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City of south fiend <br />Common Council <br />441 County-City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />(574)235-9321 <br />Fax (574) 235-9173 <br />TDD (574) 235-5567 <br />http://www.ci.south-bend.in.us <br />Roland Kelly January 17, 2003 <br />President <br />Karen White <br />Vice-President South Bend Common Council <br />Karl King County-City Building <br />Chairperson, Committee South Bend, IN 46601 <br />of the Whole <br />James Aranowski Dear Fellow Council Members: <br />First District Attached for your consideration is a proposed ordinance that would amend Chapter 2 of the <br /> South Bend Municipal Code by replacing in its entirety Article 6 entitled Tax <br />Charlotte D. Pfeifer Abatement Procedures. <br />Second District <br /> This ordinance is proposed because: <br />Roland Kelly <br />Third District <br />1. The Council has acknowledged that it is reasonable from time to time to <br /> review the procedures for tax abatement to assure that these procedures <br />Karl King continue to be appropriate in light of governing state law and local goals for <br />Fourth District community and economic development. <br />David Varner 2. The Council has further acknowledged that the last ordinance amending tax <br />Fifth District abatement procedures was passed in 1998; and, since that time, the governing <br /> state law has been amended. <br />Ervin Kuspa 3. The Council has expressed a desire that tax abatements be granted in a manner <br />Sixth District that provides improved incentives for private sector entities to invest in <br />Sean Coleman property and to execute certain other actions which the Council considers to <br />At Large provide public benefits that would be in the best interests of the City of South <br /> Bend. <br />Al "Buddy" Kirsits The tax abatement procedures set forth in this proposed ordinance are the result of <br />At Large research, analysis, deliberation, and a series of meetings conducted by the Council's <br />Karen L. White Community and Economic Development Committee where members of the public and <br />At Large the City of South Bend administration provided input. <br />Kathleen Cekanski-Farrar <br />Council Attorney <br />r . . '."~ ~ wJ 6ti• <br />s. <br /> 1 <br />J~~~ ~ 7 ~Zvo3 <br /> <br />I h <br />j <br /> ~i~l ~~.r r t ~ r. ~yss~...,.a..~.~..,.........,~.~.a...£ <br />