11-25-68 Council Meeting Minutes

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NOVEMBER 25, 1968 REGULAR MEETING Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers in City Hall on Monday, November 25, 1968 at 8:20 P.M., nine members present, none absent. The meeting was called to order by President Robert 0. Laven, who presided. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilman Laven, Allen, Craven, Reinke, Grounds, Szymkowiak, Wise, Palmer, and Zielinski. ABSENT: None COMMUNICATIONS November 18, 1968 Common Council of the City of South Bend c/o Clerk, City of South Bend City Hall South Bend, Indiana Re: Petition for Rezoning St. Joseph Valley Nursing Home, Inc. Real Estate located at 3004 E. Edison Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Common Council: For and on behalf of, and as attorney for, the petitioner, St. Joseph Valley Nursing Home, Inc., we respect- fully request that the petition presented on behalf of the Corporation to your body for the rezoning of the tract of land located at 3004 East Edison Road be withdrawn. Practical difficulties, making the completion of the development of the tract in accordance with the plat plan which we had attached to our petition for rezoning within the near future unlikely, motivate this request. A similar petition for the withdrawal of any further consideration of this petition has been forwarded to the Area Plan Commission, to whom you referred consideration and hearing on the ordinance. No Public hearing has been conducted. Sincerely yours, /s/ Joseph T. Helling Councilman Palmer made a motion the withdrawal be accepted. Councilman Wise seconded the motion. Motion carried. COMMUNICATION November 20, 1968 South Bend Common Council City Hall South Bend, Indiana Dear Gentlemen and Mrs. Allen: Please be advised that on September 9, 1968, your Council denied the Petition to Rezone from Residential to Commercial use real estate located on the north side of Ireland Road east of U.S. 31 for the purpose of building an Ayr -Way Discount Store. On September 18, 1968, the representatives of the Ayr -Way Store informed Mr. and Mrs. Lewis V. West that they were cancelling their option to purchase the real estate owned by Mr. and Mrs. West and were terminating the option.