No. 2021 confirmatory resolution for NNDA ratifying/confirming res. No. 2016, declaring NNDA be blighted,establishing an allocation area for purposes of TIF

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14 WHEREAS, copies of the Notice of Public Hearing and an impact statement were delivered by first class mail or by hand delivery to the taxing unit wholly or partly located within the boundaries of said development area and tax allocation area in accordance with Ind. Code § 36- 4- 14 -17; and WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing held by the Commission on Friday, December 19, 2003, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, in Room 1308 of the County -City Building, 13`'' Floor, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, the time and place so stated in the notice, the Commission heard all persons interested in or affected by the proceedings and received Zie" w ritten r emonstrances a nd o bj ections t hat h ad been filed; and WHEREAS, the Commission has now heard all persons who have expressed views or voiced any objections to its Declaratory Resolution No. 2016 proposing the establishment of the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area, it has considered their objections so voiced, and therefore, the Commission is prepared to take final action on said Declaratory Resolution No. 2016 creating the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area; and WHEREAS, the Commission, after careful consideration of the evidence presented, careful consideration of the comments and objections made at the Public Hearing and upon further review of the entire proceedings is prepared to find that the redevelopment of property in the blighted area referred to in its Declaratory Resolution No. 2016 proposing the establishment of the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area, as adopted by the Commission on November 17, 2003, is of public utility and benefit and that said Declaratory Resolution No. 2016 establishing the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area should be ratified, confirmed and approved without change, and that the real estate to be included in the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area is accurately described in the first "WHEREAS" clause above. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, Governing Body of the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment, now confirms that the area described in the first "WHEREAS" clause above is blighted and deteriorating, that such area constitutes a menace to the social and economic interests of the City of South Bend and its inhabitants, and that the redevelopment of such area shown on the described maps and plats under the provisions of the Redevelopment of Blighted Areas Act of 1981 ( "Act "), as Amended and Supplemented (Ind. Code § 36 -7- 14-1 et seq.), will be of public utility and benefit. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed project and the plan of redevelopment as set forth in the Commission's Declaratory Resolution No. 2016, adopted by the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, Governing Body of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment, on November 17, 2003, is of public utility Page -4-