06-11-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 11, 2001 Bend Parks and Recreation Department, the University of Notre Dame as well as Councilmembers Coleman and King. The Department is petitioning the National Park Service for an Urban Park Recreation Recovery Grant in order to revitalize Coquillard Park which is one of the oldest parks in the City. They are looking for federal funding to help with this activity. The grant would provide a seventy /thirty match of funds for the project. The total amount of the project is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00). If approved the Park Department would receive seventy per cent (70 %) of that or three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) from the federal government with one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) matched by community sponsorships and donations. There will be no City or municipal funds used for this project. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Coleman made a motion to adopt this Resolution as substituted. Councilmember King seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 3013 -01 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 3 520 WESTMOOR STREET AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A TEN (10) YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR HONEYWELL, INC., AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement has been 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 3520 Westmoor Street, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: NESE 4 37 2E Tract 2 Cont 39.32 AC and which has Key Number 18- 2193 -7255, be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et seq., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1, et se Q., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sea., and further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding IC 6 -1.1 -12.1, the city may grant the assessed value deductions described if, before July 1, 2001, both the property owner and the city complete all the procedures required by IC 6 -1.1 -12.1 that would have been necessary to comply with IC 6 -1.1 -12.1 and for the city to grant the deductions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION 1. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the Petition for Real Property Tax Abatement and the Statement of Benefits form completed by the Petitioner meet the