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BILL NO. 18-07 <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 4700-18 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br /> WAIVING PETITIONER, THE LASALLE APARTMENTS, LLC NON-COMPLIANCE <br /> WITH IND. CODE §6-1.1-12.1.6 ET SEQ. <br /> WHEREAS,The LaSalle Apartments,LLC is the owner of real property in the City of South Bend <br /> commonly called The LaSalle Apartments, South Bend, Indiana, on which The LaSalle <br /> Apartments, LLC has remodeled a nine story building formerly known as The LaSalle Hotel, <br /> which has been re-purposed as apartments and commercial space. <br /> WHEREAS, in conjunction with The LaSalle Apartments, LLC's development of the former <br /> LaSalle Hotel, the City of South Bend granted The LaSalle Apartments, LLC a ten-year tax <br /> abatement which remains in effect and was codified as Resolution 4417-15, and <br /> WHEREAS, it has come to the City of South Bend's attention that The LaSalle Apartments, LLC <br /> failed to timely file an abatement deduction application with the St.Joseph County Auditor for the <br /> following tax periods: Tax Year 2017 (Pay 2018), and, as a result, The LaSalle Apartments, LLC <br /> may lose the benefit of the ten-year tax abatement for following: Tax Year 2017 (Pay 2018), and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Ind. Code § 6-1.1-12.1-11.3 (2017), the City of South Bend has the <br /> authority to waive The LaSalle Apartments, LLC's failure to comply with Indiana's tax abatement <br /> laws and,specifically,the authority to waive The LaSalle Apartments,LLC's failure to file a timely <br /> or complete abatement deduction application with the county auditor, and <br /> WHEREAS,the City of South Bend accepts that The LaSalle Apartments,LLC's failure to timely <br /> file its abatement deduction application was an excusable mistake which resulted through <br /> inadvertent over-sights, acknowledges that The LaSalle Apartments, LLC filed a deduction <br /> application promptly after learning of its mistake, and accepts that The LaSalle Apartments, LLC <br /> is taking steps to avoid this problem in the future, and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. § 6-1.1-12.1-11.3(c), the City of South Bend has heard and <br /> considered The LaSalle Apartments, LLC's request for a waiver of non-compliance at a duly- <br /> called and public meeting of the Council, <br /> NOW,THEREFORE,IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA,THAT: <br /> SECTION 1. Acting pursuant to the authority granted to it by I.C. § 6-1.1.42.1-11.3 the City of <br /> South Bend hereby waives The LaSalle Apartments, LLC's failure to comply with Indiana's <br /> abatement laws and, specifically, waives The LaSalle Apartments, LLC's failure to file a timely <br /> or complete abatement deduction application with the county auditor for the following: Tax Year <br /> 2016 (Pay 2017). <br />