06-26-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 26.2000 Railway Company; thence Easterly along the said Northerly line of said Indiana Northern Railway Company a distance of 996.08 feet, more or less, to a point on the Northerly line of the said Indiana Northern Railway Company South of the place of beginning; thence North to the place of beginning. Beginning in the center line of Olive Street in said City at a point Seven Hundred Eighteen and twenty -five hundredths (718.25) feet South of the North line of said Section No. 15, said point of beginning being on the Southerly line of a strip of land Fifty (50) feet wide reserved for the right of way of the Indiana Northern Railroad Company thence running South on the center line of Olive Street, a distance of Six Hundred Eight and fifteen - hundredths (608.15) feet to the South east corner of said North East quarter of the North West quarter of Section No. 15; thence running West on said South line, a distance of Thirteen Hundred twenty -seven (1327) feet to the West line of said quarter Section, thence North on said West line, a distance of Four Hundred Ninety -three and four hundredths (493.04) feet to the Southerly line of said parcel deeded by said Grantors to the New York central Railway Company; thence North Easterly along the Southerly line of said last named parcel to a point on the South line or the right of way of the Indiana Northern Railroad Company due West of the place of beginning; thence East ten hundred Fifty -seven and Thirteen hundredths (1057.13) feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, and containing Seventeen and seven hundred Sixty -one thousandths (17.761) acres, exclusive of Olive Street. All that part of the East Half of the North West Quarter of the North West Quarter of Section No. 15, Township No. 37 North, Range No. 2 East, that lies South of the right -of -way of the Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa Railroad Company (now New York Central Railroad), now within and a part of the City of South Bend; excepting therefrom a lot or parcel of land bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the South Easterly line of said right -of -way and the East line of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the North West Quarter of said Section No. 15, thence running South Westerly along the South Easterly line of said right -of -way to the West line of the East Half of the North West Quarter of the North West Quarter of said Section; thence running South 219 feet, more or less, to a point; thence North Easterly parallel with and 219 feet South of the Southerly line of said right -of -way to the East line of the East Half of the North West Quarter of the North West Quarter of said Section No. 15; thence North 219 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. and which have Key Numbers 18- 8075 -2838, 18- 8075 -2839, 18- 8075- 284406, 18- 8075 -2843, 18- 8075- 284403, 18- 8075- 284404, 18- 8075- 284502, 18- 8075- 284501, as an Economic Revitalization Area; and WHEREAS, notice of the adoption of a Declaratory Resolution and the public hearing before the Council has been published pursuant to Indiana code 6- 1.1- 12.1 -2.5; and WHEREAS, the Council held a public hearing for the purposes of hearing all remonstrances and objections from interested persons; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the qualifications for an economic revitalization area have been met. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council ofthe City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby confirms its Declaratory Resolution designating the area described herein as an Economic Revitalization Area for the purposes of tax abatement. Such designation is for Real property tax abatement only and is limited to two (2) calendar years