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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting — August 9, 2011 <br />leakage reports. These added features will <br />allow staff to be more responsive in other <br />parts of the city with a vast amount of retail <br />information and will also allow for very site <br />specific studies, like at Coveleski Park or the <br />Hall of Fame. <br />When the city entered into its existing <br />contract with Buxton, the city received a <br />subscription to the Scout program at no cost <br />as part of the Community ID refresh, and <br />then entered into a 1 year contract at <br />$1,000 /month for the service which will end <br />at the end of calendar year 2011. The <br />attached proposal from Buxton would allows <br />the city to upgrade to the Scout power user <br />program now and start the subscription price <br />of $1,250 /month beginning January 1, 2012. <br />Staff also recommends adding the Retail <br />Matching Model for an additional <br />$500 /month to give additional flexibility in <br />matching and profiling potential retail clients <br />for various sites across the city. The total <br />contract amount with Buxton for the <br />upgraded services would be $21,000. <br />Because the primary use for this program <br />would be for the downtown area, the funding <br />for this request would come from the <br />SBCDA TIF budget. Staff requests approval <br />of this proposal. <br />Mr. Downes questioned if the contract takes <br />the city through 2012. Mr. Schalliol <br />responded yes, December 31, 2012. Mr. <br />Downes questioned the usefulness of the <br />program. Mr. Schalliol responded that it has <br />been very useful. When the LaSalle Square <br />report was received, it modeled a number of <br />retailers and reported back to us. What it <br />gives us the ability to do is when someone <br />comes in and wants to do something outside <br />of that profile, for example a pharmacy, we <br />11 <br />