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1316 CouNTY-CITY BUILDING 227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LuECxE, MAYOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS September 25, 2007 Mr. James Masters South Bend Public Library, Virginia Tutt Branch 211 West Washington Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46601 PHONE 574/ 235-9251 FAx 574!235-9171 TDD 574/ 235-5567 RE: Alley Vacation -Fist Half of North/South Alley, West of Miami Street and North of Ewing Street (Preliminary Review) Dear Mr. Masters: On September 24, 2007, the Board of Public Works reviewed your petition to vacate the above alley. The following comments and recommendations were submitted from the Engineering Division, Area Plan Commission, Community & Economic Development, Fire Department, Police Department, Solid Waste Division and the City Attorney's Office: Area Plan stated that the vacation would not hinder the growth or orderly development of the unit or neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. Four houses use the alley for garbage pick-up. The vacation would not make access to the lands of the aggrieved person by means of public way difficult or inconvenient. The vacation would not hinder the public's access to a church, school or other public building or place. The vacation not would hinder the use of a public right of way by the neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. . Engineering stated that the vacation should be subject to subsequent dedication of other public ingress/egress easements. Evidence in the form of a plan for the resolution of these issues with your adjoining property owners' signatures is required. The Board gave a favorable recommendation for this vacation pursuant to an access easement and buffer for the adjoining property. GARY A. GILOT, P.E. CARL P. LITTRELL, P.E. DONALD E. INKS PRESIDENT MEMBER MEMBER