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REGULAR MEETING February 22, 2015 There were no questions from the Council and no one from the public spoke in favor or opposition to this bill. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt this bill. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a roll call vote of (9) ayes. 16 -07 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE ADOPTION OF A DECLARATORY RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A CERTAIN AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 6741 LUTZ DRIVE, SOUTH BEND, IN 46614 AS A RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A (5) FIVE -YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR JEFFREY SZALAY AND AMBER O'BRIEN Aaron Cobb, Community Investment with offices on the 14th Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter for this bill. The original builder of this subdivision went bankrupt and a few lots have sat empty for a while now. The petitioner is planning on building a house with the approximate value of $180,000.00. Total taxes to be abated are $8,800.00 and the total estimated taxes paid are $100.00. Amber O'Brien, 722 S. Gladstone Ave South Bend, served as the petitioner for this bill. They have plans in the immediate future to build a house of approximately 1750 square feet. There were no question from the Council. No one from the public spoke in favor or opposition to this bill. Councilmember Dr. David Varner made a motion to adopt this bill. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which passed by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. 16 -10 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH INTO A POTENTIAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA Councilmember Randy Kelly, Chair of the PARC Committee, reported they met and send this bill with no recommendation to the full Council. Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to accept the substitute bill on file with the City Clerk. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilmember Randy Kelly, 1325 E. Wayne St South Bend, served as the presenter for this bill. This bill is to research a potential food and beverage tax as a development tool and if it is a viable option for our area. This research would include looking at other alternatives as well to the tax. This resolution states the Council is interested in looking at this more closely and doing real research on the potential of the tax. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked what is the biggest rational towards having a resolution rather than just going ahead and doing this research without having a resolution. Councilmember Randy Kelly responded since this would initially have to come from the State Legislature, the purpose of the resolution is to show them the Council is interested in researching this topic and has a desire to explore options regarding the food and beverage tax. For the tax to pass it would need to pass by at least two of the three local legislative bodies and this would show at least one of them is interested in starting the conversation. Councilmember Randy Kelly stated there is the possibility to hold joint committees with all three of the local legislative bodies together to hear public input. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked how has that worked in the past.