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Page 1 of 2 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 20-2023 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A <br />POLICY FOR COMMUNITY WAYFINDING SIGNS (CWS) <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works ("BPW") is a contracting body of the City <br />of South Bend (the "City") and exists and operates under the provisions of I.C. 36-4-9-5, as <br />amended from time to time (the "Act"); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. §36-9-6-2 and I.C. §36-9-6-3, the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana Board of Public Works (“Board”) has authority over the use of public rights of way <br />and is responsible for the supervision of streets, alleys and other property of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the BPW has received requests from local entities for the installation <br />of wayfinding signs, and <br />WHEREAS, the BPW has determined that in order to provide consistency in signs <br />located in the public right-of-way, a policy for wayfinding signs for local attractions be <br />developed; and <br />WHEREAS, signs located within the City’s right-of-way are to adhere to sound <br />traffic engineering principles, in compliance with the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic <br />Control Devices, and be limited in their locations; and <br />WHEREAS, the wayfinding signs should not be used for purposes of advertising a <br />location and are not intended to imply specific routing but rather a marker to indicate the <br />appropriate access from a major route; and <br />WHEREAS, the cost associated with signs made and installed for entities should not <br />be a burden on the citizens of South Bend; and <br />WHEREAS, BPW shall empower the City’s team of engineers, street, and public <br />safety professionals to establish the process for designing, locating, and installing wayfinding <br />signs for local entities. <br />WHEREAS, the foregoing resolution hereby repeals and replaces, it its entirety, any <br />prior existing BPW resolution, relating to wayfinding signs, which may or may not previously <br />exist with the exception of any plans or BPW action authorizing the installation of Tourist- <br />Oriented signage in the public right-of-way.