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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 12, 2009 SECTION VII. The Common Council hereby determines that the property owner is qualified for and is granted property tax deduction for a period of five (5) years. SECTION VIII. The Common Council directs the City Clerk to cause notice of the adoption of this Declaratory Resolution for Real Property Tax Abatement to be published pursuant to Indiana Code 5-3-1 and Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1-2.5, said publication providing notice of the public hearing before the Common Council on the proposed confirming of said declaration. SECTION IX. Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1-2, the rehabilitation must meet all local code standards for habitability as a specific condition of having such property designated as a residentially distressed area. SECTION X. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s/Derek D. Dieter Member of the Common Council Councilmember Timothy A. Rouse, Chairperson, Community and Economic Development Committee, reported that this committee held a Public Hearing on this bill this afternoon and voted to send it to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Derek J. Spier, AICP, Abonmarche Consultants, LLC., 750 Lincoln Way East, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation on behalf of the owner Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization, Inc., and the contingent owner Weiss Homes, Inc. Mr. Spier advised that the Northeast Neighborhood Revitalization Organization, Inc., and Weiss Homes, Inc. intend to construct to 1,300 square foot, single-family, owner- occupied homes. Each home will have three bedrooms and two to two and a half- bathrooms plus a two car attached garage. The homes will have basements which may be finished or unfinished depending on the buyer’s preference. The cost of the two homes will be approximately $140,000 each. The homes will be urban in-fill type. Mr. Spier noted that the homes are not located in the residential TIF district of the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to adopt this Resolution. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 3940-09 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO DOUGLAS ROAD WHEREAS, Indiana Code §36-1-7-1 et seq. (“interlocal Cooperation Act”) provides that a power that may be exercised by an Indiana political subdivision and by one or more other governmental entity may also be exercised by one or more entity on behalf of the other or jointly, upon the entities entering into a written agreement that has been approved by proper resolution; and 22