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<br />No. 11 by the adoption of Resohrtion No. 1827, adopted on February 16, 2001, and Expansion Areas
<br />No. 12, 13, 14 and 15 by the adoption of Resolution No. 1916, adopted on November 1, 2002, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 16 by the adoption of Resolution No. 1977, adopted on July 18, 2003, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 17 by the adoption of Resolution No. 2006, adopted on November 7, 2003, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 18 by the adoption of Resolution No. 2019, adopted on December 19, 2003, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 19 by the adoption of Resohrtion No. 2090, adopted on October 22, 2004, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 20 by the adoption of Resolution No. 2144, adopted on March 4, 2005, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 21 by the adoption of Resolution No. 2254, adopted on August 25, 2006, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 22 by the adoption of Resolution No. 2279, adopted on December 15, 2006, and
<br />Expansion Area No. 23 and Consolidated Area No. 1 by the adoption of Resolutions No. 2348 and
<br />No. 2351, adopted on June 19, 2007 and July 20, 2007, respectively (collectively referred to herein
<br />as "Allocation Area No. 1"); and
<br />WHEREAS, Section 17.5 of the act provides for the means for amending a resolution or
<br />plan in a way that enlarges the boundaries of an economic development area by not more than twenty
<br />percent (20%) of the original economic development area or adds one (1) or more parcels to an
<br />area's property acquisition list; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Development Plan includes a list of the parcels of property within the
<br />Airport Economic Development Area to be acquired (the "Property Acquisition List"); and
<br />WHEREAS, there was presented at this meeting of the Commission for its consideration and
<br />approval a proposed amendment to the Development Plan adding parcels of property to the Property
<br />Acquisition List and further identifying the types of economic development projects and purposes to
<br />be undertaken in the area (the Development Plan as amended is hereinafter referred to as the
<br />"Development Plan"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B; and
<br />WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Development Plan provides for the acquisition
<br />of property; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission has caused notice of a public hearing regarding its
<br />consideration of amending the Development Plan has described above scheduled for September 7,
<br />2007 to be (i) published in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News on August 24, 2007,
<br />(ii) filed in the offices of the entities required under Section 17(b) of the Act; and (iii) sent by first
<br />class mail at least ten (10) days prior said public hearing to (a) all affected neighborhood associations
<br />(as such term is used in Section 17.5 of the Act), if any and (b) to the persons owning a property
<br />proposed to be added to the Property Acquisition List, which are listed and described at Exhibit A,
<br />all in accordance with and in satisfaction of the requirements of the Act; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Commission conducted a public hearing held on the 7th day of September
<br />2007, at 10:00 a.m., (local time), at 1308 County-City Building, South Bend, Indiana, at which the
<br />Commission heard all persons interested in the proceedings and received and considered ~ written
<br />remonstrances and objections and other such evidence presented;
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