Designating Tax Abatement - Robertson's Building 211-213 S. Michigan (10 Year Real Property)

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RESOLUTION NO. Q377--% A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 211 -213 S. MICHIGAN, AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF A 10 YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR ROBERTSON'S BUILDING WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement has been filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as 211 -213 S. Michigan, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: A part of Lots Numbered Two Hundred Eighty -four (284), Two Hundred Eighty -five (285), Two Hundred Eighty -six (286) and Two Hundred Eighty -seven (287) as shown on the Original Plat of the Town, now City, of South Bend, which part is bounded by a line running as follows: Beginning on the West line of Michigan Street, in said City, at a point 87 feet, 5 7/8 inches South of the Northeast corner of Lot Numbered 283 as shown on the said Original Plat; thence running South on said West line of Michigan Street, a distance of 192.2 feet to a point 5 3/8 inches South of the Northeast corner of Lot Numbered 287 in said Plat; thence West 165 feet more or less to the West line of said Lot 287; thence North along said West line 73 feet 5 3/8 inches to the centerline of a vacated 14 foot alley lying between Lots 285 and 286; thence East 44.72 feet; thence North 117.55 feet; thence East 121 feet to the point of beginning. and which has Key Numbers: 18- 3007 - 0242.01 18- 3007 -0244 18- 3007 -0245 18- 3007 -0246 be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6- 1.1- 12.1 -1 et sea. and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -1 a=. and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the Petition for Real Property Tax Abatement and the Statement of Benefits form completed by the Petitioner meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6- 1.1- 12.1 -1 et sea., and qualifies under the relevant provisions of South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., for tax abatement.