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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—Meetingdate <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> B. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> (1) Funding Request for Renaissance <br /> District Duct Bank Construction. <br /> Mr. Schalliol noted that over the last <br /> several months, the City of South Bend has <br /> been working to design and develop a duct <br /> bank system that will provide redundant <br /> delivery of telecommunication, <br /> energy/power and other services for both <br /> the Ignition Park and the Renaissance <br /> District development project sites. As part <br /> of the infrastructure development at <br /> Ignition Park, a duct bank system was <br /> installed from the Studebaker AEP <br /> substation on Lafayette, south, down <br /> Lafayette to Stull Street, and west on Stull <br /> to a terminating point near the Data Realty <br /> facility. The Commission had approved <br /> funding for that project as part of the initial <br /> infrastructure development funding <br /> package approved by the Commission late <br /> last year. <br /> As the Renaissance District project started <br /> to develop, a redundant duct bank system <br /> was part of the design and it was proposed <br /> to ring the site from Lafayette to Sample to <br /> United Dr. to South St. To facilitate the <br /> development of a leg of the network, city <br /> staff worked with the contractor building <br /> the Ignition Park duct bank to expand the <br /> scope of work and construct the Lafayette <br /> Blvd leg of the duct bank. The duct bank <br /> was built in three segments and cost a total <br /> of$421,525 to complete. The project was <br /> completed by doing three change orders to <br /> the Ignition Park project in the following <br /> amounts: <br /> 9 <br />