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BILL NO. 21-36
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 4917-21
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, REINSTATING, REAFFIRMING AND AMENDING
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2519-97 TO ADD SiTES TO THE ESTABLISHED PROFESSIONAL
<br />SPORTS CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT AREA (PSCDA), NAMELY ALOFT
<br />HOTEL, COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT (DOWNTOWN), DOUBLETREE HOTEL,
<br />HOWARD PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY AT SOUTH
<br />BEND; TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE PSCDA FIRST
<br />ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2519-97; TO MAKE OTHER NECESSARY
<br />AND APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO RESOLUTION NO. 2519-97
<br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, (the "Common
<br />Council") on October 27, 1997, applying then existing statutory authority under Ind. Code 36-7-
<br />31.3, approved a Resolution establishing a Professional Sports Convention Development Area
<br />(PSCD Tax Area) within the boundaries of file City of South Bend, consisting of the following
<br />specific sites: the College Football Hall of Fame; Century Center; Stanley Coveleski Stadium:
<br />Moris Civic Auditorium/Palais Royale Ballroom; and the Studebaker National Museum, a copy
<br />of which Resolution without exhibits is attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Original Boundaries");
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, Stanley Coveleski Stadium is now known as Four Winds Field at Stanley
<br />Coveleski Stadium, and the Morris Civic Auditorium is now known as the Morris Performing
<br />Arts Center; and
<br />WHEREAS, Ind. Code 36-7-31,3-8, the enabling statute for a ASCD Tax Area affecting
<br />the City of South Bend as "a city having a population of more than one hundred thousand, but
<br />less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000)," was amended by the Indiana General Assembly
<br />in 2021 to expressly identify other sites within the City of South Bend empowering the Common
<br />Council to add to the City's PSCDA after June 30, 2021. ("Eligible Boundaries,'). 'rhe Eligible
<br />Boundaries for PSCD Tax Area inclusion under Ind. Code 36-7-38.3-8(f) as amended are
<br />comprised of the Aloft Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott South Bend, Downtown, the Doubletree
<br />Hotel, Howard Park including its Community Center and the Howard Park Public House, and the
<br />campus of Indiana University South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2519 -97 at Section III contained a stated expiration date of
<br />December 31, 2027; however, pre-emptive Indiana State law appears to have resulted in all
<br />expiration date prior to January 2021, necessitating formal reinstatement of Council's Resolution
<br />No. 2519-97; and
<br />WHEREAS, Ind. Code 36-7-31.3-10 (c) authorizes renewal of the PSCDA beginning
<br />after June 30. 2021, for an additional twenty years to include the Original Boundaries
<br />established by Resolution No. 2519-97 before its expiration plus the Eligible Boundaries
<br />authorized by Ind. Code 36-7-38.3-8(f) as identified in this Resolution; and
<br />WHEREAS, after being fully advised in the matter, the Common Council finds this
<br />reinstatement, reaffirmation, and amendment to Resolution No. 2519-97 to be in the best interest
<br />of the City of South Bend and its citizens.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE 11' HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE COMMON
<br />COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF SOUTH BEND, S'r JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT:
<br />SECTION 1. Resolution No. 2519-97 (Exhibit 1 hereto) is hereby reinstated, amended
<br />and reaffirmed consistent with the amendments contained in the Sections which follow, and the
<br />findings in [lie previous introductory paragraphs are incorporated herein.
<br />SECTION H. In addition to those areas that formed the original Professional Sports
<br />Convention Development Area (PSCD Tax Area) under Resolution No. 2519-97, and pursuant to
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