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approval of the South Bend Common Council, pursuant to Ind. Code § 36- 7- 14 -17, the Commission
<br />caused to be published a Notice of Public Hearing in accordance with Ind. Code § 5 -3 -1 in the South
<br />Bend Tribune and Tri- County News with such Notice advising of the adoption and substance of its
<br />Declaratory Resolution No. 1914, stating that maps and plats have been prepared and are available
<br />for inspection at the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment, and naming Friday,
<br />December 20, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, in Room 1308 of the County -City
<br />Building, 13 " Floor, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana as the date, time and place
<br />of a Public Hearing at which time the Commission would receive and hear written remonstrances
<br />and objections from persons interested in or affected by the proceedings pertaining to the proposed
<br />project and to determine the public utility and benefit of the proposed project for the South Side
<br />Development Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing on the South Side Development Area
<br />was filed in the Office of the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, Indiana, the Board of
<br />Zoning Appeals, the Board of Public Works, the South Bend Board of Park Commissioners, the
<br />South Bend Building Commissioner, as well as any other departments, bodies, or officers of the unit
<br />having to do with unit planning, variances from zoning ordinances, land use, or the issuance of
<br />building permits; and
<br />WHEREAS, copies of the Notice of Public Hearing and an impact statement were delivered
<br />by first class mail or by hand delivery to the taxing unit wholly or partly located within the
<br />boundaries of said development area and tax allocation area in accordance with Ind. Code § 36 -4 -14-
<br />17; and
<br />WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing held by the Commission on Friday, December 20, 2002,
<br />at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, in Room 1308 of the County -City Building, 13"' Floor, 227
<br />West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, the time and place so stated in the notice, the
<br />Commission heard all persons interested in or affected by the proceedings and received
<br />written remonstrances and objections that had been filed; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has now heard all persons who have expressed views or
<br />voiced any objections to its Declaratory Resolution No. 1914 proposing the establishment of the
<br />South Side Development Area, it has considered their objections so voiced, and therefore, the
<br />Commission is prepared to take final action on said Declaratory Resolution No. 1914 creating the
<br />South Side Development Area; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission, after careful consideration of the evidence presented, careful
<br />consideration of the comments and objections made at the Public Hearing and upon further review
<br />of the entire proceedings is prepared to find that the redevelopment of property in the blighted area
<br />referred to in its Declaratory Resolution No. 1914 proposing the establishment of the South Side
<br />Development Area, as adopted by the Commission on November 1, 2002, is of public utility and
<br />benefit and that said Declaratory Resolution No. 1914 establishing the South Side Development Area
<br />should be ratified, confirmed and approved without change, and that the real estate to be included
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