2015 Annual Report - Community Investment

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2015 Annual Report "` Of the Community Investment Committee of the South Bend Common Council Date: December 1, 2015 [Groundbreaking at Ignition Park] To: The South Bend Common Council The Office of the City Clerk From: Council Member Gavin Ferlic, Community Investment Chairperson Pursuant to the requirements of § 2-10 (i) of the South Bend Municipal Code, I am filing this Annual Report as the Chairperson of the Council's Community Investment Committee. Duties: The Community Investment Committee "oversees the various activities of the Department of Community Investment. It review all real, personal and residential tax abatement requests". Members: There were four (4) Council Members and two (2) citizen member this year serving on the Committee, namely: Council Member at Large Gavin FerlicChairperson 5th District Council Member at Dr. David Varner, Vice-Chairperson 2°d District Council Member Henry Davis, Jr., Member 4th District Council Member Dr. Fred Ferlic, Member Citizen Member Robert Emery Citizen Member Patrick Mullin Meetings: Twenty-five (25) public meetings were held this year, with three (3) of those being joint committee meetings with either the Council's Community Relations Committee or PARC Committee. All Committee minutes have been posted on the Common Council's website. The City of South Bend provides several opportunities and resources for resident and businesses to relocate or expand within the City limits. The Business Toolkit depicted above provides a summary of such programs and services. The majority of the committee meetings were scheduled for the purpose of holding public hearings on tax abatement petition requests,and to provide an advisory recommendation back to the South Bend Common Council. The following list indicates some of the locations where either new developments or expansions of existing properties, and the variety of developments which are taking place in South Bend this year: