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I,,II/IIIIII/.____i <br /> '��''''S°UT" 8 :_ City of South Bend <br /> • <br /> ''jam ' `--./ Common Council <br /> i - \\ , II . C. <br /> _ ��\F.ACF.�j County-City Building.South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> ' ,�( .a�,�', (219)235-9321 <br /> ' Fax(219)235-9173 <br /> 1865 ,,✓'' TDD(219)235-5567 <br /> .11,11 <br /> Roland Kelly July 1, 1996 <br /> President <br /> The South Bend Common Council <br /> Thomas Zakrzewski 4th Floor County-City Building <br /> Vice-President South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> Cleo Washington <br /> Chairperson,Committee Re: Residential Tax Abatement <br /> of the Whole <br /> Stephen Luecke Dear Fellow Council Members: <br /> First District <br /> I am submitting for your consideration an amendment to our current <br /> Charlotte Pfeifer provisions of the South Bend Municipal Code as it relates to action taken by the <br /> Second District Common Council on April 15, 1996 regarding the granting of residential tax <br /> abatements. <br /> Roland Kelly <br /> Third District The newly proposed Bill would repeal Ordinance No. 8668-96 and <br /> further fine-tune our efforts to prevent continued decline in our City's <br /> John Broden residential tax base in accordance with current state statutes. <br /> Fourth District <br /> Although our attempts to provide incentives for residential development <br /> David Varner have met with some limitations,we have made tremendous progress in creating <br /> Fifth District new housing opportunities in South Bend. The challenge that remains is to <br /> increase awareness and appreciation at the state legislative level for the new <br /> Thomas Zakrzewski housing dilemma South Bend faces. Through the first five (5) months of <br /> Sixth District 1996, housing starts in unincorporated areas of St. Joseph County had <br /> outpaced the City of South Bend 341 to 44(almost 8 to 1). Our state legislators <br /> Sean Coleman must be persuaded that the health of our city is directly related to our ability to <br /> At Large provide new housing opportunities across the broad spectrum of our population <br /> base. Tax abatement will be required if we have any hope of protecting our <br /> John Hosinski dwindling share of residential construction within St. Joseph County. <br /> At Large <br /> I thank you for your past support for these efforts and look forward to <br /> Cleo Washington discussing this Bill with you. Please feel free to contact me if you have any <br /> At Large thoughts or questions. <br /> Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand <br /> Council Attorney Respectfully, <br /> Sean Coleman Filed in ,:.:£k''S Office <br /> Council Member At Large <br /> Attachment J U - `a 196 <br /> E� 6s s.F <br /> L0 :i351OA <br /> CITY Ci. ?tX.ms's.BEND,IN. <br />