Determining After Investigation Lease of Property 2202 W. Huron for use as Neighborhood Partnership Center is Necessary

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RESOLUTION NO. 19/49 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DETERMINING, AFTER INVESTIGATION THAT THE LEASE OF PROPERTY AT 2202 WEST HURON 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 August 25, 1998, received a petition ( "Petition ") signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South Bend, requesting that the Board lease the property at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, as space for a Neighborhood Partnership Center, by entering into a lease agreement with REBS, Inc. for a term of one year, with a monthly rental of Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($550.00) payable on the third of each month, for a total rent for the twelve (12) month period not to exceed Six Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($6,600.00); and WHEREAS, the Board received on August 25, 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 this property at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, contains approximately 2,000 square feet of space, an area sufficient to accommodate the activities for which the Neighborhood Partnership Center is intended.