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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting - August 1, 1997 <br />5. OLD BUSINESS <br />There was no Old Business. THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS <br />6. NEW BUSINESS <br />a. Commission approval requested for <br />Resolution No. 1534 approving an <br />application for real property tax <br />deduction for property located in the <br />West Washington- Chapin <br />Development Area. (South Bend <br />Heritage Foundation for the benefit of <br />Garden Homes, Inc.) <br />Mike Beitzinger gave the staff report. <br />Garden Homes proposes to develop two <br />new single residences on the above <br />identified lots on West LaSalle Avenue. <br />The houses will be approximately 1,000 <br />square feet each with a fully insulated <br />basement and will be built to compliment <br />the design of the surrounding homes. One <br />home will be two story while the other <br />will be one story and each home will have <br />3 bedrooms and 1 bath. The homes will <br />each feature vinyl siding, range, range <br />hood, refrigerator, dishwasher, and <br />garbage disposal. The cost of each home <br />is estimated to be around $75,000, making <br />the total project cost approximately <br />$150,000. <br />This project is a compliment to the South <br />Bend Heritage Foundation LaSalle Avenue <br />Project, which involved the acquisition <br />and substantial rehabilitation of 10 <br />existing seriously substandard homes and <br />the subsequent sale at affordable prices to <br />low income families. The two new homes <br />H:\ HOME\ CPHIPPS \WPDATA \COMMSN\080197.MIN -5- <br />