Bill No. 23-24 Professional Sports Convention Development Tax Area

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BILL NO. RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BENK/V, INDIANA, REINSTATING, REAFFIRMING AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NOS. 2519-97 AND 4917-21 (" COLLECTIVELY RESOLUTIONS") TO ADD SITES TO THE ESTABLISHED PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONVENTION DEVELOPMENT AREA (PSCDA), NAMELY THE NEW CITY HALL PURCHASED FROM THE SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION, THE POLICE STATION, ALL FIRE STATIONS, THE MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS BUILDING, THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THE EQUIPMENT SERVICES BUILDING; AND TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE PSCDA FIRST ESTABLISHED AND THEN EXPANDED BY THE RESOLUTIONS; TO MAKE OTHER NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, (the "Common Council") on October 27, 1997, applying then existing statutory authority under Ind. Code 36-7- 31.3, approved a Resolution establishing a Professional Sports Convention Development Area (PSCD Tax Area) within the boundaries of the City of South Bend, consisting of the following specific sites: the College Football Hall of Fame; Century Center; Stanley Coveleski Stadium; Moris Civic Auditorium/Palais Royale Ballroom; and the Studebaker National Museum, a copy of which Resolution without exhibits is attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Original Boundaries"); and WHEREAS, Stanley Coveleski Stadium is now known as Four Winds Field at Stanley Coveleski Stadium, and the Morris Civic Auditorium is now known as the Morris Performing Arts Center; and WHEREAS, Ind. Code 36-7-31.3-8, the enabling statute for a PSCD Tax Area ("Enabling Statute") originally identified the City of South Bend by population, i.e., as "a city having a population of more than one hundred thousand, but less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000)." It was amended by the Indiana General Assembly in 2021 to expressly identify South Bend by name and included other specific sites which the South Bend Common Council was empowered to add to the City's PSCDA after June 30, 2021. ("Eligible Boundaries"). The Eligible Boundaries for PSCD Tax Area inclusion under Ind. Code 36-7-38.3-8(f) as amended in 2021 are comprised of the Aloft Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott South Bend, Downtown, the Doubletree Hotel, Howard Park including its Community Center and the Howard Park Public House, and the campus of Indiana University South Bend; and WHEREAS, the Enabling Statute was further amended by the Indiana General Assembly in 2023 through Senate Enrolled Act ("SEA") 326 which authorizes inclusion within the Eligible Boundaries of the new City Hall purchased from the South Bend Community Corporation, the Police Station, all Fire Stations, the Waste Water Treatment Plant, the Municipal Water Works Building, and the Equipment Services Building. (Original Boundaries, Eligible Boundaries and Expanded Boundaries by SEA 326 are collectively hereafter referred to as ("Eligible