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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 13, 2007 <br />WHEREAS, Corporate Services, Inc. provides services and products to clients <br />which require environmentally controlled facilities for the production of those products <br />and the provision of those services; and <br />WHEREAS, Corporate Services, Inc. in anticipation of timely consideration of <br />Petitioner's tax abatement petition committed to completion of a new heating and air <br />conditioning system (HVAC) completely installed on the Property and ready for <br />inspection by a client by a date specific time; and <br />WHEREAS, the client intends to begin utilizing Corporate Services' products and <br />services to be provided on the Property; and <br />WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Commission did not come to a final resolution <br />regarding the Petitioner's tax abatement petition at its July 20, 2007 meeting, Petitioner <br />and Petitioner's tenant, Corporate Services, Inc. encountered significant time constraints <br />to complete the installation of the HVAC system; and <br />WHEREAS, the date specific time Corporate Services committed to was prior to <br />the next available scheduled Common Council meeting date of August 13, 2007; and <br />WHEREAS, the Petitioner's tenant, Corporate Services, Inc., with prior <br />notification to the Common Council, requested Petitioner to commence work on the <br />installation of the HVAC system before the Common Council could consider the petition; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Petitioner commenced such work; and <br />WHEREAS, the Common Council has adopted a policy requiring that petitioners <br />for tax abatement wait until after the Common Council has adopted declaratory and <br />confirming resolutions in accordance with Indiana Code section 6-1.1-12.1-2.5 (b) and <br />(c), before obtaining a building permit and before initiating redevelopment or <br />rehabilitation of real property, absent circumstances that compel a petitioner to initiate <br />such activities before such resolutions have been adopted; and <br />WHEREAS, the Petitioner has presented substantial evidence to the Common <br />Council that urgent circumstances existed requiring the Petitioner's tenant, Corporate <br />Services, Inc., to request that installation of the HVAC system be initiated before the <br />Common Council had adopted declaratory and confirming resolutions, and the Common <br />Council has concluded that such circumstances present a compelling reason to waive the <br />Common Council's policy: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of <br />South Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br />SECTION I. The Petitioner has presented testimonial and documentary evidence of the <br />following facts and the Common Council hereby makes the following findings of fact in <br />support of this resolution: <br />A. Petitioner submitted their petition for tax abatement well in advance of the <br />planned work. <br />B. The tenant of the Property is Corporate Services, Inc. whose business is <br />the provision of services and products to clients which require <br />environmentally controlled facilities for the production of such products <br />and the provision of such services. <br />C. The work was requested by Petitioner's tenant, Corporate Services, Inc. <br />12 <br />