Board of Public Works recommendations to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana

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RESOLUTION NO. 179-68 '. OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, did on the 21st day of February, 1968, adopt a resolution accepting and approving a feasibility study for municipally-operated parking program prepared by Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, Ind. and Harland Bartholomew and Associates of Memphis, Tennessee filed with said Board on November 27, 1967 containing recommendations on the location, size and character of and the probable cost of acquiring and developing certain land and the construction thereon of semi- enclosed deck, self park type structures with attendant pay booths for municipal parking, which resolution is as follows : RESOLUTION NO. 2-21-68 OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: WHEREAS, Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, Ind. and Harland Bartholomew and Associates of Memphis, Tennessee prepared and filed with the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana on November 27, 1967 a comprehensive feasibility study for municipally-operated parking program for the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, said report was approved by the said Area Plan Commission at its regular monthly meeting of October 17, 1967; and WHEREAS, said report contains the results of surveys, field studies, analyses and recommendations covering the evaluation of anticipated demand, existing and future parking us6, and costs for proposed off-street parking structures to be built in coordination with plans being formulated as part of the Central Business District Renewal Program and together with an evaluation of the financial feasibility of the construction of such parking structures upon three proposed sites ; and WHEREAS, said Board of Public Works and Safety approves said recommendations in particular as to Site I located at the Southeast Corner of Colfax and Main Streets and Site III located at the North- west Corner of St. Joseph Street and Jefferson Boulevard and wishes to proceed with the construction of said off-street parking structures in accordance with authorization contained in Chapter 190, Acts of the Indiana General Assembly of 1955. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, that it hereby recommends to the Common Council of said City: 1. That the feasibility study for municipally-operated parking program prepared by Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, Ind. and Harland Bartholomew and Associates of Memphis, Tennessee filed with the Board of Public Works and Safety on November 27, 1967, -1-