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1200 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 -1830 <br />PHONE 574/235 -9371 <br />FAX 574/235 -9021 <br />TDD 574/ 235 -5567 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR <br />COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />JEFFREY V. GIBNEY <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />TO: DON INKS <br />DIRECTOR of REDEVELOPM ITT <br />FROM: PAM MEYER <br />DIRECTOR of COMMUNITY EVELOPMENT <br />RE: Amendment to RC Agreement with NNN for Facade <br />Matching Grant Program - 632 Portage Avenue <br />DATE: 10/27/2010 <br />This is to serve as an explanation about the attached amendment to be <br />considered at the Nov. 2, 2010 Redevelopment Commission meeting. <br />CD has been working with the NNN and owners of the 632 Portage <br />Avenue property damaged by a recent fire. The building is a prime <br />location on the Portage Corridor and the building has been, and is even <br />more so in its present condition, negatively affecting the neighborhood. <br />The agreement is for the NNN to purchase, demolish, and do minimal <br />landscaping - returning the land to the City as green space. <br />A purchase agreement has been signed. The owner has received a <br />Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition from the HPC. The owner <br />agreed to a $1500 allocation towards landscaping as well. <br />The HPC hearing was attended by 25+ neighborhood residents all <br />speaking in favor of the demolition. <br />The amendment will allow the activities of acquisition, demolition, pre - <br />development, and landscaping, thus allowing the balance of the funds <br />remaining for Portage ($23, 512) to be used on this property. <br />Anticipated closing date: November 30 or before <br />Anticipated demolition date: December 30 or before ( given appropriate <br />weather conditions) <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />PAN'IELA C. MEYER DONALD E. INKS <br />574/235 -9660 5741235 -9371 <br />FAx: 574/235 -9697 <br />FINANCIAL & PROGRAM <br />MANAGEMENT <br />ELIZABETH LEONARD <br />574/235 -9371 <br />i> <br />