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South Bcnd Rcdc~~clopmcnt C'onunission <br />Rc~zuluc Vlccting -'~lo~ciubcr ? L ?008 <br />5. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />A. South bend Central Derelopmeut Area <br />(1) continued... <br />~ aloe of the donated building. <br />The contract presented today outlines the <br />terms b~ ~~hich the Conu»ission's assistance <br />of ~ 1.000.000 to~~~ard funding of construction <br />for the ne~~~ exterior and public lobby area of <br />the building ~.~~ill be used. The C'onnnission <br />~~ill acquire a temporary casement for a <br />portion ofi the property a~ntaining the <br />exta-ior fa4adcs along Jcflcrson and <br />Latavette us ~~cl~ as the corner ~~-here the <br />three story atrium lobby ~n'ill be located. Aw'e <br />~~ould ~~~ork «~ithin a protcssional scr~~ices <br />contract ~~~ith The Troves Group to create a <br />stand-alone project budget for construction <br />work for the ne~~~ exterior and lobby and <br />spcciiications for public bidding. which <br />~~~ould be o~crsecn by the Board of Public <br />Works as the Commissions a~~cnt. l~hc <br />public bidding phase ~~~ill be initiated onh~ <br />upon c~~idcnce that funding is in place to <br />complete the pri~~atc portion of the project. <br />Nlichiana Public Broadcasting a~urccs to <br />maintain operations for a minimum often <br />years. The city is extremely pleased ~~~ ith this <br />project in the do~~~nto~i~n. <br />'.Marv Pruess thanked the C onunission for <br />helping WNIT to relocate to do~a~ntown <br />South Bend. W'~~IT is also ~~crv excited at <br />the prospect of being able to operate from a <br />-state of the art public media center for the <br />next ~~cncration of ~ie~cers in our region. <br />They ~~~ill be completely upgrading the <br />building from its analo~~ concept to a full <br />di~~ital media center. Thee espcct to start <br />4 <br />