uilding a 21st ~`e€~ttrtry City logo on the cc~Wer ease and ~3ew l~a~es entitled "~)ve~°view anal Project Description" which il~tci€€des €~€aps, pictures, o~elasite infox€~natt~n ar~cf detailed info€°~~ation on the South Bend cojr-€~nunity. Disc€€ssion t4oen tcsok place as to whethe!- refe€-ences shc€uld lie made to the South lend Coy€~unity Sc,i€©oi. :Many stressed the fact. that South 1-3er~d has ~nar~y eluai.ity hi~;l€e~~ ed€€catior~ institutions loth in t}~e city and geo~~rapl:€ically close to tl€e city li€~its. the cl?alie€~ses o± the secondary school syste7~~s and the role that reactors play in this area was discussed at lensth. Co€~atnents on the effectiveness or i.neffeetiveness of Plan ~ were also €~aac~e ley the various Cot€ncii {ufei~nl~e€'s. I'kT€°. Inks €€c~ted that 1€e would reco:€~irnend that there not le a reterer€ce to secondary schLOls, i€owever that the i€~fc~r€~ation should stress the cities proximity tt~ the flt€iversity oi`Notre Dame. Coy€ncil l~en~ber White noted tl~-at she saes the n.ew fo€-~-€~€at as a PR piece for the city and she sees the ene€.gy fr~rn ti€e neon for~~~at. in response to a cluesti.ol:€ frc~l-~~€ C:oul~ci.l.1`~lernber 1'€azzello, Mr. Inks noted that ti?e o~.d fo€-€nat was very statutory in nature. The :new format captures the statutory requirements lout also helps sell .ham~~~n i?; 2000 Co~~-~azlm~it}' rsi~c~ T:conorttic i~et'~lo~n~en! Crnnn~itt'ec Meeting. M3nutxs -t'~age ! cif 2- the City of So~:rth Bend and our- ec~rrt-~n~trrity's strengths. i he ~€~w RBI' is advertised widely; available ~n multiple r~~eposites; r.rtilizes €a~arketinn lists utilizes a00 plus developers as rhfel.l as a slZOrt list of developers; staff l~~al~e persor~ral c~antact with, r~er~l?er-s ors. ire short list; the .t-~spa~r~s~ ti3xre period Ilas I-reer~ changed frorm 2-.~ weeks ter ~~-6~ days, with ~~ days p€rssiblo on some specific projects. lie stated that the errd. result is a rxrore quality project beirkg proposed. ~~~ then. noted the that the r~ew Rlil.~ fori~tat was used for C~an~e Day, the LaSalle I-Iotel site; the lZirrk t~iverside side anal the ®sccr site. Cour~eil president Rouse rr~rt~:d that with rrrar~: time a.nd effort ~,einl; utilized: irr tyre l'rorrt-end of the process; it ray Dave the resul# of r~.tilizin~; less ti~~re f®r tl~~ er~tir~ l~r-crcess in the i€~n~ ran. ,lennifer l...aurerrt tl~ert walked through the prtrcess in response to a request from C'ouncd ~etnl~rer I'uzzello. Sloe noted that the~.e must E7e two (~.} certified It~IA appraisals; typically ar€ average of the two ~2) appraisals is used; they #hen go to the commission. with an. t~..~~1' arz.d selling offerit~r~ price. She noted that they a.re anxious to get flee four (4 ~ parcels which Don Inks outlined hack onto the tax rolls. She alse4 noted that the city should rrtrt have to heavily subsidia_e these projects in light of the rrern~ Rol' process being used. Ids. t,aurent states drat derrelopers are also no~v required to make a f~~rrrral presen#ation to the C`€.rtr:tmissiorr. Sharon. Kendall noted that tl~e 5rrore laul~lic process is a good educational e~cperienc;e for tl~e pr.rblie, as well. as the mews r~ledia. Cot,rncil I?residen# Rouse: suggested that a t-lotiv chart of the entire process lie developed and seat to the; Council and the Office of the City Clerk. Council ~//#e~~il~er ~lhitc~ rioted the need to r•eviev~r prs~~ects ire li~l?t oi`C.ity flan.. Council l~er~rbe;r Kelly inquired about are update on the Northeast Neigl~rborhood developmea~t. 1enn.ifer I,au:rer~t stated. that the t:J~~.iversity crf Ne~tre Da~t~.e is recruiti.n;.~ dee~°e€®pers and that lhev will pert orst RI~l~'s. rI"he Council ~ttcrrney asked how many prcrjeets are projected this calendar year' which would utilize the ne~v format. Don Inks stated that none are arrtic,ipated beyond the four ~4 j Irrojects rullich are c€rrre~~tly u~~der way. l-te stated that there, is a need for a i~.ew downtown r?~aster plan wl~icl~ they are currently discussing. Council. Member Kefily thanl~ed. everyone for $:he u.pdate anal. for the pro-active format. "There being no further business to con-€e 1`sel'ore the Council, tl~e meeting was ad-}ourned ley Council Nlerrrber I~~zzello at ~_p7 p-r~r. respect#~rlly submitted, Council Mer-ri~~e Ch.a~ e o Cor~~nuniry an ~ ~c~~~nor~~c Develol r~~ent~ C~orr~»~i ~ cc ICCF~I~rnf Attachaxrents J4122Lk1T~` I?, ?Ut}G Car~~ana~nitS, tz~id }?.cu~iur~nic i.)eveLO~nnai}t Cbmmi[~i-ee IVlcet'ing f~iiiti~tes -Page-' q1' 2-