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FiFPc K'S '`fice <br />JAN 1 8 2023 ' <br />DA.. ' : JONES <br />BILL NO. 23-02 CITY CLERK,SOU i H BEND,IN <br />RESOLUTION NO. 4998-23 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH <br />BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING A LEASE BETWEEN THE SOUTH BEND <br />REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE SOUTH BEND <br />REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS <br />RELATED THERETO <br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), the <br />governing body of the South Bend Department of Redevelopment and the Redevelopment <br />District of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "District"), exists and operates under the <br />provisions of Indiana Code 36-7-14, as amended from time to time(the"Act"); and <br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Authority (the "Authority") has been <br />created pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14.5 as a separate body corporate and politic, and as an <br />instrumentality of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City") to finance local public <br />improvements for lease to the Commission; and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission has determined to undertake certain (a) local public <br />improvement projects in the River West Development Area consisting of all or any portion of <br />the following: (i) River Bridge Connector (plus Madison) to South Bend-Notre Dame Trail <br />which consists of Phase 3 of the trail project (the "Trail Project") to construct a pedestrian <br />bridge to connect the trail from the University of Notre Dame campus to the City's downtown, <br />and any related improvements; (ii) Linden improvements which consists of streetscape <br />improvements in coordination with the Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center, from College to <br />Birdsell, including improvements for bikes and pedestrians, and any related improvements; <br />iii) Kennedy Park improvements which consist of natural and aquatic improvements to the <br />existing park and any related improvements to increase accessible recreation resources on the <br />west side of the City; (iv) South East Park improvements which consist of improvements to <br />the park, including splashpad improvements and playground resurfacing, and any related <br />improvements; (v) Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Center improvements which consist of <br />exterior park redevelopment, including without limitation splashpad, playground, basketball <br />court, other related park amenity improvements, and any related improvements; (vi) Rum <br />Village Park Plan improvements which consist of enhancements to the historic pavilion and <br />the Park including exterior restoration and stabilization of the fieldstones, broad arches, and <br />courtyard, and any related improvements; and (vii) all projects related to any of the projects <br />described in clauses (i) through and including (vi) (clauses (i) through and including (vii), <br />collectively, the "River West Improvements"), (b) other local public improvements in the <br />River West Development Area to support and provide incentives to foster the development of <br />the Beacon Integrated Health and Lifestyle District project, said project having been awarded <br />up to a$11,780,000 Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative grant by the <br />South Bend-Elkhart Regional Development Authority, which local public improvements