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1200 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING ipU TH B� P�IONE 574/235-9241 <br /> 227 W.JEFFERSON BOULEVARD � �d <br /> FAx 574/235-7670 <br /> Soun-i BEND,INDIANA 46601-1830 N x TTY 574/235-5567 <br /> �� dl <br /> MA CC <br /> 1865 <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND PETE BUTTIGIEG,MAYOR <br /> DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br /> STEPHANIE STEELE AI.ADEAN M.DEROSE <br /> CORPORATION COUNSEL CITY ATTORNEY <br /> October 3,2018 <br /> F Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> Mr.Tim Scott OCT 0 3 2018 <br /> President <br /> South Bend Common Council KAREEMAH FOWLER <br /> Fourth Floor, County City Building CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN <br /> South Bend,IN 46601 <br /> Re: An Ordinance To Amend the South Bend Municipal Code By Adding a New Article 14 to Chapter 14 Addressing <br /> Special Events in the Public Right of Way <br /> Dear Council President Scott: <br /> The attached bill for filing with the Common Council is the result of considerable thought and discussion <br /> concerning how best to achieve cost equity and greater efficiency for large events held in the public right of way. It <br /> reflects ideas of both the Common Council and City administration. Similar legislation from other municipalities <br /> within and outside Indiana was reviewed and considered.This ordinance has also been reviewed by Council's attorney <br /> Robert Palmer who made many helpful suggestions. Credit,too, must also be given to the Council's former attorney, <br /> Kathleen Cekanski Farrand, who reviewed numerous ordinances from other communities nationwide, and who <br /> developed the essential structure of this ordinance. <br /> Special events such as festivals,runs,parades,and street parties generate public enthusiasm and promote the <br /> City's cultural and economic prosperity. Simultaneously, they generate substantial cost in personnel, materials and <br /> other City resources. The attached bill allocates the cost of these events in a more equitable manner than previously <br /> by creating a three tier system for apportioning costs, and further, by classifying event applicants as non-profit and <br /> profit to determine how much direct cost a specific applicant should assume and pay. <br /> Tier III is an event expected to attract regional crowds;Tier II is an event expected to attract city-wide crowds; <br /> and Tier I is an event limited to a local neighborhood.Tier I events are usually block parties,and no costs beyond the <br /> application fee are imposed on Tier I events. <br /> Non-profit organizations are exempt from payment of costs in Tier II and Tier III events up to the sum of <br /> $1,400 while profit organizations are required to pay all costs. The average total cost to the City of a Tier II and Tier <br /> III event is estimated to be in the range of$1,400, most of which are personnel costs-- primarily of public safety <br /> officers. <br /> ELLIOT A.ANDERSON SANDRA KENNEDY THOMAS PANOWICZ <br /> ASHLEY MILLS COLBORN CLARA MC DANIELS DANIELLE WEISS <br />