10-26-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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RESOLUTION NO A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS VACAl®TT LAND I1~ZMEDIATEL~' BEHIND 2630 PRAIR~ AVENUE (PRAIlZIE APARTMENTS -PHASE. ~ AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF AN (10) TEN-YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR PRAIRIE APARTMENTS HOUSING PARTNERS H, L.P. WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement has been filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as Vacant Land Immediately Behind 2630 Prairie Avenue (Prairie Apartments -Phase II), South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Outlot B Hollingsworth Prairie Avenue, Minor Subdivision, Instr. #0654912 and which has Key Number 018-8153-5514.05 at this point and time, be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code § 6-1.1-12.1 et se ., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76 et sew., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code § 6- 1.1-12.1, et sec ., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76, et sec ., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: