Vacate - Dinan Court running west from St Joseph St approx. 165 feet to the first north-south alley

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL December 9, 1987 Page -2- At its meeting held on December 8, 1987 , the Board received a favorable recommendation from the Department of Economic Development regarding this vacation. The recommendation of the Department of Economic Development indicated that the proposed vacation of Dinan Court and the related alley vacation are not in a Redevelopment area. However, the proposed vacations are located adjacent to a neighborhood in which the Department of Economic Development will be undertaking some preliminary planning efforts. The recommendation further indicated that at a neighborhood meeting held on December 3 , 1987, involving representatives from the neighborhood, City, developer and hospital, the proposed alley vacation and vacation of Dinan Court were discussed. A general consensus was reached which included the following: - The developer would offer a reasonable option on vacant property on St. Joseph Street in order to allow for an in-fill housing effort (a house move or new construction) by a NFP with the requisite financial and technical capacity; - All parties favor and would assist in the petition process for a residential parking zone for the general neighborhood area; - The area between the proposed surface parking (for the office building) and the west side of St. Joseph Street would remain as B-zoning as opposed to a rezoning to C; and, - All ingress/egress for the office building would be off of Navarre Street. No ingress/egress for the proposed surface parking would be off St. Joseph Street. Additionally, Mr. David Behr, Holladay Corporation, 100 E. Wayne Street, South Bend, Indiana, was present and advised the Board that the parking lot proposed by the developer would be fenced- in. Outside of the fenced-in lot, the street will remain the same and could be used as a driveway. Dinan Court would become a deadend street.