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•CITYOFSOUTHBENDOFFICEOFTHECLERK to ensure our next one-hundred(100) years are as successful as this one-hundred(100) years. But to your question, we have blacked out time in our calendar already in 2020 and in 2021 so we can get all of our construction projects done during those times so that by the time we get to 2022 it's a celebration of the past one-hundred (100) years and forward looking to the next one-hundred (100) years. Mr. Jarnecke continued, Also, as part of that, we're excited to include as part of that capital campaign effort, a maintenance endowment such so that we never have to raise funds within the Morris again. We'd be able to rely on a maintenance endowment going forward. But, we'd also have a youth endowment so that we would be able to bring maybe some of those generations that have missed their experience in the Morris in the last handful of years that we're able to build our own programing to provide tickets to kids to enjoy the Morris to ensure that it's almost a right-of- passage for the greater South Bend area. Every child in South Bend can enjoy the Morris in some form or fashion going forward. Committeemember Voorde asked, How's the ceiling repair going? Mr. Jarnecke replied, Ceiling repair is still needed. Sadly, we went to bid and did not receive any bids for that work. We went to open market and were not able to identify a vendor that would handle that work for us. And so unfortunately, and fortunately I suppose,our calendar is now busy enough that we don't have a long enough window to get the work done this year. So now work is scheduled for next year in July as part of this and we're going to go back out to bid later this year to identify the contractor. As we work through it with the contractors that expressed interest, they were worried about their own calendar and their own timeline based on some of the complexities associated with the work that we weren't able to find a qualified vendor. Or no qualified vendor submitted a bid for that,so unfortunately the work is going to remain unfinished right now but will be done next year as part of some of the other renovation projects. Happy to say that while the net is still in place there have not been any other issues with the ceiling. Committeemember Voorde followed up, One(1)more thing,is it your group that's responsible for the new message board there over the walkway? Mr. Jarnecke replied, It is our group. It is part of the Century Center efforts. Committeemember Voorde stated, Oh, okay. That's great. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride asked, When you talk about shifting personnel, can you elaborate more on that? What does that look like? Mr. Jarnecke replied, Sure. On the Palais side, we have three (3) full-time staff members that are associated with or work there.We have an individual that assists the Navarre staff in the scheduling of the room and the fielding of incoming calls.Then we have two(2)individuals that are associated with event set up and event technology meaning running the PA,the lights and those things for the events. In our discussions with the folks at Navarre, we're reassigning one (1) of the individuals that's responsible for setup to assist more and be in the full-time side in the Morris as compared to sharing responsibilities with the Palais and the Morris. We'll remain our headcount levels, just reassign those responsibilities, employing that headcount and, therefore, the expense of that individual will be off the Palais books and will be assigned to the Morris side of the ledger. EXCELLENCE j ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TT0574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 4