05-12-08 Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE VILLAS AT LAKE BLACKTHORN -SECTION I (A certain 51 lots located on approximately 56 acres north of Brick Road, and west of and adiacent to the U.S. 31 Bypass) AS RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREAS FOR PURPOSES OF A (5) FIVE-YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR COOREMAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC. WI~REAS, a Statement of Benefits and a petition for residential real property tax abatement have been submitted to and filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as A CERTAIN51 LOTS AS LISTED IN EXHIBIT A TO THIS RESOLUTION, ALL IN THE VILLAS AT LAKE BLACKTHORN -SECTION I, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE VII.LAS AT LAKE BLACKTHORN, SECTION ONE A PART OF THE NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST, AND SOUTHEAST QUARTERS OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, GERMAN TOWNSHIP, CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, 5.8 FEET SOUTH OF A 2" IRON MONUMENT WITH A CAP LABELED "SEC. CORNER"; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1549.41 FEET TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF U.S. ROUTE 31 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY THE FOLLOWING NINE (9) COURSES: (1) SOUTH 17 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 85.66 FEET; (2) THENCE SOUTH 25 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 409.65 FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF ANON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE EAST, HAVING A RADIUS OF 5950.00 FEET, A CENTRAL. ANGLE OF 8 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 58 SECONDS, AND A CHORD OF 933.60 FEET BEARING SOUTH 12 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST; (3) THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 934.56 FEET; (4)