06-25-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 25, 2001 BILL NO. 43-01 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: A PART OF TUDOR LANE FROM THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WOODMONT AVENUE TO THE END OF THE STREET, FOR A DISTANCE OF 115 FEET. BEING A PART OF TWYCKENHAM HILLS, SECTION H, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND Councilmember Ujdak advised that the Petitioner has asked that this bill be withdrawn. Therefore, Councilmember Coleman made a motion to strike this bill from the agenda. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 48 -01 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THE STREET TO BE VACATED IS KALE STREET, A PART OF EDISON ROAD ADDITION AND IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE FIRST NORTH /SOUTH ALLEY WEST OF HICKORY ROAD; THENCE WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET MORE OR LESS, TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID EDISON ROAD ADDITION AND HAVING A WIDTH OF 60 FEET. BEING A PART OF SAID EDISON ROAD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, CLAY TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA Councilmember Varner reported that the Public Works and Property Vacation Committee met on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Michael Danch, Danch, Hamer & Associates, 2422 Viridian Drive, Suite 200, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill on behalf of the petitioners Mr. Bill Rhodes and Mr. Donald Cressy. Mr. Danch advised that the Petitioners are requesting the vacation of Kale Street which is a paper street that runs from the first north/south alley west of Hickory Road west four hundred and twenty (420) feet to the property line of the I &M substation. Mr. Danch noted that with the letter of support submitted by AEP to the Council, one hundred per cent (100 %) of the contiguous property owners are in support of this vacation. Mr. Danch further noted that the Board of Public Works voiced a concern about the number of lots involved. Therefore, the developer will initiate a subdivision procedure that will be presented to the Plat Committee of the Area Plan Commission. This action will take the north thirty (30) feet of vacated Kale Street along with the lots on the north side of Kale Street which are presently owned by I &M/ AEP and make those into an outlot which will make them unbuildable. Therefore, there will not be a chance for anyone to put a structure in that particular area. Presently there is a high tension line that runs across those particular properties. The south portion of the south thirty (30) feet of Kale Street will go along with the proposed small shopping center development which will be along Edison Road. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this bill, Councilmember Aranowski made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes.