Vacate - Alley East of Main St bounded by Wayne St on the North

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PETITION TO VACATE PUBLIC RIGHT (STREETS AND ALLEYS) August 2, 2013 TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Ai CI sots rm E- St. Joseph County Public Library ( "Library "), the undersigned Property Owner, Petitions You to Vacate: A. THE STREET /ALLEY DESCRIBED AS: The public alley east of Main Street bounded by Wayne Street on the north and Western Avenue on the south, also known as Otsego Street as shown on the recorded Original Plat of the Town, now City, of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The street /alley sought to be vacated is east of and adjacent to the Main Library located at 304 South Main Street, South Bend, Indiana. The attached Site Plan shows the street/alley to be vacated and the adjacent property. The Library owns land and buildings adjacent to the street/alley to be vacated, including the Main Library building on the north -east corner of Main Street and Wayne Street, the building on the north -west corner of Michigan Street and Wayne Street, the vacant lot immediately south of that building and the building on the south west corner of Western Avenue and Michigan Street. The City of South Bend owns the parking lots between the Library's property on the east side of the of the street/alley to be vacated. The Library proposes to block vehicular traffic through the vacated portion of the street/alley by the use of bollards and landscaping. The vacation is sought to eliminate vehicular traffic through the street/alley adjacent to the Library buildings and parking lot. The Library intends to expand its parking area for the Main Library and other Library buildings on the lots owned by the Library to the east of the street/alley. Use of the north portion of the street/alley as a through street by vehicles exposes pedestrians traveling to and from the Library buildings to danger from traffic. The vacation is requested out of concern for the safety of pedestrians using the parking lots and Library buildings. The alley cannot be used as a through street for access to properties to the north or south of the proposed vacated street/alley. The alley to the north of Wayne Street, east of and adjacent to the United States District Court Building, bounded by Jefferson Boulevard to the Page 1 of 2