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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting — August 9, 2011 <br />adoption. Mr. Gilot added that the other <br />urgency is that the contractor would like to <br />get started so that they can get the building <br />enclosed to be able to work through the <br />winter on interior space. <br />Ms. Jones asked how long the bid was good. <br />Mr. Gilot answered that bids were taken the <br />June 27. There is a 60 -day hold on bids that <br />are being awarded without bond financing. <br />That hold will run out the end of August. <br />Mr. Downes asked if the option of <br />contracting with the Humane Society is now <br />a dead issue, Will it come up again? The <br />Mayor explained that it is the city's intention <br />to work with all sorts of partners in the <br />community, including the Humane Society in <br />a variety of ways. But we will not be <br />contracting as the Humane Society proposed <br />where they would house all the animals while <br />the city would continue to control services. <br />The administration position is that we think <br />the community is best served by the city <br />continuing to provide animal care and control <br />services and have its own facility to house <br />and provide adoption services, spay and <br />neutering, and a place for residents to drop <br />off pets they are no longer able to care for. <br />From the administration's perspective, the <br />issue will not come up again. <br />* * *I'd like to listen to this * * *Mr. Varner <br />expressed his wish that the city would take a <br />look at the necessities. While the city was <br />doing its thing, the Humane Society put up a <br />very nice, adequate facility. And as a <br />representative of the Council he intends to <br />vote in favor of it. He does not anticipate <br />that this issue will come up again. <br />Mr. Downes wanted to know if it's the best <br />G <br />