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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting—November 29,2012 as for recreational purposes,has been outlined in many studies, including City Plan, the official comprehensive plan for the City of South Bend. DTSB is seeking to accomplish this goal through the installation of a lighting sculpture along the river. They have solicited the expertise of Rob Shakespeare to design and install the project. Shakespeare is a professional lighting designer specializing in theater and dramatic architectural designs. With more than 200 lighting designs,his work has been seen throughout three continents on renowned theaters, resorts, skyscrapers, and some of the world's largest bridges. In July 2012 Mr. Shakespeare conducted a site visit and met with several area stakeholders delivering some preliminary concepts of a river lighting project. The attached proposal from Shakespeare Lighting Design will look at taking the concept design to a reality by creating a lighting site plan, luminaries and lamp specifications, luminaries price estimates and other special drawings or analyses deemed necessary for the project. Staff requests approval of the proposal from Shakespeare Lighting Design in the amount of $12,550 from the SBCDA TIF. Mr. Perri said that DTSB approached Mr. Shakespeare to get a recommendation of someone in this area to do lighting design. Mr. Shakespeare offered to come to South Bend and take a look. He was overwhelmed with the possibilities. DTSB has committed $50,000 to the project and intends to do fundraising for the remainder. They have already written some grant applications and shopped the concept around among corporate investors. The concept has generated a lot of enthusiasm. Mr. Downes asked if DTSB has had any conversations with the members of the board of the Regional Museum of Art. If so, what was their reaction? Were they supportive of the concept? Mr. Perri responded that the Regional Museum Art was supportive. He met with Susan Visser. She had heard of Rob Shakespeare and they've been in correspondence ever since. One of his most recent projects was down at Indiana University Bloomington Museum of Art. Ms. Visser certainly wants to be involved in the lighting design for the downtown and for how it will be maintained. Mr. Perri has also discussed the project with Century Center. Mr. Varner has seen the sculpture in front of the art museum in Bloomington. He noted that art means different things to different people. He suggested soliciting the opinions of those living or operating businesses nearby who will be looking at it most. He was also concerned about the long term maintenance costs. Mr. Perri responded that Dave Matthews, developer of both the East Race Townhomes and the River Race Townhomes, was among the stakeholders that met with Mr. Shakespeare. As to the maintenance costs, they do intend to take that into consideration. 6