07/22/93 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL MEETING JULY 22, 1993 A Combined Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works and the Century Center Board of Managers was held at 4:10 p.m., Thursday, July 22, 1993, at Century Center in River Level Suites 2 and 3. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Karl King, III, President of the Century Center Board of Managers. Present were Board of Public Works President John E. Leszczynski and Board Attorney and Member Mary H. Mueller. Mr. Sean Coleman, Mr. Ken Herceg, Mr. Joseph Burkus, Mr. Edwin Ehlers, Mr. Robert O'Connor, Jr., Ms. Carmen Piasecki and Ms. Anne Faherty of the Century Center Board of Managers were also present. Additionally, Thomas Bodnar, Attorney for the Century Center Board of Managers was present, as well as Mayor Joseph E. Kernan, City Attorney Richard Nussbaum and City Controller Kevin Horton and many members of the public. PUBLIC HEARING —_DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS - COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME PROJECT Mr. Karl King, III, President, Century Center Board of Managers, welcomed everyone to the special combined meeting of the Board of Public Works and the Century Center Board of Managers. Mr. King stated that the purpose of this special meeting was to review two (2) documents which form the legal foundation of the operation of the Hall of Fame. The first document, a License Agreement, is between The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame and the City of South Bend. The second document, a Management Agreement, is among the City of South Bend, The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc., and the Century Center Board of Managers. Mr. King further stated that today the boards will go through the Agreements so they can fully understand the documents and receive comments from the public. Mr. King stated that the boards are not present to debate any other item but to deal with the Agreements mentioned. Mayor Joseph E. Kernan addressed members of both boards and advised that since the announcement that the Hall of Fame would be relocated to South Bend, a great deal of work has been done by many people. Mayor Kernan noted that the advisory committee has had invaluable input into this process over the course of the past year. He stated that the three (3) things that have taken place are: (1) the design of the Hall of Fame which has really taken shape; (2) a report from Economics Research Associates which contains some important conclusions about the financial viability of the Hall's operation, and (3) the finalization of the License Agreement and Management Agreement which have been under discussion since a year ago. Mayor Kernan stated that these three (3) steps brings the City to the fourth step which is to garner necessary sponsorship and support for the Hall of Fame. The fifth step to this process is the construction of the Hall of Fame with groundbreaking taking place in March of 1994 and the doors open to the public in the summer of 1995. The Mayor further noted that the Agreements have been negotiated with a number of individuals involved and he thanked City Attorney Richard Nussbaum for his work in this area. Mayor Kernan stated that when the City went out to draft these Agreements they had two (2) goals. One, to protect the City and two, to protect the College Hall of Fame. The Agreements that the Boards are going to consider accomplishes both of those things because of the hard work of a great many people. City Controller Kevin Horton informed the members of both boards that approximately six (6) months ago the Redevelopment Commission engaged Economic Research Associates to do a feasibility study for the proposed College Football Hall of Fame.