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F <br />CITY of SOUTH BEND �i►�e <br />PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor O 2 <br />COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 y <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <br />Jon R. Hunt <br />Director <br />V. LaMar Wilson <br />Deputy Director <br />March 6, 1979 <br />TO: Members of the Common Council <br />FROM: Jon R. Hunt qcrzl <br />SUBJECT: Acquisition of Odd Fellows Building <br />JRH : if c <br />1440 County -City Building <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />219/284 -9335 <br />The attached bill seeks the appropriation of $288,000 of CD <br />funds for the acquisition of the Odd Fellows Building. If <br />approved, the Board of Public Works will acquire the building <br />and subsequently transfer its interest in the property to the <br />Department of Redevelopment. Redevelopment will then demolish <br />the building in order to accomodate downtown renewal plans <br />involving the two block area bounded by Main, Jefferson, <br />St. Joseph and Washington Streets. <br />By approving this appropriation, the Common Council also <br />formally amends the 1978 Community Development Plan by dropping <br />proposed CDB site improvements and substituting the aforementioned <br />real estate acquisition. <br />We respectfully request your favorable consideration of <br />this matter. <br />cc: Peter J. Nemeth <br />Thomas J. Brunner <br />Carl Ellison <br />PLEASE NOTE: The Council indicated in their meeting of March 26, 1979, <br />that they would not vote on this bill with this cover <br />-_- letter of explanation. <br />