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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 13, 2015
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<br />would probably triple that…serving 60 to 90 citizens a month in our building. Some of the services
<br />we would provide are tutoring for our young students. Enrollment into our programs, our
<br />education programs, housing, financial empowerment and social service”; and
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<br />Whereas
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<br /> the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has made “enormous strides…to further
<br />economic development, to develop tribal infrastructure and resources, and to improve healthcare,
<br />housing, education, and elder services to its citizens…[and] has made it a priority to develop
<br />language and cultural programs for its citizens to fully engage the Pokagon community in the
<br />cultural heritage and traditional life ways of the Pokagon people …which benefit the Indian and
<br />non-Indian communities alike”; and
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<br /> the Common Council further notes that the Pokagon Band’s recognition of the
<br />“importance of maintaining a strong, self-sustaining government and strategic partnerships with
<br />state and local governments” has only continued to grow over the years which has resulted in
<br />sustained collaboration and positive involvement.
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<br />Now, Therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
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<br />Section I. The South Bend Common Council is proud to recognize that the Pokagon Band
<br />of Potawatomi Indians has a ten-county service delivery area with four (4) counties in
<br />southwestern Michigan and six (6) counties, namely St. Joseph, LaPorte, Elkhart, Starke, Marshall,
<br />and Kosciusko in Indiana which includes much of their ancestral and historical lands with the
<br />largest population concentrations remaining in the vicinity of the “traditional villages in the St.
<br />Joseph River Valley, near the towns of Dowagiac and Hartford, Michigan and South Bend,
<br />Indiana.
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<br />Section II. The Common Council recognizes considerable potential benefit to the City from
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<br />a proposed tribal village and related developments near Rum Village in the 6 Councilmanic
<br />District in South Bend. The Pokagon Band’s vision includes housing units, healthcare service
<br />areas, tribal government facilities, hotel, apartments, meeting and conference facilities, a gaming
<br />facility and parking garage; while potentially creating an estimated 1,400 construction jobs and
<br />2,000 permanent jobs which would represent an in increase jobs in St. Joseph County by 2.9%.
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<br />Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by
<br />the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
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<br />Tim Scott, 1 District Oliver J. Davis, 6 District
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<br />Henry Davis, Jr., 2 District Derek D. Dieter, At Large
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<br />Valerie Schey, 3 District Gavin Ferlic, At Large
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<br />Dr. Fred Ferlic, 4 District Karen L. White, At Large
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<br />Dr. David Varner, 5 District Kathleen Cekanski Farrand, Council
<br />Attorney
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<br />Attest: Approved this __ day of April, 2015.
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<br />Office of the City Clerk Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend
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