11-25-13 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 25,2013 period they will pay$297,000.00 of which the abatement amount will be $161,000.00. I have with me the co-managing members of Demby Enterprises of the Annette Demby Trust, Ben Silver and Joshua Silver if you have any questions. Councilmember Henry Davis, Jr.: A real quick question and I don't know if you can answer this or the managing partner. I just really see this as being a great opportunity for South Bend. We always talk about jobs and we never say good jobs or this is a good employer for good jobs, manufacturing based, low scale, to mid-grade scale, they pay pretty good wages as well, so these are things that we really need to concentrate on in the city, so our people are employed at a level so that they can take care of a house,household or mortgage or both. And my question right now I guess Mark Neal, or even Oliver Davis, because this is you area as well, in the ongoing conversations about expansion or helping to support expansion or helping to support expansion of businesses like this probably would be one of our better ways of getting more jobs here that are sustainable than what we think that we are doing with new restaurants and all this other stuff. Not to say that they don't deserve a place, but these places who employ people that will eat at those restaurants. So you know it's one of those deals, so thank you, for the investment, but I think that the conversation needs to happen, Councilmember, Administration with folks like that to see how we can help them expand. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Schey made a motion to adopt this Resolution. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight(8) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 4302-13 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, TO APPOINT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AS ITS AGENTS FOR OVERSEEING THE GUARANTEED ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACT FOR THE CENTURY CENTER Whereas, in 1982, the South Bend Common Council passed Ordinance No. 7108-82 which provided among other things that a South Bend Civic Board of Managers would be continued for the "...purpose of supervising, managing, operating, and maintain Century Center and its programs..."pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-10-2-5; and Whereas,the City of South Bend is interested in upgrading and implementing more energy efficient programs and equipment in the Century Center in order to conserve energy and energy costs; and Whereas,pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-1-12.5-5, the Common Council is authorized to enter into an agreement to participate in a utility efficiency program or a guaranteed savings contract in order to implement energy savings measures; and Whereas, the South Bend Common Council does not have its own staff with the technical expertise and experience to evaluate potential proposals and to supervise a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract for the Century Center; and Whereas, on August 21, 2013, the Century Center Board of Managers adopted a resolution which authorized the appointment of a committee to review response to a request for qualifications for a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract and a draft of a"Request for Qualifications for a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract: Century Center" with copies of those documents attached for informational purposes to this Resolution. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: 28