09/15/87 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 15, 1987 WHEREAS, at its September 14, 1987, meeting the South Bend Common Council duly considered information from surveys and studies conducted by the South Bend Department of Economic Development and the Michiana Area Council of Governments concerning the need for and proper location of parking facilities in the central downtown area of the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council adopted Resolution No. 1533-87, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated fully herein, accepting and approving the recommendations of the South Bend Board of Public Safety; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting held September 15, 1987, the Board of Public Works received and filed plats and descriptions of the land proposed to be acquired and used for a parking facility; general plans or drawings of the proposed parking facility; and a general estimate of the cost of acquisition, construction, and installation of the parking facility. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Board of Public Works, as follows: Section 1. The South Bend Board of Public Works (Board) hereby approves the plats, descriptions, plans, drawings, and estimates filed with it at this meeting for a parking facility of approximately 440 spaces, to be constructed at the northwest corner of East Wayne Street and South St. Joseph Street in the central downtown area of the City of South Bend. Section 2. The Board hereby declares that upon investigation it has been found necessary for the proper protection of the public safety and welfare and that it will be a public utility and benefit to the City of South Bend and its citizens to: (a) Construct and maintain the parking facility described in section 1 of this resolution; and (b) Acquire for that purpose the following property upon passage of a joint resolution by the Board and the South Bend Redevelopment Commission, which use was authorized for a parking structure by the South Bend Common Council in its Resolution No. 1533-87, approved September 14, 1987: A part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 37 North, Range 2 East of the Second Principal Meridian, Portage Township, City of South Bend, Indiana being a part of Lots Fifty (50), and Fifty-one (51) and Fifty-two (52) of the Original Plat of South Bend, Indiana more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the Westerly right-of-way line of St. Joseph Street (85 foot right-of-way) with the North right-of-way line of Wayne Street (82.5 foot right-of-way), thence South 89 38'12" West (bearing assumed) along the North right-of-way line of Wayne Street 148.84 feet; thence North 00 27'00" West, 186.00 feet; thence North 89 39'34" East, 165.61 feet; thence Southwesterly 186.99 feet along a segment of a curve to the right having a radius of 912.43 feet, subtended by a chord having a bearing of South 04 42'19" West and a length of 186.66 feet to the point of beginning. Section 3. The Board, based upon the descriptions, plans, drawings and estimates filed with it at this meeting, estimates that the probable cost of construction of the parking facility of approximately 440 spaces described in section 1 is Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,600,000) and proposes that the