MOU - Assist with Costs for Staffing & Supplies for Day Warming Center - Our Lady of the Road

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COPY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR LADY OF THE ROAD INC. This Memorandum of Understanding (this "Agreement") is made and executed between the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City") acting by and through its Board of Public Works ("BPW") and Our Lady of the Road Inc. ("Our Lady") on the 24th day of March 2020. WHEREAS, BPW exists and operates in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana and the South Bend Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, Our Lady is an Indiana non-profit corporation and is qualified as a tax-exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and WHEREAS, as a part of its charitable mission, Our Lady will operate a daytime warming and cooling center located at 744 S. Main Street within the City for the benefit of the City's homeless population (the "Relief Center"); and WHEREAS, the City previously provided a donation in the amount of Twenty -One Thousand Ninety -Four Dollars ($21,094.00) to Our Lady in an Agreement dated December 19, 2019 to provide for two months of operating expenses for the Relief Center, with the understanding that the City would consider a further donation for the operation of the Relief Center in the event that Our Lady was unable to secure full funding from donations from the community; and WHEREAS, Our Lady was only able to secure partial funding from the community for the operation of the Relief Center; and WHEREAS, the City desires again to promote and support Our Lady's Relief Center by donating funds (the "City Funds") to Our Lady for certain expenditures related to staffing and operating the warming and cooling center; and WHEREAS, BPW has determined that donating the City Funds to Our Lady for the Relief Center constitutes a valid public purpose and will serve the interests of the City's residents; and NOW, THEREFORE, BPW and Our Lady do hereby mutually agree as follows: I. TERM This Agreement shall commence effective March 1, 2020 (the "Effective Date") and continue until May 1, 2020. II. GENERAL TERMS BPW shall authorize the donation of the City Funds to Our Lady in an amount not to exceed Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00), (the "Donation Amount"), an amount