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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - January 16, 1981 6. NEW BUSINESS d. continued... Mr;. Baumgartner: I can perhaps tell you the motive of this. The Legal Department has tried, in conjunction with the Department of Community Development ' to move along the Bureau's process in terms of how long it takes to approve some- thing. We have these contracts approved by our Ad isory Board, you make the formal awarding of co tracts and that is then taken to the Common Co ncil. You are talking sometimes of as much as a two - month span of time before a contract goes through all of these steps. A person may have gone through a month of Bureau activity, so from the day they enter the door until the da a contractor walks in their door with hammer ani saw they are talking four or five months. In order to speed things up, the Legal Depart- me it recommended that this be eliminated. I be- li ve that Eugenia Schwartz has approached Kathy Ce anski- Farrand on this subject and this is wh re the agreement has been reached. Mrs. Kolata: .I would add that the reasoning be- hi id this also relates to the ordinance that was being used to bring this matter before the Common Co ncil. It related to the Neighborhood Develop- me it Program, and this is not a Neighborhood Development Program function, and Eugenia Schwartz has stated that it is her opinion that it is not ne essary to take these contracts before the Common Co ncil. Mr. Butler: The ordinance setting up the procedure requiring Common Council concurrence only relates to the Neighborhood Development Program. Mr. Nimtz: Well, that makes a difference. Mr. Cira: How do we know that these are all legitimate bids? Mrs. Kolata: These are the ones we have already approved. Mr. Butler: Subject to Common Council approval and le al review. Now you are going to be asked to elim- in to the Common Council requirement. 11