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REGULAR MEETING JULY 28, 2008 RESOLUTION NO. 3884-08 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 4201 LINDEN AVENUE AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF UP TO A (6) SIX- YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR FOXTROT REALTY CORPORATION WHEREAS, a petition for real property tax abatement 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 4201 Linden Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: “A part of the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 4, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, South Bend, Indiana, more particularly described as follows, viz: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Southwest quarter 578.67 feet west of the southeast corner of said southwest quarter; thence continuing westerly along said south line of southwest quarter with an assumed bearing of North 89°42’30” West, 741 feet more or less to the west line of the east half of said southwest quarter, 1344 feet more or less to the southerly right-of-way line of the New York Central Railroad Company; thence South 79°18’30” East along said southerly right-of-way line 758.3 feet, more or less to a point which is North 00°08’15” East 1207.34 feet to the place of beginning, excepting from the above described tract a strip of land 40 feet in width, north and south, taken off of and from the entire width of the south and thereof for Linden Avenue and which has Key Number 018-2193-7257, 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 that the Petition for Real Property Tax Abatement and the Statement of Benefits form completed by the Petitioner 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 the following: A. That the description of the proposed redevelopment or rehabilitation meets the applicable standards for such development; B. That the estimate of the value of the redevelopment or rehabilitation is reasonable for projects of this nature; 13