HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-03-08 Community and Economic Development Committee Annual Report2008 Annual Report
of the Community and Economic Development
of the South Bend Common Council
Date: December 3, 2008
To: The South Bend Common Council
The Office of the City Clerk
Committee
From: 1St District Council Member Derek Dieter, Chairperson
Community and Economic Development Committee
I am pleased to file the following 2008 Annual Report of the activities of the Council's
Community and Economic Committee which is required by § 2-10 (i) of the South Bend
Municipal Code. As each of you will recall, the Community and Economic Development
Committee is charged with:
"Overseeing the various activities of the Department of Community and Economic
Development and programs directed by the Division of Community Development, Division of
Economic Development and Financial and Program Management "pursuant to § 2-10 (i) (2) of the
South Bend Municipal Code.
There were four (4) Council Members on this Committee, namely: 2°d District Member
Henry Davis, Jr., who serves as Vice-Chairperson, 4t'' District Council Member Ann
Puzzello, Council Member at Large Karen L. White serve as Members, and myself as
Chairperson. Mark Smith and M. Catherine Andres serve as the Committee's citizen
member. Each of our citizen members have attended most, if not all of the Committee
meetings, and have actively participated in discussions, as well as making many of the
motions on matters requiring advisory recommendations to the Common Council.
The Community and Economic Development Committee was one of the more active
standing committees, with nineteen (19) meetings being held as of this writing. The bulk
of the Committee meetings focused on various types of tax abatement requests;
appropriation requests from the UDAG Fund, Fund # 410; from the Industrial
Development Fund, Fund # 434; from HUD Shelter Plus Care; from Community
Development Fund # 212; submitting an application for a site assessment grant from the
Indiana Finance Authority; closing SEDA TIF Fund # 414 and transferring the funds to
AEDA TIF Fund # 324; proposed "Position Statement on Tax Abatement" in light of HB
1001; reviewing summaries of documents on the nine (9) companies notified that they
were preliminarily determined by the City Administration to be in non-compliance with
the local tax abatement regulations and subsequent CF1 compliance; Brownfield Site
Assessments; received an update on the Chamber of Commerce's Business Growth
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Initiative; progress report on Eddy Street Commons; reviewed a lease for improvements
for Century Center; received an update on the expansion of the Airport Economic
Development Area (AEDA) and Portage Prairie; received updates on Coveleski Park
Planning Area and East Bank Development Area; received an update from the DTSB,
Inc. Executive Director as well as continued discussion of our local tax abatement
procedures. Tax abatement requests included discussions on the following:
• Tax Abatement requests heard in chronological order for:
1. 9-year Real Property Tax Abatement for Key SB, LLC, the Hinman Company
2. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for properties in Lafayette
Falls, Phase III
3. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Brian & Alison Levey at
918 N. St. Peter
4. 6-year Real Property Tax Abatement for Ryan Fire Protection, Inc., at 3950
William Richardson Court
5. 10-year Real Property Tax Abatement for McKinley Apartments Housing, LP
6. 4-year Real Property Tax Abatement for 3445 William Richardson Drive for
Jade Elephant Holding LLC (Lake Michigan Mailers, Inc.)
7. 5-year Personal Property Tax Abatement for 3445 William Richardson Drive
for Jade Elephant Holding LLC (Lake Michigan Mailers, Inc.)
8. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Garden Homes
9. 5-year Personal Property Tax Abatement for Triangle Machine
10.7-year Real Property Tax Abatement for Heraeus Kulzer
11.5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Tampico
12. 5-year Residential Tax Abatement for 601 Cottage Grove and 701 South
Grant for Habitat for Humanity
13.2-Year Real Property Tax Abatement for River Rock, Inc.
14. 5-year Residential Real Property for 1401 South Main Street for Old Fort
Building Supply
15. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatements for the Villas at Lake
Blackthorn Sections I and II, Cooreman Real Estate
16. 5-year Real Property Tax Abatement for Stanz Food at 1840 Commerce Drive
17.5-year Residential Real Property for Cleland Builders for remaining lots in
Section 1 of Jade Crossing
18. 5-year Personal Property Tax Abatement for Mann & Hummel USA, Inc. at
1824 North Bendix
19. Personal and 10-year Real Property Tax Abatement for Innovation Park at
Notre Dame
20. 5-year Residential Real Property Abatement for Southfield Lake, LLE Real
Estate
21.5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Lafayette Fall, Phase IV,
Kendall-Weiss
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22. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for 1019 Notre Dame
Avenue
23. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Crescent Oaks II
24. 5-year Residential Real Property Tax Abatement for Royal Oaks Estates,
Sections 2 & 3 for First Federal Savings Bank
Pursuant to Section 2-84.16 of the South Bend Municipal Code an ongoing review of our
local procedures addressing tax abatement in years which end with an even number.
Discussions have taken place periodically throughout the year and will continue to take
place on this in 2009 in order to identify all topics under consideration..
I would again like to thank all members of the Committee, the rest of the Council and the
City Administration for all of their efforts throughout 2008. We have reviewed countless
numbers of documents which have come before the CED Committee. As a result of this
Committee's advisory action and that of the South Bend Common Council, many actions
have taken place which are fostering the creation of new jobs, retained current full-time
jobs; spurred the building of new homes throughout the city; and provided incentives for
the business community to make South Bend their corporate headquarters.
Thank you.
Respectfully s fitted, i
Council Member Derek Dieter, Chairperson
Community and Economic Development Committee
cc: Mayor Stephen Luecke
Jeff Gibney, Interim Director
Department of Community and Economic Development