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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting -November 21, 2008 <br />5. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />A. South Bend Central Development Area <br />(1) continued... <br />value of the donated building. <br />The contract presented today outlines the <br />terms by which the Commission's assistance <br />of $1,000,000 toward funding of construction <br />for the new exterior and public lobby area of <br />the building will be used. The Commission <br />will acquire a temporary easement for a <br />portion of the property containing the <br />exterior facades along Jefferson and <br />Lafayette as well as the corner where the <br />three story atrium lobby will be located. We <br />would work within a professional services <br />contract with The Troyer Group to create a <br />stand-alone project budget for construction <br />work for the new exterior and lobby and <br />specifications for public bidding, which <br />would be overseen by the Board of Public <br />Works as the Commission's agent. The <br />public bidding phase will be initiated only <br />upon evidence that funding is in place to <br />complete the private portion of the project. <br />Michiana Public Broadcasting agrees to <br />maintain operations for a minimum of ten <br />years. The city is extremely pleased with this <br />project in the downtown. <br />Mary Pruess thanked the Commission for <br />helping WHIT to relocate to downtown <br />South Bend. WNIT is also very excited at <br />the prospect of being able to operate from a <br />state of the art public media center for the <br />next generation of viewers in our region. <br />They will be completely upgrading the <br />building from its analog concept to a fully <br />digital media center. They expect to start <br />4 <br />