02-14-11 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 14, 2011 RESOLUTION NO. 4080-11 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 3849 SHOWERLUX DRIVE AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A(5)FIVE-YEAR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR SOUTH BEND GEAR, LLC WHEREAS, a petition for personal property tax abatement consideration 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 3849 Showerlux Drive, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: This real estate is commonly described as: vacant land North of and adjacent to 4701 Nimtz Parkway, said property having frontage on Showerlux Drive, South Bend, Indiana 46628 and is legally described as follows: that part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 20 and the Southwest quarter of Section 21, both in Township 38 North, Range 2 East, German Township, City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana which is described as: Lot # 10A as shown on the plat of"H.G. Baus Centre-Phase One First Replat" subdivision recorded by Document No. 0746267 in the records in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Containing 5.54 acres more or less. Subject to all legal highways, easements and restrictions of record, and which has Key Number 71-03-21-300-001.000-009 be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76 et seq., 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 seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76, et seq., 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: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1-4.5 et seq., that: a. The estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment is reasonable for equipment of that type; b. That the estimate of the number of individuals that will be employed or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can reasonably be expected to result from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment; 7