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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting—December 13, 2012 6. NEW BUSINESS H. Other 2) continued... business that are registered by the state. He is particularly concerned about the contracts entered into by entities the Commission contracts with, such as Blackthorn Golf Course, Downtown South Bend, CB Richard Ellis, etc. Mr. Inks responded that the department functions under the same guidelines as the rest of the city. Mr. Davis interrupted to say that is the problem. The Diversity Utilization Board was created because nothing changed after the Council asked departments to use minority and women owned vendors and service providers. Staff couldn't provide data to show that we are being minority business friendly. When the Council asked for information, the records were never provided. Mr. Inks reiterated that the Commission is required to follow the same procedures as the rest of the city. Whatever the Board of Public Works and the city is adopting elsewhere,our department would follow those same standards. We have the minority contractors list,the state certified list of contractors, and as we go about procuring services we use that list to identify any potential vendors of minority or women ownership. Mr. Davis asked to see a quarterly list of those that have been solicited for a quote or bid and those that that have won the bid. Mr. Inks said the staff will begin tracking the necessary information in January so that reports can be made quarterly. Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr. Alford and unanimously carried,the Commission approved Resolution No. 3115 setting procedures for contracts for property related services (2013). 3) Resolution No.3116 authorizing the Director of the Department of Redevelopment to approve and execute plats and conduct other administrative acts on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana,Department of Redevelopment(2013). Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr. Alford and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 3116 authorizing the Director of the Department of Redevelopment to approve and execute plats and conduct other administrative acts on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment(2013). 7. PROGRESS REPORTS A.Tax Abatement Mr. Inks noted that while the Department of Community Investment has been moving its offices, staff did not have the chance to put together the tax abatement report. There were four tax abatements that were on the Common Council agenda for this past Monday, December 10,2012. One of the tax abatements was for Curtis Products who signed the Letter of Intent for the Bosch site. They're looking at investing$675,000 of new equipment adding nine jobs to the 320+that 16