Century Center Board of Managers Publicly Discuss the Aecom Report

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RESOLUTION No. L3 3—U Amended Bill No. 13-14 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CENTURY CENTER BOARD OF MANAGERS PUBLICLY DISCUSS THE AECOM REPORT AND THEN PREPARE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS WHICH TRULY REFLECT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTURY CENTER 6/i/eereaa, on April 10, 1973, the South Bend Common Council passed Ordinance No. 5504-73, which was signed into law by then South Bend Mayor Jerry J. Miller, which established a Civic Center Authority for the "development of a Civic Center..." ; and Oferaut the 1973 ordinance noted that the "Civic Center would enhance the participation potential of the community and compliment the industrial, commercial and academic growth of the South Bend Metropolitan Area...[with] the City of South Bend desire to establish an authority to maintain, control and operate said Civic Center..."; and v/`ferea4 the 1973 ordinance further called for the initial 9-member board to have "not more than five of whom shall be members of one political party, who shall be representatives of..." the Mayor's five (5) appointments including one (1) Hotel-Motel Tax Board representative, two (2) "Michiana Area" residents, one (1) "South Bend resident", and one (1) representative for the South Bend Community School Corporation; and the Common Council's four (4) representing one (1) from the Parks and Recreation Board, one (1) representing the Industrial Museum, one (1) representing the South Bend Art Center, and one (1) representing the Michiana Arts and Sciences Council [Section I of Ordinance]; and Oli erea4 the 1973 ordinance creating the Civic Center Authority further provided that the Authority was to "...submit an annual budget to the Common Council in the same manner as city departments"[Section IV of Ordinance] OXfsevreazt on October 11, 1982, as part of the requirements of Indiana Code § 36-4-9-4, Ordinance No. 7108-82 was passed by the Common Council which formally amended the South Bend Municipal Code by establishing the executive department and other administration functions which the City "considers necessary to perform efficiently the administrative functions required to fulfill the needs of the City's citizens" which specifically included the continuance of the South Bend Civic Center Board of Managers pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-10-2-5; Ofcerittitt in late 2006, Global Spectrum, the Philadelphia-based company was hired to manage the Century Center; and in February of 2011 their General Manager resigned with a replacement General Manager being hired thereafter; and ereaa in December of 2012 the Century Center Board of Managers, City Administration and the Common Council received a copy of the report issued by the Chicago-based AECOM Technical Services which was paid for by redevelopment monies to study the economic impact of the Century it it