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RESOLUTION NO. tL L -$g <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND COMMONLY KNOWN AS TECHNOLOGY <br />DRIVE AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A <br />A FIVE (5) YEAR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR <br />GORDON PLASTICS, INC. <br />WHEREAS, a petition for personal property tax abatement has been filed <br />with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of <br />South Bend, requesting that the area commonly known as Technology Drive, South <br />Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: <br />A tract of land in the north half of Section 19, Township 38 North, Range <br />2 East, City of South Bend, German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, <br />said tract more particularly described as follows: <br />Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 19; thence South <br />00054'38" East, on and along the North -South centerline of said Section <br />19, 110.75 feet to the South right -of -way line of Brick Road; thence North <br />88047'24" West, along said South line, 519.31 feet; thence South <br />00054'38" East, 1002.25 feet; thence North 89055'36" East, 18.97 feet; <br />thence South 00054'38" East, 311.85 feet to the true Place of Beginning, <br />said Point being the Southwest corner of Lot 10 as shown on the recorded <br />Plat of Landmark Business Park, Section Four, Part One, and recorded as <br />Instrument No. 8614459 in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, <br />Indiana; thence South 89043'00" West, 156.38 feet, thence South <br />00054'38" East, 371.47 feet; North 89043'00" East, 586.94 feet to a <br />point on the West Line of Technology Drive, said point being on a 70.00 <br />foot radius curve; thence along said curve to the right through a central <br />angle of 07019'19 ", a chord length of 8.94 feet which bears North <br />04031'34" West, an arc distance of 8.95 feet to the P.T. of said curve; <br />thence North 00054'38" West, along the West line of Technology Drive, <br />362.56 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 10 of aforesaid Landmark <br />Business Park, Section Four, Part One; thence South 89043'00" West, <br />along the South line of said Lot 10, 430.00 feet to the Place of <br />Beginning. Said tract contains 5.000 acres, more or less. <br />be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of <br />Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code section 2 -76 <br />et seq., and; <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Economic Development has concluded an <br />investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common <br />Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization <br />Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1- 12.1 -1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code <br />section 2 -76, et seq., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the <br />boundaries and smoother information regarding the area in question as <br />required by law; and; <br />WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Economic Development Committee of the <br />Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council <br />that the area qualifies as an Economic 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 <br />Petition for Personal Property Tax Abatement and Statement of Benefits form <br />completed by the Petitioner meet the requirements of I.C. 6 -1.1- 12.1 -1 et <br />seq., and qualifies under the provisions of South Bend Municipal Code Section <br />6, et seq., for tax abatement. <br />SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds the following: <br />A. That the estimate of the value of the redevelopment or rehabilitation <br />is reasonable for projects of this nature; <br />