HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-R-29 O.,,,~u Council
JeffersonviI le.
October 18. 1993
WHEEEAS, the City of Jeffersonville, Indi==- (the "City"),
desires to lease 500 feet of river frontage o~ned by the southern
terminus of Spring Street (the "P~operty"), for the establislv,-~nt of
a riverfront ~sming enterprise either at the Property or in
con~unction with such an enterprise's develolznent of the Property;
I~7~S, the Coumon Council, as disposing s~ent of the City, has
followed the provisions of Section $6-1-11-12 of the Indi.n~ Code
("It") in soliciting proposals frun various riverboat gaming
enterprises wit]i respect to the lease of the Property pursuant to a
request for proposals (the
WHEREAS, IC 36-!-1!-8(b) requires the 54ayor of the City, when
the City intends to lease property, to desig'n~te a beaird or
cu~iss~on of the anm{cipality to give notice, to conduct a public
hearing, snd to notify the .Mayor of its rec,.,,,-~udation with re'peet
to the lease;
W]EREAS, the Mayor designated the "Compri Council of the City to
act as his c ...... ,ss~en (the "Cu~ission") for purposes of IC
36-1-11-3 (b);
9~5~REAS, the Co~n~n Cotm¢il has received three proposals from
riverboat Enm{ng enterprises, in response to the I~P, to establish a
.riverboat g~rning facility either at the Property or in conjunction
with such an enterprise's develolxuent of the Property;
WHEEP_AS. o~ October 6. Octobe~ 11, and October 18. 1993, the
Co,'.'on Council conducted public hearings upon proper notice, with
respect to the proposals ~..zbmitted zn response to the i{FP and in
fulfillment of the ~ Council's responsibilities as the Mayor's
~',,,,,~ ssion under IC 36-1-Ii-3(b);
~I~ERFAS, IC $6-1-!1-3(c)
City approve "[e]very lease
arm. ual rental payments v~iI1
requires that the fiscal body of the
of real property for which the total
be three thousand dollars ($3,000) or
W~EREAS, ihe Cc~nnonCounciI is the' fiscal body of the Ci'~';
l~_AS, the O,,,,on Council, in the RFP, has reserved the right
to ad~ourn its meeting before a decision on the RFPb~s beau reached
and to set a newdate lo reeonvene the meeting, in order to provide
additional time for deliberations; and
I~ESEAS, the O'rron Council has determined that it should not
make au evaluation or endorsement with respect -to the proposals until
a later date. consistent with the desires of the Indi~- O~ug
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Co'"~{ssion (the licensing authorit~ for riverboal gsming operators in
the State of Indiaria).
The O_~,~,,~n Council will recora~ene %b/s n~eeting with re-peet to
the award of a lease of the Property and an evaluation and
endors~naut of proposals .~h~{tted pursuant to the RFP at 7:30 p.m.,
November 1§, 1993, at the CiW-County Building, Jefferson~Ile,
Indiana, or such earlier or later time, date and place as may be
announced in a proper notice, at which meting a decision with
respecl to the various proposals may be ~e.
Att&st: C. Ri~h~r$'~pence~
Clerk-Treasurer