01-05-81 Council Special Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 5, 1981 SECTION IV. Hereby declares that such resource procurement efforts shall include but not be limited to the submission of an application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Section 108 Loan Guarnatee Assistance. The Section 108 Loan Guarantee shal be secured by South Bend's Community Development Block Grant annual allocation. SECTION V. Hereby supports and is in favor of obligating other resources as available, to meet the commitments established in this Resolution; and supports the continued pursuit of an Urban Development Action Grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; SECTION VI Declares that this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. /s /Walter M. Szymkowiak Member of the Common Council * ** SPECIAL CALL FOLLOWS RESOLUTION CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL I am calling a special meeting of the South Bend Common Council to be held Monday, January 5, 1981, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the 4th Floor of the County -City Building. The purpose of this special meeting is to consider and hold a public hearing on a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S INTENT TO MAKE THE DESIGNATED ETHANOL PLANT SITE IN THE SOUTH - WEST PART OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ACCESSIBLE AND BUILDABLE, THEREBY MAKING SUCH SITE COMPETITIVE WITH LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE SOUTH BEND CITY LIMITS. I received the attached Call for a Special Council Meeting January 2, 1981. I served this Call by reading it to each Councilman on that date. /s/ Joseph T. Serge /s/ Walter T. Kppczynski Joseph T. Serge Walter T. Kopczynski /s /s Walter M. Szymkowiak Walter M. Szymkowiak Beverly D. Crone Beverlie Beck Richard C. Dombrowski /s/ John Voorde Lewis McGann John Voorde -- - Robert G. Taylor )r by leaving a certified copy thereof at the last and usual place of residence of such member: is I was unble to find as follows: 's/ Richard C. Dombrowski /s/ Robert Taylor 's/ Lewis McGann Is Beverly D. Crone 's/ Beverlie Beck /s/ Cpl. James T. Moreland #279 Member of the South Bend Police Department ,Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in a special meeting in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Monday, January 5,1981. at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order and the Pledge to the Flag was given. ROLL CALL Present: Council Members Serge, Szymkowiak, Beck, Taylor, Kipczynski, Crone, Dombrowski, Voorde and McGann Absent: None A public hearing was held on the resolution at.-this time. Mayor Roger 0. Parent, indicated he was asking the City Council to make a strong commitment that we do want the ethanol plant in South Bend and we are willing to make the necessary financial sacrifice. He indicated that the site selected was zoned heavy industrial, it has railroad access, highway access, it was close to a large majority of the working population in this County, and this was just . some of the reasons why this site was selected by New Energy Corporation officials as well as the City Administration. He indicated there were two ways the City encouraged New Energy Corporation to locate in South Bend; the first way was through tax abatement, which gives reduced property taxes over a ten year period; the second way was to tell them that we would make the site economically competitive with sites located elsewhere (making the site accessib and buildable.) He indicated that New Energy asked the City for a commitment, and we initiat the process of tax abatement, we prepared and submitted to the Federal Government an applica- tion for an Urban Development Action Grant. He said we have not yet received word from