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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 17 1973 <br />REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) <br />Section 1. Such financing for Ridgedale Nursing Home under the Act be and the <br />same is hereby approved. <br />Section 2. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its <br />passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. <br />s/ Terry S. Miller <br />Member of the Common Council <br />A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Mr. Kenneth Fedder, Attorney for the <br />South Bend Development Commission, indicated that the commission had approved the resolution becau <br />it would be of benefit to the community. He indicated that Mr. Charles Roemer would answer any <br />questions the Council would have. Mr. Roemer indicated that the amount of the bonds was $600,000. <br />The construction would be an addition on the west side of the existing structure in order to allow <br />for 70 additional beds. He stated that 80 new employees would be hired and $500,000 would be <br />added to the annual payroll. <br />Councilman Miller made a motion that the <br />resolution passed by a roll call vote of <br />Taylor, Kopczynski, Horvath, Newburn and <br />RESOLUTION NO. 401 -73 <br />resolution be adopted, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The <br />nine ayes (Councilmen Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Parent, <br />Nemeth) . <br />A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE OLIVER <br />DAM RACEWAY PHASE FOR THE CIVIC <br />CENTER PROJECT. <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 5503 -73, passed April 9, 1973, appropriated $500,000.00 <br />for various Civic Center expenses and established a budget line item of $273,000.00 <br />for Architect's Fees, Design and Special Reports; and <br />WHEREAS, the Civic Center Authority has approved the Schematic Design Phase of <br />the Architect's Contract and has authorized the architectural firm of Phillip Johnson <br />and John Burgee, to proceed with the preliminary design of the Civic Center; and <br />WHEREAS, the engineering and architectural services in connection with the detailed <br />design of the white -water rapids proposed for construction in the existing headrace <br />channel adjoining Oliver Dam are estimated to be in the sum of $57,500.00, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana: <br />SECTION I. That the proposed Contract pertaining to the Oliver Dam Raceway Design <br />Phase in the amount of $57,500.00, approved by the Civic Center Authority on December 14, <br />1973, is hereby approved. <br />SECTION II. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its <br />adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. <br />s/ Peter J. Nemeth <br />Member of the Common Council <br />A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Mr. Charles Lennon, Contract Administrat <br />for the Civic Center Authority, explained that he was requesting approval based on prior authori- <br />zation. He stated that the Board of Public Works had approved the resolution this very morning and <br />the project has to do with a multi -facet approach to the Oliver Dam for the white -water raceway for <br />engineering costs in the amount of $57,500. Miss Virginia Guthrie, Executive Secretary of the <br />Civic Planning Association, asked about the total cost. Mr. Lennon stated that the total cost for <br />the Civic Center would be approximately one million dollars. The bonding for the project and pay- <br />ment thereof would be the responsibility of the Park Department, and this was covered in the <br />following resolution. Mr. Lennon indicated that the estimated cost for landscaping and development <br />of the white -water contract was $500,000 of which $264,000 would be to repair the Oliver Dam. The <br />remaining funds would be for the landscaping of the rest of the Civic Center. Mrs. Janet Allen, <br />125 West Marion Street, questioned the cost of the Civic Center. She questioned the million dollar <br />for the landscaping. She stated that, when the project was originally started, it was stated that <br />it would be a ten to twelve million dollar project for the building. She stated that now the <br />building was being reduced because a million dollars was going into the landscaping. Councilman <br />Miller stated that there were project costs and building costs involved. The project costs would <br />be the total costs and would amount to eleven million dollars. He stated that it was not possible <br />to guarantee the amount until actual costs were obtained. Hopefully, under a half million dollars <br />could be used for the river bank and landscaping and raceway. He stated that this was an outside <br />estimate of the total landscaping. Mrs. Allen felt the dam should be secured before construction <br />of the Center. Councilman Miller stated that this was considered outside the scope of the Civic <br />Center project but it was a county, city and state concern. Council President Nemeth indicated <br />that the engineers determined that a building could not be built without construction of a west <br />retaining wall. Mr. Lennon indicated that he was referring to the wall immediately west of the <br />island. Councilman Miller presented a drawing showing the raceway and the retaining wall. Mrs. <br />Allen felt that the building was needed more than the water; and that the Park Department had many <br />of its own projects to undertake having been straddled with the mall. She stated that some of the <br />bonding power of the Park Department would be used for that phase of the Civic Center. Miss Guthri <br />wondered if the dam was to be considered an additional project. Mr. Lennon stated that the dam was <br />in need of repair and is owned by the city. It was not a part of the original proposal but it is <br />a part of the overall area downtown. Miss Guthrie asked about the estimated cost of repairing the <br />dam, and Mr. Lennon indicated that that figure was not available at this time. A gentlemen in the <br />audience asked if the dam served any useful purpose, and Mr. Lennon answered that it controlled the <br />flooding waters and the flow down and up stream. <br />Mrs. Frederick Mutzl, President of the St. Joseph County Fair Tax Association, wondered where the <br />money would be coming from. She stated that $500,000 had been made available under revenue sharing <br />funds. She asked how much money would be needed from the taxpayers. Councilman Miller stated that <br />the newspaper had reported many times the estimated costs. He explained that a portion would be <br />>r <br />