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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK (1)part of the river front trail in six (6)that is not in a TIF area right now, and ten(10) is the Coal Line trail. So that is the thinking here. Councilmember Karen White stated, So when you look at LaSalle Park,Pulaski Park and the Coal Line,those particular initiatives are not a part of the Park Bond. Is that what you are saying? Mr. Mueller replied, Part of them are. For an example, for the Charles Black Center, it ended up being about$4.5 million. The 2015 Park Bond covered$3 million and the River West TIF covered $1.5 million. We don't need to expand it because the park services the TIF area so we were still able to use the TIF funds. It is just cleaner to incorporate the parks into the TIF areas. Councilmember White followed up, And the West Washington TIF, the monies in that particular TIF,what are the plans for those?And have you engaged the various neighbors and neighborhood association to talk about what happens with the historical parts and the crossing over? Mr.Mueller replied,We had a good dialogue at the budget input meeting last week.We are looking at different ways of connecting downtown all the way into the West Washington District. On the docket, so far, is money for the street conversion just south of the Cemetery. We want to convert it from one (1) way to two (2) way. There is also in the works, nothing confirmed or done yet, but assistance with getting the Washington Colfax Apartments. Mr. Mueller went on, In addition to adding Mishawaka Avenue to the River East TIF, we are also looking at the Miami Street Corridor to the River West TIF which is about thirty-six (36) acres. We also have some potential options where we swap some area with the South Side TIF. Option one (1) would be moving the South Side TIF into the southern part of the Miami Street corridor. This would allow for the South Side TIF to fund some of the South East Master Plan which would include the Calvert Boulevard. It would also help with the Miami Hills Apartments.And then there is also the plan to expand the South Side TIF to cover the entire South East Master Plan area. One (1) of the benefits of this is even though the River West TIF is the largest TIF and it generates the most, it is also strained by a lot of debt service and other things. Whereas the South Side TIF, we are doing as many proactive things there and there is a significant funding stream that if we are able to utilize the South Side for it to help implement the South East Master Plan, that would unlock the River East for future plans. Mr. Mueller continued, In summary, we are looking to complete the 2014 River West commitments. There is a declaratory resolution from the REC. Our thought has been doing as much as we can all together just to save on different pieces but, if there is a desire to do the 2014 commitments clean, we can do that as well. There are also the corridor plans,the implementation of the active plans,the development on the City's edge, and the potential net reduction of total TIF area. Committee Chair Ferlic opened the floor to members of the public for comment. Jim Bognar, 807 W. Washington Street, stated, In a recent South Bend Tribute article about Dr. David Varner,the following questions were posed to him and he gave interesting answers. You've complained repeatedly over the years, the City has placed too much property in the Tax Incremental Financing Districts, keeping new property tax revenue from much needed parts of City Government such as neighborhoods, streets,curbs and sidewalks,and funding Police and Fire EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 M574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 3