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RESOLUTION NO. LI ST0cj— ,5--1 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,ENCOURAGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND FLAG DESIGN CONTEST AND SETTING FORTH THE <br /> GOVERNING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FORMAL APPROVAL <br /> fie,the South Bend Common Council notes that one of the many activities of celebrating the <br /> City of South Bend's Sesquicentennial is to have the public participate in designing and creating a new <br /> city flag which"captures the spirit of our city's past,present and future"; and <br /> vrem/4 ''_ _.-. _ _--- _- South Bend's current city flag depicts the official City Seal, <br /> which was formally adopted before 1933. The City Seal ordinance was codified into the South Bend <br /> Municipal Code as Section 1-5;however in researching the governmental and historical records,there are <br /> no similar documents which have been located as to when or if the current City Flag was formally <br /> approved; and <br /> fie, having public participation in a City of South Bend Flag Design Contest provides an <br /> opportunity for our community to "proudly display its love of South Bend in a dynamic, creative and <br /> symbolic way" and to develop a new symbol to"unify residents and speaks to visitors" for generations to <br /> come; and <br /> fie, the South Bend 150 Celebration Committee is currently overseeing the City of South <br /> Bend Flag Design Contest which has posted the guidelines and entry procedures at sb150.com/flag and <br /> has a deadline of Monday, November 16,2015, at 5:00 p.m. for all design proposals; and <br /> c posted Entry Rules suggest that all flag design proposals include symbolic, visual or <br /> design representation of four city-wide themes: The River, Connectivity, Ethnically Diverse Heritage, and <br /> Innovation which would utilize the current South Bend colors of blue,red and yellow; and be designed in <br /> keeping with the"North American Vexillological Association's Five Basic Principles of Flag Design", as <br /> further detailed in the website sb150.com/flag; and <br /> representatives of the South Bend 150 Celebration Committee are scheduled to select the <br /> flag design finalists with residents able to weigh in on designs on display at the former College Football <br /> Hall of Fame as part of First Friday events on December 4, 2015; and <br />