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1 'I A true copy of Resolution 4295-13 is attached to this petition as Exhibit 1. 3. The tax abatement was a factor in our deciding to purchase real estate and build a new home in the City of South Bend. We constructed a new residential dwelling on the lot that was completed in January, 2017. 4. The St. Joseph County Assessor issued a Notice of Reassessment of our property dated July 21, 2017 (Form 11). A true copy of the Form 11 is attached to this petition as Exhibit 2. 5. We filed a tax abatement application(Form 322)for the property on or about November 14, 2017 for Tax Year 2017,pay 2018. True copies of our abatement application and letter to the Auditor are attached to this petition, collectively, as Exhibit 3. 6. The St.Joseph County Auditor rejected our tax abatement application for Tax Year 2017, pay 2018 because it was not filed within thirty(30)days of the date of the Form 11. A true copy of the Auditor's rejection letter is attached to this petition as Exhibit 4. 7. The Form 322 was filed late as the result of excusable and innocent neglect. 8. Ind.Code§6-1.1-4-22 requires the St.Joseph County Assessor to send St.Joseph County property-owners a notice of re-assessment each year. According to Ind. Code § 6-1.1-12.1-5(h), a county assessor is required to provide notice of the deadline to file a Form 322 for a tax abatement with the re-assessment notice. The statute states: "The township assessor shall include a notice of the deadlines for filing a deduction application under subsections(a)and(b)with each notice to a property owner of an addition to assessed value or of a new assessment." 9. In this case,the re-assessment notice issued by the St. Joseph County Assessor does not state any deadline to file a Form 322 tax abatement application Tax Year 2017, pay 2018. Consequently,we were not given proper legal notice that the first tax abatement application(Form 2