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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting —June 28, 2011 Mr. Inks noted that the next item on the agenda would commit additional funds from the West Washington- Chapin TIF. Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr. Arnold and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 2906 setting a Public Hearing for 4:00 p.m., July 26, 2011, on the appropriation of Tax Increment Financing Revenues from West Washington Allocation Area for the payment of certain obligations and expenses related to their respective allocation areas and other related matters. (2) Hansel Center update / additional funding request. Mr. Gibney noted that on March 20, 2009, the Commission approved the use of $130,000 in CDBG and $370,000 in West Washington Chapin Development Area (WWCDA)TIF funds to be put toward the rehabilitation of the Hansel Center, 1045 W. Washington Street. This rehabilitation will be a joint project with the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Heritage Foundation, and the City of South Bend, with the property ultimately being transferred to the University and becoming the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture (Center). The WWCDA is the smallest of all the TIF districts in the city. That TIF district was put together as part of the Redevelopment Plan approved by the Redevelopment Commission, City Council, and Area Plan Commission to address the critical condition that West Washington and Chapin Streets were in in the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. The spine of it is West Washington Street with the north/south street being Chapin. 30 COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTION NO. 2906 SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 4:00 P.M., JULY 26, 201 1, ON THE APPROPRIATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVENUES FROM WEST WASHINGTON ALLOCATION AREA FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ALLOCATION AREAS AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.