07/15/91 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 15, 1991 In conclusion Mayor Kernan asked for the Board's favorable action on the documents submitted today. Therefore, Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that Resolution No. 29-1991 as submitted be adopted. Ms. Humphreys seconded the motion which carried and the following Resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 29-1991 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY AND ASSIGNMENT OF LAND LEASE RELATING THERETO TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INC. (FORMERLY THE CIVIC FOUNDATION) (NORTHSIDE) WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana, received certain lands from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Inc., South Bend Post No. 1167, by way of Warranty Deed dated October 31, 1951, such lands being deeded to the City for the use of its Park Department and/or Board of Park Commissioners; and WHEREAS, on May 18, 1952, the Park Board executed with the United States of America a fifty (50) year Land Lease ("Land Lease") for a portion of said lands, to be used by the United States of America for construction and occupancy of an organized reserve corps armory building and appurtenances, which structures were subsequently constructed; and WHEREAS, that portion of the lands deeded to the City that was leased to the United States of America is more commonly known as the Northside Boulevard Armory; and WHEREAS, the City of youth Bend has been engaged in discussions with the United States Army concerning its vacation of the Northside Boulevard Armory .and its relocation to another facility and the release by the United States Army of its leasehold interest in the Northside Boulevard Armory; and WHEREAS, Indiana University has expressed interest in acquiring the Northside Boulevard Armory for use in the expansion of the campus of Indiana University at South Bend; and WHEREAS, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, Inc., (formerly the Civic Foundation), an Indiana not -for -profit corporation (hereafter the "Foundation"), is desirous of facilitating both the relocation of the Army Reserve facilities housed at the Northside Boulevard Armory and the expansion of the campus of Indiana University at South Bend; WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, acting by and through its Board of Public Works, acquired on March 20, 1989, title to the former Maple Lane School and has proposed that site to the United States Army as a location to which the reserve corps armory currently housed at the Northside Boulevard Armory could be relocated, to which proposal the United States Army has consented, in principal; and WHEREAS, the exchange with the United States Army of the former Maple Lane School for the release by the United States Army of its leasehold interest in the Northside Boulevard Armory would be facilitated by the transfer of the Northside Boulevard Armory from the City of South Bend for the use of its Park Department and/or Board of Park Commissioners to the City of South Bend, Indiana; and