Designating 2100 West Washington Ave as an Urban Development Area for purposes of Tax Abatement Consideration

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RESOLUTION NO. _S'® A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2100 WEST WASHING- TON AVENUE AS AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR PURPOSES OF TAX ABATEMENT CONSIDERATION WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement consideration has been filed with the Common Council of the City of South Bend pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2 -76(a) of the Municipal Code requesting that the area commonly known as: 2100 West Washington Avenue and which more particularly described by a line drawn as follows: A parcel of land located in St. Joseph County, Indiana, in the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, Portage Township, City of South Bend, Indiana, known as lots one (1) through five (5) inclusive, thirty (30) through thirty -nine (39) inclusive, forty -three (43) and forty -four (44) inclusive and parts of vacated streets and alleys in Arnold's First Addition, being more particularly described as follows, viz: Beginning at the intersection of the west right -of- way line of Grant Street and the South right -of -way line of West Washington Avenue (said point of inter- section being also known as the Northeast corner of Lot one (1) in said Addition); thence North 89 °- 39'-53" West, along said South right -of -way line of West Washington Avenue, a distance of 200.00 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot five (5) in said Arnold's First Addition; thence South 0 °- 03' -08" West, along the West line of said Lot five (5) and the West lines of Lots thirty (30) and thirty -nine (39) in said Addition, a distance of 421.41 feet to the Northerly right -of -way line of the Conrail Railroad (formerly Penn Central Railroad); thence South 64 °- 39' -26" East, along said Northerly right -of -way line, a distance of 221.20 feet to said Northerly right -of -way line's intersection with said West right - of -way line of Grant Street; thence North 0 °- 03' -08" East, along said West right -of -way line, a distance of 514.92 feet to the place of beginning containing 2.15 acres more or less, be designated as an Urban Development Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6- 1.1- 11.1 -1, and that the public utility and benefit of the project be determined; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Commission has conducted an investigation pursuant to Section 2 -77 of the Municipal Code and prepared a report determining that the area heretofore described did qualify as an Urban Development Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -1 ; and that the Commission has prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information as required by law of the area in question; and