10-08-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 8, 2001 The company is presently located at 1430 Mishawaka Avenue. The Fulmer's have entered into an agreement to purchase a vacant lot at the corner of Michigan and Ohio Streets to relocate the business. Their plans call for the construction of a new twenty four hundred (2,400) square foot facility which will provide them with more working room, storage space and parking. The total cost of the project is estimated at one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00). 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 Kelly 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. 3040 -01 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2631 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD AS A RESIDENTIALLY DISTRESSED AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A FIVE (5) YEAR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR CHICAGO BUILDING SERVICES, INC. WHEREAS, a Statement ofBenefits and apetition forresidential real property tax abatement has been submitted to and 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 2631 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Lot 771 & E %2 Vac Alley W & S %2 Vac Alley N & Adj Summit P13rd Add and this property has Key Number 18- 4032 -1146, be designated as a Residentially Distressed Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et seg., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et sea., 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 a Residentially Distressed Area under Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1, et seq., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76, et sea., 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 a Residentially Distressed 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 that the petition for real property tax abatement and the Statement of Benefits form meet the requirements of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et seq., for tax abatement. SECTION II. The Common Council hereby determines and finds that the area meets one of the following conditions as formally established in Ordinance No. 8845 -97, which was passed on December 8, 1997: m