REGULAR MEETING
<br />NOVEMBER 16, 1992
<br />taxpayers in the City of South Bend, the certificate of the
<br />Auditor, the renovation plans and costs, as well as authorize the
<br />Building Commissioner to file with the Consolidated Building
<br />Board and Common Council Resolutions for their approval, and set
<br />a Public Hearing date of November 30, 1992 regarding this
<br />matter. Mr. Leszczynski seconded the motion which carried.
<br />Following is Resolution No. 44-1992 which was adopted:
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 44-1992
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
<br />DECLARING ITS INTENT TO LEASE
<br />OFFICE SPACE AT 205 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD,
<br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE USE OF THE
<br />ST. JOSEPH COUNTY/SOUTH BEND BUILDING DEPARTMENT
<br />WHEREAS, by interlocal agreement, St. Joseph County and the
<br />City of South Bend consolidated their building departments
<br />effective January 1, 1992, and the staff of the City building
<br />department joined the staff of the County building department in
<br />their office at Room 732, County -City Building, South Bend,
<br />Indiana; and
<br />WHEREAS, the space currently utilized by the St. Joseph
<br />County/South Bend Building Department ("Building Department") at
<br />Room 732, County -City Building, is insufficient to accommodate
<br />the needs of the consolidated Building Department and to provide
<br />for effective and efficient operation of said Department; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Building Commissioner has recommended that a
<br />larger office space be found for the Building Department so as to
<br />permit the more efficient operation of said Department; and
<br />WHEREAS, there is not sufficient office space available to
<br />allow for the relocation of the Building Department within the
<br />County -City Building; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Building Commissioner has recommended that the
<br />offices of the Building Department be relocated to Suite 100, 205
<br />West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, which contains
<br />approximately three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet, an
<br />area sufficient to accommodate the needs of the Building
<br />Department; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South
<br />Bend, Indiana, on November 16, 1992, received a petition
<br />("Petition") signed by at least fifty (50) taxpayers of the City
<br />of South Bend, requesting that the Board lease office space at
<br />Suite 100, 205 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana
<br />("Premises"), for the use of the Building Department, from
<br />Jefferson Boulevard Partnership of South Bend, Indiana, for a
<br />term of two (2) years, with a one (1) year extension at the
<br />City's option, with an annual rental not to exceed Twenty-four
<br />Thousand Dollars (124,000.00) the first year, Twenty-five
<br />Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($25,200.00) the second year, and
<br />Twenty-six Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($26,400.00) the third
<br />year, if the option for the third year is exercised by the City;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works also received, on
<br />November 16, 1992, a certificate of the St. Joseph County
<br />Auditor, certifying that the verifier of the Petition and at
<br />least fifty (50) of the signatories of the Petition are taxpayers
<br />of property located within the corporate limits of the City of
<br />South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works also received, on
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