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FEB -27-2004 10:09 Community & Economic Deve Memorandum of Agreement Former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop Page 1'! MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE INDIANA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SUBMITTED TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION PURSUANT TO 36 C.F.R. § 800.6(b)(iv) REGARDING THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS #2 FORGE SHOP (A STRUCTURE CONTRIBUTING TO THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE ST. CASIMIR PARISH HISTORIC DISTRICT) IN SOUTH BEND, PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA P.02/05 WHEREAS the South Bend Redevelopment Commission ("Commission') proposes to demolish the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop in South Bend, Portage Township, Saint Joseph County, Indiana; and WHEREAS the Commission, in consultation with the Indiana State Historic Preservation Officer ("Indiana SHPO"), has defined the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop, as the term is defined in 36 C.F.R. § 800. 16(d), to be in the St. Casimir Parish Historic District; and WHEREAS the Commission, in consultation with the Indiana SHPO, has found that the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop is within the area of potential effects; and WHEREAS the Commission, in consultation with the Indiana SHPO, has determined pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.49(c), that the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop contributes to the St. Casimir Parish Historic District, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS the Commission, in consultation with the Indiana SHPO, has determined, pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.5(a), that the demolition of the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop will have an adverse effect on the St. Casimir Parish Historic District; and WHEREAS the Commission has consulted with the Indiana SHPO in accordancewith Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. § 470f) and its implementing regulations (36 G.F.R. Part 800) to mitigate the adverse effect on the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop; and WHEREAS the Commission, in consultation with the Indiana SHPO, has invited Todd Zeiger, Director, Northern Regional Office, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and John Oxian, President, Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend &. St. Joseph County to participate in the consultation and to concur in this memorandum of agreement; and NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission and the Indiana SHPO agree that, upon the submission of a copy of this executed memorandum of agreement, as well as the documentation specified in 36 C.F.R. § 800.11(e) and (f), to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ("Council" pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.6[b][1][iv]) and upon the Commission's approval of the demolition, the Commission shall ensure that the following stipulations are implemented in order to take into account the effect of the demolition of the former Oliver Chilled Plow Works #2 Forge Shop: