02/12/07 Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes

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o~~unity~ar~d E~onom~c Development Comittee l=ebruary 1 , ~~~1 Page ~ Development staff reca~nmends favarably~ on the special exception. The tats! amount of taxes to be paid during the -year period is estimated to be 1, Dag, ~ ~ to , ~ 4, 0~, Paul ~. Meyer, Executive Director and s~lanagr of the South Bend Clinic made the formal presentation. He Hated that the Clinic plans to add a three~story ~a4,0a grass square ~aot addition to their exjsting medical fiacility; ~vhich was detailed to the Council in an earlier meeting pith a power-paint presentation. The project would accan~modate growth in new physicians by the Clinic and would replace and expand current ambulatory surgical fiacilities. The project i estin7ated to cast between ~Q million to 3~ million. Rich Deahl added in response to Council lVlen~ber Puzzella' inquiry that the legal description was changed thus requiring a substitute bill. The location does Hat meet the current business district boundaries therefore the special exception request i being made. Taxes will be approximately aa,aa0 per year, Hating that the physicians are the awner~ Citizen ~len~ber 'Ullolfson complimented the petitioners on the thoroughness of their answer on affirmative action. Council president Rouse inquired about the TiF District to Dan Inks, noting that the Council needs to see the TIF Districts an a map and that their impact needs to be studied in light of carrying out the Council's fiduciary duties, Illlr. Inks stated that TIF brought in approximately million. If there would Hat have been TIF areas the overall tax rate of the city vuauld have been lower. He Hated that TlF afl:ects the tax rate, as apposed to the tax levy. Council l~ernber vllhite agreed with the comments of Council President Rouse and suggested that a special meeting be called in the near future to discuss this topic in detail. Council Member Pfeifer suggested that such a meeting be the Committee of the Ullhale a apposed to a ca~nmittee meeting. Council lVler~bers ~Nhite and Rouse thanked the South Bend Clinic for their continuing investment and commitment to the City of Bauch Bend Council ll~ember ~uzzello, the District Council ~len~ber where the Routh Bend Clinic is located noted that the Northeast Neighborhood has a tremendous need for the services provided by the South Bend Clinic.