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REGULAR MEETING
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2920-00
<br />AUGUST 28, 2000
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DETERMINING,
<br />AFTER INVESTIGATION THAT THE LEASE OF
<br />PROPERTY AT 2202 WEST HURON, SOUTH BEND,
<br />INDIANA FOR USE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD
<br />,
<br />PARTNERSHIP CENTER IS NECESSARY
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana (Board), on
<br />August 14, 2000, received a petition ( "Petition ") signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South
<br />Bend, requesting that the Board lease the property at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, as
<br />space for a Neighborhood Partnership Center, by entering into a lease agreement with REBS, Inc.
<br />for a term of twelve months with a twelve month option to renew upon agreement by the city, with
<br />a rental not to exceed Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) in the first twelve month
<br />period and if the option year is exercised by the City, the second term rental shall not exceed Seven
<br />Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00); and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board received, on August 14, 2000, a certificate of the St. Joseph County
<br />Auditor certifying that the verifier of the Petition and the signatories of the Petition are taxpayers of
<br />property located within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, I.C. 36- 1- 10 -7(2) requires, prior to the Board of Public Works entering into a
<br />lease agreement for said premises, that the Common Council, determine that the premises are needed
<br />and that the lease amount is reasonable.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br />OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
<br />1) That the Common Council has conducted a public hearing on this Resolution, and has
<br />heard persons desiring to speak in favor of and opposed to the adoption of this Resolution.
<br />2) That the Common Council is desirous of establishing a neighborhood partnership center
<br />in the proposed location in order to build stronger neighborhoods by bringing municipal and
<br />community services directly to the neighborhood.
<br />3) That the property to be leased at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, contains
<br />approximately 2,000 square feet of space, an area sufficient to accommodate the activities for which
<br />the Neighborhood Partnership Center is intended.
<br />4) That on August 14, 2000, a Petition signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South
<br />Bend, Indiana, was filed with the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
<br />requesting that the Board lease the property at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, as space for
<br />a Neighborhood Partnership Center by entering into a lease with REBS, Inc. for a term of twelve
<br />(12) months with a twelve (12) month option to renew exercisable by the City, with rental not to
<br />exceed Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) in the first lease term and rental not to
<br />exceed Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) if the option to renew is exercised by the
<br />City.
<br />5) That on August 14, 2000, the Board of Public Works received a certificate signed by the
<br />St. Joseph County Auditor, certifying that the verifier and the signatories of the Petition are
<br />taxpayers of property located within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend.
<br />6) That on August 14, 2000, a proposed lease agreement for the premises was filed with
<br />the Board of Public Works, a true and complete copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated
<br />herein.
<br />7) That having heard all speakers at the presentation and hearing on this Resolution on
<br />August 14, 2000, and having taken into consideration facts adduced at this hearing and in documents
<br />and presentations, as well as all personal investigation, discussions, and consideration by individual
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