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Home My WebLink About03-25-2024 Community Investment Meeting Minutes (Signed)OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK BIANCA L. TIRADO, CITY CLERK COMMUNITY INVESTMENT MARCH 25, 2024 4:00 P.M. Committee Members Present: Committee Members Absent: Other Council Present: Others Present: Presenters : Agenda: Troy Warner, Rachel Tomas Morgan , Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers , Sherry Bolden-Simpson , Kaine Kanczuzewski, Thomas Gryp None Canneth Lee , Sharon McBride Bianca L. Tirado , Elivet Quijada-Navarro , Danica Kulemeka , Matthew Neal , Bob Palmer Erik Glavich Bill No . 24-08 -Confirming Resolution: Mixed Use Development Real Property Tax Abatement Petition for the Momentum Development Group , LLC Bill N o. 24-09 -Resolution Correcting Scrivener's Error in Resolution No. 5015-23 Designating 722 Harrison Avenue and 726 Harrison Avenue Please note the attached link for the meeting recording: https://docs.southbendin.gov/WebLink/browse.aspx?dbid=0&mediaid=381559 Committee Chair Troy Warner called to order the Community Investment Committee meeting at 4:00 p.m. Bill No. 24-08 -Confirming Resolution: Mixed Use Development Real Property Tax Abatement Petition for the Momentum Development Group, LLC Erik Glavich , Director of Growth and Opportunities, with offices on the 14 th floor of the County- City Building , stated that Bill No . 24-08 is a confirming resolution for an abatement the Council Danica Kule m e ka C H I EF D EPUTY/ CHI EF O F ST A FF INTEGRITY I SERVICE I ACCESSIBILITY Elive t Quijada-Navarro D EPUTY/ D I RECT O R O F P O LICY Matthew Neal D I RECT O R OF SP EC I AL PROJECT S EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 Cou nt y-City Build in g 1227 W. Jefferson Bl vd. I Sout h Bend, In diana 4660 1 Ip. 574.235.9221 If. 574.235.9 1731 www.so ulh be ndin .gov CIT Y O F SO UTH BEN D OFFICE OF TH E CLERK had considered at the last meeting. The abatement is for the Momentum Development Group for property located at 510 South Main Street. Committee Chair Warner stated that for every tax abatement there are two (2) resolutions: a declaratory resolution at one (1) meeting and then a confirming resolution at the next meeting. Committee Chair Warner requested clarification regarding the property 's future taxes. Erik Glavich stated that Momentum Development Group will still be required to pay taxes during the course of the abatement, as the abatement is applied only to the increased assessed value of the property. Committee Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers requested clarification regarding the future jobs that are expected to come to the property. Mark Neal , Momentum Development Group , with offices located at 112 W Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend IN 46601 , stated that all of the starting positions will have wages of twenty dollars ($20) or more an hour. Momentum Development Group anticipates future jobs to also make around twenty dollars ($20) an hour. Mark Neal stated that the people employed by Momentum Development Group directly will have benefits. Committee Chair Troy Warner held the public hearing and nobody spoke . Committee Member Kaine Kanczuzewski stated that he will be abstaining from the vote due to having done business with one of the petitioners on a separate project. Committee Vice Chair Tomas Morgan motioned to send Bill No. 24-08 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation , which was seconded by Committee Member Sherry Bolden-Simpson and carried by a vote of five (5) ayes with one (1) Committee Member abstaining . Committee Chair Troy Warner -Aye Committee Vice Chair Rachel Tomas Morgan -Aye Committee Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers -Ay e Committee Member Sherry Bolden-Simpson -Aye Committee Member Kaine Kanczuzewski -A bs tain Committee Member Thomas Gryp -Aye Bill No. 24-09 -Resolution Correcting Scrivener's Error in Resolution No. 5015-23 Designating 722 Harrison Avenue and 726 Harrison Avenue Erik Glavich , Director of Growth and Opportunities , with offices on the 14 th floor of the County - City Building , stated that Bill N o. 24-09 is a resolution correcting a scrivener 's error on a tax abatement approved by the Council a year ago. The abatement was for a home building project done by Cross Community Inc. This resolution , as recommended by the Legal Department, strikes the original parcels in the abatement resolutions and replaces them with the correct parcels. Councilmember Canneth Lee requested information regarding how the error was made. Erik Glavich stated that the error occurred because the abatement was tied to the house numbers rather than the properties ' parcel numbers , but the error was caught before the abatement would have taken effect. Committee Chair Warner held the public hearing and nobody spoke. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-C ity Build in g 227 W. Jefferso n Bl vd. Sou th Bend, In diana 46601 p. 574.235 .9221 f. 574.235 .9173 www.sou th be ndin .gov .. CITY OF SOUTH BE ND OFF ICE OF THE CLERK Committee Vice Chair Tomas Morgan motioned to send Bill No. 24-09 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation, which was seconded by Committee Member Kaine Kanczuzewski and carried by a vote of six ( 6) ayes. Committee Chair Troy Warner -Aye Committee Vice Chair Rachel Tomas Morgan -Aye Committee Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers -Aye Committee Member Sherry Bolden-Simpson -Aye Committee Member Kaine Kanczuzewski -Aye Committee Member Thomas Gryp -Aye With no further business , Committee Chair Troy Warner adjourned the Community Investment Committee meeting at 4: 19 p.m. Respectfully Submitted , Troy Warner, Committee Chair NOTICE FOR HEARIN G AND SIGHT IMPAIRED PERSONS Auxiliary Aid or Other Services may be Available upon Request at No Charge. Please give Reasonable Advance Requ est whtn Poss EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-Ci ty Bui ldin g 227 W. Jeffe rson Bl vd. Sou th Bend, Indiana 46601 p. 574.235.9221 f. 574.235.9 173 www .sout hbendin.gov