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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK She went on, We do a lot with workforce development because we are teaching people how do make resumes and how to apply for jobs online. Most of the job applications are online these days. We support small business with all of our small business services.You could really start a business at the library with all the support people have, and people do. Finally, we want an outdoor space. The photo you see here (referencing a photo on a slide in the presentation) is the National Public Library which is also a RAMSA design. We are looking for a secure courtyard where we could do all kinds of things. This year when we rolled out the summer reading kick-off in our parking lot we had eight hundred(800)people. Last year seven hundred people came so that is growing. Also, last year with the eclipse, we had five hundred (500) people come to the parking lot and we had an eclipse party in the parking lot. We would love to have more outside space to be able to also hold events. So, here (referencing a rendering on a slide in the presentation) is the big plan. This is the RAMSA concept we have been working with and you will see the current Main Library looks pretty much like it does right now except for that wall of windows along the east side. What this doesn't show you is that we are doing a complete renovation of the existing building to get everything on the right floor and in the right place. You'll see two (2) connectors which will be digital technology space. That will be open to the street with its own separate entrance and can do programs before or after hours. Then the new section will really be a community learning center. We will be able to do all kinds of training, collaboration, meetings and events there, things we don't have the spaces for. We turn people down all the time for meeting spaces because we just don't have the space. She continued, We think this will be about a$38 million project in scope and we see it as a unique opportunity to create a transformational library that will serve this community for generations to come. It has become a possibility only through the idea of partnerships. The Community Foundation is strongly with us.We think the momentum in the City is unparalleled. In my lifetime, I've never seen anything like what is going on in the City right now. We are talking about a library for generations to come. We really think public libraries are needed,perhaps now,more than they ever were. They are just needed in different ways. The only reason we exist is to make people's lives better through education, learning, technology and bringing our community together. Phil Faccenda, Barnes & Thornburg with offices located at 100 N. Main Street, South Bend, IN, stated, We serve as bond counsel to the Library. The Library is embarking on, as Deb mentioned, a$38 million project. The new facility will run somewhere in the neighborhood of$15 million to $20 million. The renovations of the Library, the new courtyard and other improvements will run roughly about$18 million additional.The Library currently has a bond issue that is rolling off next year in 2019 and they are approving, currently through their Board as well as the County Council, the Library's budget and their subsequent bonds.The County Council has approved this$5 million bond issue so they will be moving ahead and issuing that yet this year. It is contemplated that they would issue a much larger bond next year, as much as $15 million, in order to finance the portion of the overall project the Library will be paying for. You may ask why we are before the City and it is because there are currently negotiations going on between the City, the Library and the Community Foundation on financing the remainder of the project. The Community Foundation has pledged up to $10 million as equity contribution. They see this project as transformational for our community. We are currently negotiating with the City to finance the remainder of it. The original request was $10 million and we do not believe that will be the final number, but we are EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 9