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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Tim Corcoran, Director of Planning for the Department of Community Investment with offices located on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, replied, We started the design in the spring of this year and we have now gotten to, I think, thirty percent(30%) design. We were briefed just last week on that, so,it really is a two (2)year cycle between design,bidding and construction. Or, at least, eighteen(18)months. Dr. Mueller stated, I think public feedback is coming up here shortly. We heard from the neighborhood association that this was a priority and we agreed we wanted to finish this stretch of Western, so we started moving. Mr. Corcoran stated, Public engagement happened a couple different times and usually it is early in the design process. Most specifically it happens between the ten and thirty percent(10%-30%) design phase. This one(1)is a little easier from an engineering perspective than phase one(1) and phase two (2). So that should be coming up shortly, probably in the spring of 2019. Councilmember Broden asked, How many of those leverage additional matches? Dr. Mueller replied, The Technology Resource Center will. There is already some private matching for either equipment or other programming. These neighborhood plans, when Public Works goes and gets matching dollars, they have different criteria for what is important. Safety, traffic and other basic needs of the infrastructure are what drive funding decisions for those funds. Whether it be State or Federal, it would align with those same criteria. The neighborhood plans have a more holistic look at what the priorities are for our community. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride arrived at the meeting at 5:42 p.m. Councilmember Scott asked, One(1) thing with HPC going under DCI, I look at the Cemetery, is that where we can leverage going after some national grants or grants on the historic side? Maybe into West Washington and other places? There is that status and now that is where I kind of saw the leverage with HPC and with you guys. Is there anything out there, nationally,that we've never tapped into in the past that we can now to try and leverage more? Dr. Mueller replied,They have been helpful in trying to get outside resources whether it be historic tax credits. For instance,the JC Lauber building and the Kiser Mansion project as well as the City Cemetery and the Lafayette Building, they are definitely looking for outside funding sources. Those funds are competitive, too. We just saw both our housing tax credit applications disappointingly come back with a denial. So everyone is competing for these credits and funding but yes, we have competitive projects and we hope that we will get our share over time. Dr. Mueller continued, So going into the development areas themselves, this (referencing a slide in the presentation) is the proposed that we had brought you a few months ago. This just shows all the areas together. One (1) of the questions was about what the process is for this. It is approximately three (3) months. It starts with a declaratory resolution from the Redevelopment Commission. It then goes to Area Plan and then comes to Common Council, and then it goes back to the Redevelopment Commission. Obviously there has not been a declaratory resolution from the Redevelopment Commission and there probably won't be one (1) at the last meeting of the year, but we do hope to get right out of the gates in January. The Redevelopment Commission at EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 vwww.southbendin.gov 9