08/13/07 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 13, 2007 Section fifteen (15); thence South 492.9 feet to the North line of the right-of--way of the Indiana Northern Railroad; thence East along the said North line of the right-of--way of the Indiana Northern Railroad 305 feet; thence North 492.9 feet; thence West 305 feet to the place of beginning. Together with aright-of--way over a 40 foot roadway North of and adjoining the aforedescribed tract, and continuing Easterly to Olive Street, which said 40 foot roadway is now commonly known as Tucker Drive in said City of South Bend. The East Half of the South East Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section No. 16, Township No. 37 North, Range No. 2 East, containing 20 acres, more or less, and being Lot No. 16 in the Sub-division of said Section No. 16, and now within a part of the City of South Bend, excepting there from the following: The original right-of--way across, the North West corner heretofore conveyed by Joseph B. Arnold, to the Indiana Illinois, and Iowa Railway Company by Warranty Deed dated August 21, 1894 and recorded in Deed Record 95, page 553, of the records of St. Joseph County, Indiana; and excepting second the following: Beginning at a point on the West line of said Lot Numbered 16, where the same is intersected by the South Easterly line of said original right-of--way, thence running South on the west line of Lot Numbered 16, 219 feet, more or less, to a point distance 250 feet by rectangular measurement from the original center line of said right-of--way; thence North Easterly parallel with and 205 feet distant by rectangular measurement from the original center line of said right-of--way a distance of 733.3 feet, more or less, to a point on the East line of said Section No. 16, thence North on said East line, a distance of 105.5 feet, more or less, to the North East corner of said Lot No. 16; thence West along the North line of said Lot No. 16, thence North on said East line, a distance of 105.5 feet, more or less, to the North East corner of said Lot No 16; thence West along the North line of said Lot No. 16, a distance 254.5 feet, more or less, to the intersection with the said Easterly line of said original right-of- way; thence South Westerly with said Easterly line a distance 454.5 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, containing 3.04 acres, more or less; excepting third, all that part of said lot no. 16 which lies South of the North line of the right-of--way of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad Company, excepting fourth, a strip of land 70 feet wide North and South lying next north of and adjoining the right-of--way of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad Company; excepting further that a strip of 40 feet in width, North and South, and being a extension of Tucker Drive, shall be established through the Northerly part of said tract and dedicated to the public as a highway, which said extension shall extend to the right-of--way of the New York Central Railroad Company. All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 37 North, Range 2 East, described as follows: Beginning at a point 260 feet South and 330 feet West of the Northeast corner of the said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence West 996.08 feet to the West line of said section; thence South 498.35 feet to the North line of the right-of--way of the Indiana Northern Railway Company; thence Easterly along the said Northerly line of said Indiana Northern Railway Company a distance of 996.08 feet, more or less, to a point on the Northerly line of the said Indiana Northern Railway Company South of the place of beginning; thence North to the place of beginning. Beginning in the center line of Olive Street in said City at a point Seven Hundred Eighteen and twenty-five hundredths (718.25) feet South of the North line of said Section No. 15, said point of beginning being on the Southerly line of a strip of land fifty(50) feet wide reserved for the right of way of the Indiana Northern Railroad Company thence running South on the center line of Olive Street, a distance of Six Hundred Eight and fifteen-hundredths (608.15) feet to the South east corner of said North East quarter of the North West quarter of Section No. 15; thence running West on said South line, a distance of Thirteen Hundred twenty-seven (1327) feet to the West line of said quarter Section, thence North on said West line, a distance of Four Hundred Ninety-three and four hundredths (493.04) feet to the Southerly line of said parcel deeded by said Grantors to the New York Central Railway Company; thence North Easterly along the Southerly line 24