Vacation - Alley - First East/West alley South of Napoleon Street. Being part of Sorin's 2nd Addition

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April 16, 2002 To The Common Council Of the City of South Bend, Indiana, My name is Dennis Payne, and I reside with my wife and three sons at 1119 No. Frances Street . I am writing to you to request you rule favorably on our petition to vacate the half of the alley that runs along the south side of our property. We moved to our present home in late 1994. In the seven and a half years we've lived here our cars have been vandalized on numerous occasions. We only have a single stall garage and have been forced to park our other vehicle on the street in front of our house. This past year alone our cars have had two windows smashed, ransacked, and on another occasion the battery was stolen, which was discovered as my wife was leaving to take our children to school. The alley also leaves the back of our house very exposed. Only last month, my wife walked out the back door one evening to find someone standing on the air-conditioning unit looking into our house. As soon as they saw her they ran down the alley and were gone. On numerous occasions our children have had to jump out of the way of speeding cars barreling down the alley. Vacating this alley will allow us to more adequately secure our home and provide for the safety of our children. In addition it may make it possible for us to build a larger garage, thus enabling us to keep our vehicles off the street. Off street parking is one of the items the Northeast Neighborhood Association has tried to encourage in this area, both for security reasons and to improve the overall appearance of the neighborhood. We hope that you will give serious consideration to our request. We love our home and it's diverse neighborhood and we wish to stay here for years to come. Sincerely, ~- ~~~ 5-~ urn Dennis B. Payne ir`fi~~ A~! V~c~,eia'~ ~~~~C~ APB 1 6 2002 LCi~xi7A J. a~Jp."~ CITY CLEi~~, 3(D. QS~3~, E"a.