Appropriating the Sum of $1,500,000.00 for thr Acquisition of Land, Easements and Right-of-Way Equipping of a Building for use as a Fire Station

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FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE qt, 3 _ DEC n 1966 ORDINANCE N0, e KATHRYN L. BLOUGH C17Y CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND. An Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana appropriating the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) for the acquisition of land, easements and rights -of -way and the con- struction thereon of major arterial streets to extend the inner belt street system; for the con- struction and equipping or the remodeling and equipping of a building for use as a fire station and the acquisition, improvement and landscaping of any land necessary as a site therefor; construc- tion of sewers; construction, reconstruction and improving of streets; and the engineering, archi- tectural, appraisal, abstracting, title insurance and legal fees and expenses incidental thereto and the expenses and legal fees on account of the issuance of bonds therefor and declaring that an extraordinary emergency exists for the expenditure of said funds. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana has found that it would be for the best interests of said City and its citizens to .provide funds for the acquisition of land, easements and rights -of- way and the construction thereon of major arterial streets to extend the inner belt street system; for the construction and equipping or the remodeling and equipping of a building for use as a fire station and the acquisition, improvement and landscaping of any land necessary as a site therefor; construction of sewers; construction, reconstruction and improving of streets; and the engineering, archi- tectural, appraisal, abstracting, title insurance and legal fees and expenses incidental thereto and the expenses and legal fees on account of the issuance of bonds therefor in the approximate amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000); and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety has filed a request for an appropriation in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) for said .purposes, which request has been approved by the City I Controller with the recommendation that the funds necessary to cover such appro- priation be obtained by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the City; and , WHEREAS, a petition has been filed under the ,provisions of Chapter 119 of the Acts of 1937, as amended, by more than fifty (50) owners of taxable real -1-