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NEMETH, FEENEY, MASTERS & CAMPITI, P.C. <br />ATTORNEY$ AT LAW <br />PETER J. NEMETH, of counsel <br />JAMES A. MASTERS <br />VINCENT M. CAMPM <br />A. ROBERT MASTERS, <br />also admitted in 111inois <br />REINHOLD SCHROEDER, of counsel, <br />also admitted in Michigan <br />PETER S. NEMETH, of counsel <br />City of South Bend <br />Department of Engineering <br />County -City Building <br />227 West Jefferson Boulevard <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Dear Friends: <br />CHASE TOWER, SUITE 1800 <br />211 WEST WASHINGTON STREET <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 <br />TELEPHONE: (574) 234 -0121 <br />(574) 233 -9449 <br />TELEFAX: (574) 234 -3141 <br />www.nfinlaw.com <br />July 1, 2013 <br />NEW CARLISLE OFFICE: <br />109 EAST MICHIGAN STREET <br />P.O. Box 259 <br />NEW CARLISLE, INDIANA 44552 <br />TELEPHONE: (574) 654 -3722 <br />PETERF,NEmETH (iot5.1995) <br />F. GERARD FEENEY (191wom) <br />REVERE D. GOHEEN (1912 -2000) <br />i -I V 1 �! <br />RE: REVISED <br />Petition of St. Joseph County Public Library <br />to vacate Otsego Street <br />This letter is addressed to you on behalf of the St. Joseph County Public Library. The Library <br />desires to vacate the following described property in the City of South Bend, Indiana: <br />The north one -half (%2) of the first North —South alley east of Main Street bounded by <br />Wayne Street on the North and Western Avenue on the South, also known as Otsego <br />Street, in the City of South Bend, Indiana. <br />The portion of the street/alley sought to be vacated is east of and adjacent to the Main Library located at <br />304 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana. The attached Site Plan shows the street/alley to be vacated <br />and the property owned by the Library. The Library owns the land and buildings adjacent to the <br />street/alley to be vacated, including the Main Library building on the north -east corner of Main Street <br />and Wayne Street, the building on the north -west corner of Michigan Street and Wayne Street, the <br />vacant lot immediately south of that building and the building on the south west corner of Western <br />Avenue and Michigan Street. The City of South Bend owns the parking lots between the Library's <br />property on the east side of the of the street/alley to be vacated. Only the north one -half of the <br />street/alley will be vacated. The Library proposes to block vehicular traffic through the vacated portion <br />of the street/alley by the use of bollards and landscaping. <br />The vacation is sought to eliminate vehicular traffic through the street/alley adjacent to the <br />Library buildings and parking lot. The Library intends to expand its parking area for the Main Library <br />and other Library buildings on the lots owned by the Library to the east of the street/alley. Use of the <br />