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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK <br />PERSONNEL & FINANCE <br />AUGUST 30, 2016 5:00 P.M. <br />Committee Members Present: Karen L. White, Regina Williams- Preston, John Voorde, <br />Committee Members Absent: Gavin Ferlic <br />Other Council Present: Tim Scott, Jo M. Broden <br />Others Present: City Clerk Kareemah Fowler, Jennifer Coffman, Kathleen <br />Cekanski - Farrand, Adriana Rodriguez, John Murphy <br />Agenda: Parks <br />Morris Performing Arts <br />Century Center <br />Committee Chair Karen White called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. <br />Parks <br />Aaron Perri, Executive Director of South Bend Parks and Recreation, 321 Walter St., as many of <br />you are aware, we are creating an emerging department called Venues, Parks, and Arts, and I'll <br />give you an overview of that department later in the presentation. <br />Committee Chair White stated that she wanted the record to state that Council President Scott is <br />present, and that Councilmember Dr. Dave Varner is helping out in Kokomo and couldn't be <br />here tonight. <br />Susan Visser, 627 Leland Avenue, South Bend, IN 46616, I am the Executive Director <br />representing the South Bend Museum of Art. The South Bend Museum of Art is in the City <br />budget for $65,000 which has been a longstanding item of support from the City of South Bend <br />which underwrites the museum's occupancy in the Century Center. That is in a budget of about <br />$850,000. I want to thank you for your longstanding support, and I also wanted to share some <br />materials with you (available in the City Clerk's Office), this is our 2015 Annual Report and <br />there is a dashboard called "2015 at a glance." This report gives a snapshot of what a typical year <br />is like at the museum. In 2015 we had over 30,000 individuals visit the South Bend Museum of <br />Art, almost 25,000 visits to our site, and 124,000 page views. Over 3,000 students, teachers and <br />chaperones toured the museums, about 1,100 enrolled in classes, over 3,500 people participated <br />455 County -City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574- 235 -5567 • www.SouthBendIN.gov <br />JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR <br />CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br />