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RESOLUTION NO. 185 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY <br />REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY AND <br />MATTERS RELATED THERETO <br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Authority (the "Authority "), a body <br />corporate and politic and as an instrumentality of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City "), <br />exists and operates under the provisions of Indiana Code Section 36 -7 -14.5, as amended from <br />time to time (the "Act "); and <br />WHEREAS, the Authority owns the local public improvement commonly known as the <br />College Football Hall of Fame building (the "CFHOF ") and has leased the CFHOF to the South <br />Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission "); and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission leased the CFHOF to the College Football Hall of Fame <br />Foundation (the "Foundation ") for their use as a museum and cultural and activity center; and <br />WHEREAS, the lease to the Foundation has been terminated and the Foundation has <br />vacated the CFHOF, leaving behind and abandoning certain furniture, fixtures and appliances <br />still located in the CFHOF; and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission is in the process of locating another tenant for the CFHOF <br />and desires that the Authority dispose of the furniture, fixtures and appliances still in the CFHOF <br />which will enhance and facilitate the Commission's marketing of the CFHOF; and <br />WHEREAS, the Northern Indiana Historical Society, Inc. ( "NIHS ") is an Indiana non- <br />profit corporation created in part to operate the Center for History, a local cultural and historical <br />museum in the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the Authority and the staff of the Commission have determined that the <br />furniture, fixtures and appliances have little or no value to the Authority, the Commission or the <br />City, the cost of maintaining or disposing of such furniture, fixtures and appliances exceeds what <br />value the furniture, fixtures and appliances may have and are surplus property; and <br />WHEREAS, the staff of the Commission has determined that the furniture, fixtures and <br />appliances will aid the NIHS and other non -profit cultural, historical and scientific organizations <br />in their missions of operating and maintaining libraries and museums, and cultural, historical and <br />scientific facilities and programs in the City; and <br />