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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Dr. Mueller replied, The support is not an ongoing commitment. The program can continue, but <br /> it's a discreet investment that is allowed. <br /> Committee Chair White asked,James,didn't we recently start utilizing TIF dollars for professional <br /> services? I think that just happened for the last two (2) years. <br /> Dr.Mueller replied, In an effort to take a burden off the General and Income Tax Funds,we moved <br /> a lot of the staffing and professional services that the Redevelopment Commission needs over to <br /> TIF funds. That is to relieve the General and Income Tax Funds and place the burden there. <br /> Committee Chair White followed up, There has always been conversations in regards to public <br /> safety utilizing TIF funds. I know one (1) time we were told that the City of West Lafayette was <br /> able to do that. So are you aware of any cities that are looking at the public safety component? <br /> Dr. Mueller replied, We can get a full legal read on it. Our understanding is that it is not. There are <br /> things we hear about that some cities do with TIF that we then check with legal counsel and they <br /> give us a recommendation. <br /> Councilmember Tim Scott interjected, I think they got sued. <br /> Dr. Muller stated, Yes, cities do things but they may not be legal. So we have to be careful when <br /> we use examples of other cities because some of those may not be legal. <br /> Dr. Mueller continued, So, we talked about this (referencing a slide in the presentation) in the <br /> budget presentation. This is just a look at the revenue stream in each development area. If you look <br /> at 2018 in the middle and the bottom,it is the River West Development area.The reason why there <br /> is that bump up is there is the one(1)time relinquishment dollars from INDOT for taking on MLK <br /> Boulevard from Mitt Road to the Marion roundabout. You have to subtract $4.1 million from that <br /> to get closer to what our property tax revenues are in that fund for this year. The next one (1) in <br /> green is the River East Development Area and there are two(2)parts to that.There is the residential <br /> component that really is there to pay off the Eddy Street Bonds that have been issued. From our <br /> perspective and from a reporting light, it is aggregated but from an operational or strategic <br /> standpoint, we don't really necessarily even think about those dollars because they are committed <br /> to the debt service on the Eddy Street bonds. We'll get to what is left in a little bit. <br /> He went on,The South Side is the next biggest and West Washington is pretty small. At this point <br /> it is about$300,000 per year or$350,000 per year. And then Douglas Road, we have been passing <br /> that through to the General Fund and other taxing jurisdictions for the last couple of years with the <br /> eye toward closing it. The one (1) caveat there is the County is looking to do a road project there <br /> and we have some public works infrastructure in where the road project would go and there is <br /> likely to be some cost burden on us. So we may look at this as an avenue for that. <br /> Committee Chair White stated,When we are looking at those TIF districts, some of them will have <br /> an ending time regardless. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 5 <br />