01-26-15 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 26, 2015 TITLED AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCOME TAX BONDS OF 2015 AND OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF INCIDENTAL EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS AND REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH This bill had third reading. Councilmember Karen White made a motion to pass this bill. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried. The bill passed by a roll call vote of nine (7) ayes and (1) nay by Council member Henry Davis. Councilman Henry Davis, states that he is not in favor of the bill due to the amount of the bond not being sufficient considering the amount of parks in the City. RESOLUTIONS 15 -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 4315 S. LAFAYETTE BLVD., SOUTH BEND, IN 46614 AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A (5) FIVE -YEAR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR HERAEUS KULZER LLC 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 4315 S. Lafayette Blvd, South Bend, Indiana, and which is more particularly described as follows: Dental equipment and supply manufacturing equipment. and which has Key Numbers 71- 023 - 22494 -00, be designated as an Economic Revitalization Area under the provisions of Indiana Code 6 -1.1 -12.1 et sea., and South Bend Municipal Code Sections 2 -76 et SeMC ., and; WHEREAS, the Department of Community Investment 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 sec ., 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 Investment 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 sea., that: a. The estimate of the cost of the new manufacturing equipment is reasonable for equipment of that type; 0