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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 14, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />SECTION VIII. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by <br />the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. <br /> <br /> s/Derek D. Dieter <br /> Member of the Common Council <br /> <br />Council Member Scott disclosed that his wife Karen Ainsley is the Director of the Near <br />Northwest Neighborhood Association with that I am going to recuse myself from this bill. <br /> <br />Council President Dieter stated that before we proceed with this resolution tonight, I know that <br />there are emotions running high on both sides of this so again when we are talking about it let’s <br />be cordial to the people who are speaking, if someone is opposed at what you are going to say <br />that’s absolutely fine let’s just be professional about this whole thing once we get to it. And with <br />that I will let our Council Attorney read the rules of how we will be handling this meeting. <br /> <br />Councilmember Schey asked for a point of order. <br /> <br />Council President stated that when we are done speaking we can talk about that. So I will ask <br />our Council Attorney to talk about the rules that we will be adhering to tonight. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand stated that the general rules for this evening is that <br />the petitioner has the unlimited amount of time to make a presentation, immediately after the <br />formal presentation anyone wishing to speak in favor, must give their name and street address <br />and you have a maximum of five minutes to speak in favor at the end of that session anyone <br />wishing to speak in opposing to the proposed bill again has a five minute restriction you must <br />also give your name and address after that section is completed a rebuttal may then be given by <br />the petitioner to answer any questions that may have been raised during the public portion. At <br />that point the public hearing is closed and then it will go to the City Council for deliberation and <br />questioning of the petitioner and making motions to dispose of the bill before us. With regard to <br />the actual law that is involved just briefly, the City Council amends rules and regulations that <br />have been codified into the South Bend City Code beginning with Section 2-76, so very briefly it <br />states that the Council declares that tax abatement procedures and general standards set forth in <br />this article shall mandatory govern tax abatement requests for that are filed for their <br />consideration. In light of the committee meeting earlier I also would like to clarify at the request <br />of Dr. Varner and Dr. Ferlic that Section 2-84-16 calls for the City Council to review all tax <br />abatement procedures in calendar years which end in even numbers. The City code regulations <br />on tax abatements were last amended in 2012 this report from Councilmember Gavin Ferlic’s <br />committee; if he is the Committee Chair next year would be due by October 1st pursuant to that <br />section. <br /> <br />Councilmember Schey stated that for accurate recording keeping purposes it should be noted that <br />it was actually sent to the full Council with no recommendation. Citizen Member Patrick Mullen <br />had to abstain from the vote. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand advised that the tie was then broken by the Council <br />President, per City Code. <br /> <br />Councilmember Schey stated her apologies. <br /> <br />Karen Ainsley, Director, Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, and <br />th <br />Nike Surak, Englewood Development Company, 860 E. 86 Street Suite 5, Indianapolis, Indiana <br />made the presentation for this bill. <br /> <br />Karen Ainsley: We are proposing an affordable housing development at 906-910 Portage <br />Avenue specifically it’s the Ford Distributing Building, that building in particular is the building <br />that has sat vacant and abandoned for over four (4) years and has not been generating taxes <br />many, many years now, there is over $100,000.00 in back taxes owed at this point. They are <br />proposing through a tax credit application to create 42 units of affordable housing with 1-2 <br />st <br />bedroom units in that mix and were are hoping to submit an application on November 1 of this <br />year, so we are coming before you today to ask for a tax abatement . The one thing that I would <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />
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