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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 10, 1992
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<br />were moved over to office space at the old First Source Bank
<br />Building at 205 West Jefferson Boulevard. 'The Housing
<br />Development Corporation entered into the lease for this space.
<br />At this time, because the program will become part of the
<br />Department of Economic Development and the City, the Department
<br />of Economic Development has begun the process of entering into a
<br />lease for a period of three (3) years at the sum of $20,000.00
<br />which includes the $13,000.00 remodeling cost that the owner will
<br />pay. The $13,000.00 is included in the amount of rent to be
<br />paid.
<br />Ms. Meyer reiterated that this program will become a City
<br />operation and therefore the Department must go through the legal
<br />process to enter into a lease for the office space.
<br />Board Attorney and Member Mary H. Mueller noted that the
<br />Resolution submitted today indicates the.Board's intent to lease
<br />the office space, puts on file for public inspection the lease
<br />and renovation costs and sets a Public Hearing for 9:30 a.m.,
<br />August 31, 1992. Therefore, Mr. Caldwell made a motion that the
<br />Resolution as submitted be adopted. Mrs. Mueller seconded the
<br />motion which carried and the following Resolution No. 30-1992 was
<br />adopted:
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 30-1992
<br />RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF
<br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA DECLARING ITS
<br />INTENT TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE AT 205 WEST
<br />FFERSON BOULEVARD, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE
<br />USE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, DEPARTMENT OF
<br />ECONOMIC
<br />OF
<br />WHEREAS, the offices of the South Bend Department of Economic
<br />Development, located at 1200 County -City Building, South Bend,
<br />Indiana, provide insufficient space to accommodate the Department
<br />of Redevelopment, Division of Business Assistance and
<br />Development, Division of CDBG Program and Financial Management,
<br />and the Division of Planning and Neighborhood Development, and to
<br />allow for effective and efficient operations of these various
<br />divisions of the Department of Economic Development; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Director of the City of South Bend, Department
<br />of Economic Development, has recommended that the Division of
<br />Planning and Neighborhood Development, comprising six (6)
<br />full-time,staff members and one (1) part-time intern, relocate
<br />its offices; and
<br />WHEREAS, no alternate office space exists for the Division of
<br />Planning and Neighborhood Development within the County -City
<br />Building; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Economic
<br />Development has recommended that the Division of Planning and
<br />Neighborhood Development relocate its offices to Suite 416, 205
<br />West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, on August 10, 1992, received a petition ("Petition")
<br />signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South Bend,
<br />requesting that the Board lease office space at Suite 416, 205
<br />West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, ("Premises"), for
<br />the use of the City of South Bend, Department of Economic
<br />Development, Division of Planning and Neighborhood Development,
<br />from the Jefferson Street Partnership of South Bend, Indiana, for
<br />a term of three (3) years, with the annual rental of said
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