80-17 Transitioning HPC to the Department of Community Investment

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Filed in Clerk's Office NOV 0 8 2017 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT KAREEMAH FOWLER This Interlocal Agreement(this"Agreement") is made as of the_da Q6ITY CLERK,SO H BEND,IN 2017,by and between the Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County, Indiana e ounty and the City of South Bend,Indiana(the"City") (each a"Party," and together the "Parties"). WHEREAS, by virtue of the City's Ordinance No. 5565-73 adopted on September 10, 1973, and the County's Ordinance No. 154-73 adopted on May 14, 1973, the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County (the "HPC") was established as a joint board for purposes of historic preservation in the City and the County; and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to continue the HPC's jurisdiction and operations in service of the residents and property owners of the City and the County; and WHEREAS, the City is willing to assume from the County the responsibility for the day- to-day management of historic preservation matters related to or that may come before the HPC; and WHEREAS, in accepting such management responsibility, the City is willing to accomplish the transfer of the existing County staff positions serving the HPC to City employment by creating analogous positions within the City's administration; and WHEREAS, the administrative efficiencies of transferring such management responsibility and staff positions to the City will benefit the County; and WHEREAS, Ind. Code 36-1-7, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, authorizes one or more governmental entities to exercise, jointly or by one entity on behalf of the others, powers that may be exercised by such units severally; and WHEREAS,the Parties agree that it is desirable, advantageous, and in the public interest to enter into an Agreement for joint and cooperative action as embodied herein. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and pursuant to the authority granted the parties under Ind. Code § 36-1-7, the City and County agree as follows: Article I. Mission Section 1.01. Mission. The Parties agree that the HPC's mission is to identify architecturally or historically significant buildings, structures, sites, and objects in the City and the County and to promote the protection and preservation of the same in a manner that enhances both human and economic welfare and that accommodates development and redevelopment in the City and the County. 1