01/06/75 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 6, 1975 CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FILED - DILLABAUGH MOVING ENGINEERS A Certificate of Insurance from Dillabaugh Moving Engineers was submitted to the Board. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Certificate was ordered filed. NOTICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY USE - VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3408, 1974 The Board received a Notice of Public Utility Use from the Northern Indiana Public Service Company regarding the vacation of a portion of Colfax Avenue west of Jackson Street and the north -south alley from Washington Street to Colfax Avenue,, City of South Bend. The Notice reserved their easement rights in this area. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the notice was ordered filed. RESOLUTION ADOPTED - AUTHORIZING SALE OF PROPERTY TO DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT A Resolution approving the sale of a parcel.of land to the Department of Redevelopment was submitted to the Board. Miss Cekanski informed the Board that this parcel was part of the parcel of lots to be sold for park use in the southeast neighborhood,.but the City did not have clear title to.it at the time the previous resolution was adopted. She recommended that the Board adopt the resolution. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 1, 1975 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. WHEREAS, the City of South Bend owns certain real estate as hereinafter described which is not necessary to the public use and is no longer needed and is not set aside by the State of Indiana or the City of South Bend for public purposes; and WHEREAS, appraisal has been made of said real estate by qualified , appraisers and said appraisals are in writing, are now available and are placed of record; WHEREAS., the Department of Redevelopment of the City of South Bend now desires to purchase from the City of South Bend the hereinafter described real estate for a sum equal to the appraised value thereof; and WHEREAS, the Department of Redevelopment of the City of South Bend is a public body co -extensive with the territory of the City of South Bend and is a part of and a Department within the City of South Bend within the purview of I.C. 5-18-1-1, permitting the sale of real estate with another public body co -extensive with the territory of another public body, or which one public body is a part of such other public body upon the terms set forth therein; and such sale is further provided for pursuant to the terms of such statute by Chapter 30A-2 of the Municipal Code of the. City of South Bend. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana: 1. That the Board now determines that the hereinafter described real estate is not necessary to the public use and is no longer needed and is not set aside by the State of Indiana or the City of South Bend for public purposes; and the valuation of said parcel is hereby established in the amount set forth. PARCEL NO. LEGAL DESCRIPTION PRICE 66-34 Lot Numbered 48 in Elder Place, now within the $800.00 City of South Bend and as shown on the recorded plat thereof in Plat Book 5, Page 13, in the Office of the Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana 1