Determining After Investigation Lease of Property 2214 Mishawaka Ave. for use as Neighborhood Partnership Center is Necessary

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RESOLUTION NO. CU6-1 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DETERMINING, AFTER INVESTIGATION THAT THE LEASE OF PROPERTY AT 2214 MISHAWAKA AVENUE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR USE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP CENTER IS NECESSARY WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana (Board), on July 21 , 1998 received a petition ( "Petition ") signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South Bend, requesting that the Board lease the property at 2214 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, as space for a Neighborhood Partnership center, by entering into a lease agreement with Robert J. Filley for a term of one year with a one year option to renew upon agreement of the parties, with an annual rental not to exceed Four Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Dollars ($4,920.00), without notice or demand, each installment to be paid in advance upon the first day of each installment period to the Lessor or at such other place as the Lessor may from time to time designate in writing; and WHEREAS, the Board received on July 21 , 1998 a certificate of the St. Joseph County Auditor certifying that the verifier of the Petition and the signatories of the Petition are taxpayers of property located within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, I.C. 36- 1- 10 -7(2) requires, prior to the Board of Public Works entering into a lease agreement for said premises, that the Common Council, determine that the premises are needed and that the lease amount is reasonable NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: 1. That the Common Council has conducted a public hearing on this Resolution, and has heard persons desiring to speak in favor of and opposed to the adoption of this Resolution. 2. That the Common Council is desirous of establishing a neighborhood center in the proposed location in order to build stronger neighborhoods by bringing municipal and community services directly to the neighborhood. 3. That the property at 2214 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, contains approximately 1,200 square feet of space, an area sufficient to accommodate the activities for which the Neighborhood Partnership Center is intended.