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WHEREAS, the Department of Community Investment has concluded an investigation and <br />prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area <br />qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1, et sue., and South <br />Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sue., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the <br />boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and <br />WHEREAS, the Community Investment Committee of the Common Council has reviewed <br />said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Economic <br />Revitalization Area. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South <br />Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br />SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the Petition for Real Property <br />Tax Abatement and the Statement of Benefits form completed by the Petitioner meet the <br />requirements of Indiana Code § 6 -1.1 -12.1 et seq., for tax abatement. <br />SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds the following: <br />A. That the description of the proposed redevelopment or rehabilitation meets the <br />applicable standards for such development; <br />B. That the estimate of the value of the redevelopment or rehabilitation is reasonable <br />for projects of this nature; <br />C. That the estimate of the number of individuals who will be employed or whose <br />employment will be retained by the Petitioner can reasonably be expected to result from the <br />proposed described redevelopment or rehabilitation; <br />D. That the estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals who will be employed <br />or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can be reasonably expected to result from <br />the proposed redevelopment or rehabilitation; <br />E. That the other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that can <br />be reasonably expected to result from the proposed described redevelopment or rehabilitation; and <br />F. That the totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the requested deduction, all of <br />which satisfy the requirements of Indiana Code § 6 -1.1- 12.1 -3. <br />SECTION III. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the proposed described <br />redevelopment or rehabilitation can be reasonably expected to yield benefits identified in the <br />Statement of Benefits, Sections 1 through 3 of the Petition for Real Property Tax Abatement <br />Consideration and the Memorandum of Agreement between the Petitioner and the City of South <br />Bend, and that the Statement of Benefits form completed by the petitioner, said form being <br />prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, are sufficient to justify the deduction granted under <br />