04-23-12 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23, 2012 WHEREAS, a petition for personal property tax abatement consideration has been filed with the City Clerk for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting that the area commonly known as 1217 S. Walnut Street, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as: A tract of land in the City of South Bend, County of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, situated in the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, and the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 37 North, Range Two (2) East, bounded by the following described line: Beginning at a point in the West line of Walnut Street, 1239.70 feet South of the South line of Sample Street, which point is 587.95 feet South of the South line of the Sanders and Egbert Tract, as conveyed by deeds recorded in Deed Record 118, page 428, and Deed Record 121, page 320; thence on an assumed bearing of South 00°00'49" East along said West line of Walnut Street 479.91 feet; thence South 89°54'12" West, 725.03 feet; thence South 61°54'12" West, 42.91 feet; thence South 89°23'32" West, 437.13 feet; thence North 00°00'49" West parallel with said West line of Walnut Street, 504.26 feet; thence North 89°55'05" East, 1200 feet to the place of beginning. and which has Key Number 018-8021-084503 a/k/a 71-08-15-276-003.000-026, be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6- 1.1-12.1 et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76 et seq., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community and Economic Development has concluded an investigation and prepared a report with information sufficient for the Common Council to determine that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area under Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1, et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2-76, et seq., and has further prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries and such other information regarding the area in question as required by law; and WHEREAS, the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Common Council has reviewed said report and recommended to the Common Council that the area qualifies as an Economic Revitalization Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Common Council hereby determines and finds pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-12.1-4.5 et seq., that: a. the estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment is reasonable for equipment of that type; b. That the estimate of the number of individuals that will be employed or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can reasonably be expected to result from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment; c. That the estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals that will be employed or whose employment will be retained by the Petitioner can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed installation of new manufacturing equipment; d. any other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed new manufacturing equipment; and e. the totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the deduction requested. 14