Appropriating $1,630,000 for the Improvement Morris Civic Auditorium

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including engineering, architectural, appraisal, abstracting, title insurance, and legal fees, and the expenses and legal fees on account of the issuance of bonds therefor in the approximate amount of One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($1, 630, 000); and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety has filed a request for an appropriation in the amount of One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($1, 630, 000) for said purposes, which request has been approved by the City Controller with the recommendation that the funds necessary to cover such appropriation be obtained by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the City; and WHEREAS, a petition has been filed under the provisions of The Indiana Code of 1971, Title 6, Article 1, Chapter 46, by more than fifty (50) owners of taxable real estate in the City of South Bend, Indiana requesting the Common Council to issue bonds in an amount not exceeding One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($1, 630, 000) for the purpose of procuring funds to be applied on the cost of the projects hereinbefore described; and WHEREAS, the Council now finds that an extraordinary emergency exists for the expenditure of more money than was set out in detail in the published budget and that the said improvements, acquisitions, developments, construction and equipment are necessary in order to protect the well -being and the property of its citizens and will be of general benefit to the entire City and its citizens; and WHEREAS, the Council now finds that the City has no funds available or provided for in the existing budgets and tax levies which may be applied on said projects, making it necessary to authorize the issuance of bonds of the City in order to procure such funds, and that an extra- ordinary emergency exists for the making of the additional appropriation -2-