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RESOLUTION NO. � O'( S' <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING AND <br />RECOMMENDING A PROPOSED MASTER LEASE BETWEEN <br />GLC PORTAGE PRAIRIE, LLC, AS LESSOR, AND THE SOUTH <br />BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AS LESSEE <br />WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), <br />the governing body of the South Bend Department of Redevelopment, exists and operates under <br />the provisions of Indiana Code 36 -7 -14, as amended from time to time (the "Act "); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, the Commission has previously designated and <br />declared an area in the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City "), known as the River West <br />Development Area, to be an economic development area and an allocation area (the "Area ") for <br />the purpose of collecting tax increment finance revenues, adopted an economic development <br />plan for the Area, and established an allocation fund for the Area; and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission has received a proposal to enter into a master lease <br />agreement (the "Master Lease" attached hereto as Exhibit A ) with GLC Portage Prairie, LLC <br />(the "Developer ") by which the Commission would contribute to the construction and marketing <br />of a speculative commercial/bulk distribution facility of approximately two hundred thousand <br />(200,000) leasable square feet of space in the development known as Ameriplex at Interstate <br />80/90 (the "Project "), which Project is to be located in the Area and is intended to enhance the <br />City's ability to attract and retain businesses by providing move -in ready options for prospective <br />business tenants for commercial and/or distribution uses; and <br />WHEREAS, the Commission seeks the Common Council's approval and <br />recommendation of the Master Lease pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Act; and <br />WHEREAS, the Common Council desires to approve the Master Lease, pursuant <br />to Section 2.5 of the Act. <br />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 approves the Master Lease, pursuant <br />to Section 2.5 of the Act, in substantially the form provided at this meeting and attached hereto <br />as Exhibit A subject to the following express limitations: (a) the term of the Master Lease may <br />not exceed sixty (60) months; and (b) the total consideration paid by the Commission under the <br />Master Lease may not exceed One Million Six Hundred Seventy -Four Thousand Dollars <br />($1,674,000). <br />SECTION II. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after the <br />time it has been adopted by the Common Council, approved by the Mayor, and otherwise <br />1 <br />