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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting— December 21, 2001 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />C. South Bend Central Development Area <br />(Continued...) <br />(2) Continued... <br />former Wharf site. <br />After extensive negotiations with Holladay <br />Corp., the City agreed to make a seven <br />million dollar investment to facilitate future <br />development in the East Bank. As a result <br />of those negotiations, we used up <br />approximately 75% of our level of effort <br />with Lehman and Lehman. At the same <br />time, we realized the master plan effort for <br />the East Bank was going to require more <br />work than was originally anticipated. <br />We asked Lehman and Lehman to submit an <br />addendum to their proposal to include <br />holding several meetings with major stake <br />holders, a meeting with the community -at- <br />large, and development of a neighborhood <br />association for the East Bank. The <br />addendum proposed an additional cost of <br />$35,000 to the original agreement. The staff <br />recommends accepting the addendum to <br />agreement. <br />Ms. Greene noted that the total cost <br />($55,000) is still below the level that would <br />require using the public bid process for this <br />work. The addendum to agreement prepared <br />incorporates the language generally used in <br />our professional services agreement. <br />Mr. Mathia also noted that using the public <br />bid process would put us behind schedule <br />for developing the master plan. The staff <br />would like to continue using Lehman and <br />7 <br />