10106-11 Appropriation $1,000,000 Infrastructure Investment Paving & Traffic Signal

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//�SpU TH B��\ % � �> O\ t: � �,`,, (� d; � l ;�� a� �1565 � ,� CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHBN J. LUECKE,MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE GREGG D.ZIENTARA CONTROLLER July 6, 2011 Mr. Derek Dieter President, South Bend Common Council 4th Floor, County-City Building South Bend, IN 46601 re: Infrastructure Spending Bill for Appropriation by the Common Council Dear President Dieter: City Administration has been actively pursuing several projects pertaining to economic development, community development, and structural improvement of interest and benefit to the City of South Bend. As such, City Administration herewith submits for Council consideration, the attached bill, which includes the request of funding for projects as follows: Bill 27-11 was originally filed with the Common Council including several projects of economic development, community development and structural improvement benefit to the City of South Bend. Bill 27-11 was amended a with 1St Substitute version, introduced by Mayor Luecke at the Personal and Finance Committee meeting of June 13, 2011. The substitute version removed certain of the line item projects included in the original Bill 27-11 filing. A line item entry originally included in Bill 27-11 and removed in the substitute version, was$1.950 million for additional street paving projects in fiscal 2011 and $0.150 million for the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Western Avenue and Laurel Street,for a total investment of$2.1 million. The substitute version of Bill 27-11 was introduced to separate the bill into compartmentalized discussion elements to provide Common Council increased time to review and consider the various projects submitted by City Administration. Mayor Luecke, informed Council at that time, that City Administration would return to Council and would file new bills as required for line item projects included in the original bill however removed from the substitute bill. Therefore, City Administration now returns to the Common Council and hereby files the enclosed new spending bill ordinance, requesting Council to approve and appropriate monies to allow for additional infrastructure improvements benefiting the City of South Bend as follows: Street Paving — request for infrastructure investment of $0.850 million to allow additional street paving projects to be affected in fiscal 2011 required to improve deficient city streets encompassing certain main commercial arteries within the city. This appropriation will augment the 2011 budget Council approved street paving investment of$2.0 million, for a total street paving investment in fiscal 2011 of$2.85 million. County-City Building 227 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend,Indiana 46601-1830 Phone: 574/235-9216 Fax: 574/235-9928 TDD: 574/235-5567