Determining After Investigation Lease of Property 504 N. Johnson for use as Neighborhood Partnership Center is Necessary

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RESOLUTION NO. GX-1-k -) RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DETERMINING, AFTER INVESTIGATION THAT THE LEASE OF PROPERTY AT 504 N. JOHNSON, 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 24, 1997, received a petition ( "Petition ") signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the City of South Bend, requesting that the Board lease the property at 504 N. Johnson, South Bend, Indiana, as space for a Neighborhood Partnership center, by entering into a lease agreement with St. Stanislaus Parish for a term of one year with a one year option to renew exercisable by the City, with an annual rental not to exceed Four Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($4,200.00) in the first year and Four Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($4,200.00) in the option year if the option to renew for the second year is exercised by the City; and WHEREAS, the Board received on July 24, 1997, 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 504 North Johnson Street, south Bend, Indiana contains approximately one thousand (1,000) square feet of space, an area sufficient to accommodate the activities for which the Neighborhood Partnership Center is intended.