RESOLUTION NO. D Z —
<br />RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
<br />OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DETERMINING, AFTER
<br />INVESTIGATION THAT THE LEASE OF PROPERTY
<br />AT 2202 WEST HURON, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
<br />FOR USE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP
<br />CENTER IS NECESSARY
<br />WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana (Board),
<br />on February 27, 1995, received a petition ( "Petition ") signed by fifty (50) taxpayers of the
<br />City of South Bend, requesting that the Board lease the property at 2202 West Huron, South
<br />Bend, Indiana, as space for a Neighborhood Partnership Center, by entering into a lease
<br />agreement with REBS, Inc. for a term of one year with a one year option to renew upon
<br />agreement by the City, with an annual rental not to exceed Seven Thousand Two Hundred
<br />Dollars ($7,200.00) in the first year and if the option year is exercised by the City, the annual
<br />rental shall not exceed Seven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00); and
<br />WHEREAS, this annual rental amount may be reduced contingent upon the annual
<br />property tax bill being reduced pursuant to I.C. 36- 7 -9 -18; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Board received, on February 27, 1995, a certificate of the St. Joseph
<br />County Auditor certifying that the verifier of the Petition and the signatories of the Petition
<br />are taxpayers of property located within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend; and
<br />WHEREAS, I.C. 36- 1- 10 -7(2) requires, prior to the Board of Public Works entering
<br />into a lease agreement for said premises, that the Common Council, determine that the
<br />premises are needed and that the lease amount is reasonable
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
<br />1) That the Common Council has conducted a public hearing on this Resolution,
<br />and has heard persons desiring to speak in favor of and opposed to the adoption of this
<br />Resolution.
<br />2) That the Common Council is desirous of establishing a neighborhood
<br />partnership center in the proposed location in order to build stronger neighborhoods by
<br />bringing municipal and community services directly to the neighborhood.
<br />3) That the property at 2202 West Huron, South Bend, Indiana, contains
<br />approximately 2,000 square feet of space, an area sufficient to accommodate the activities for
<br />which the Neighborhood Partnership Center is intended.
<br />4) That on the 27th day of February, 1995, a Petition signed by fifty (50)
<br />taxpayers of the City of South Bend, Indiana, was filed with the Board of Public Works of
<br />the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the Board lease the property at 2202 West
<br />Huron, South Bend, Indiana, as space for a Neighborhood Partnership Center by entering into
<br />a lease with REBS, Inc. for a term of one (1) year with a one (1) year option to renew upon
<br />agreement by the City, with an annual rental for said premises not to exceed Seven Thousand
<br />Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) in the first year and an annual rental not to exceed Seven
<br />Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($7,200.00) if the option year is exercised by the City.
<br />5) That on the 27th day of February, 1995, the Board of Public Works received a
<br />certificate signed by the St. Joseph County Auditor, certifying that the verifier and the
<br />signatories of the Petition are taxpayers of property located within the corporate limits of the
<br />City of South Bend.
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