Common Council Expressing its Interest in Purchasing the Property Located at the Southeast Quadrant of Adams Rd & US 31 By-Pass

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RESOLUTION NO. �25 L' 3 _ l g A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, EXPRESSING ITS INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF ADAMS ROAD AND THE US 31 BY -PASS WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable by the South Bend Department of Water Works to acquire four (4) acres of real property, located at the Southeast quadrant of Adams Road and the US 31 By -Pass in South Bend, Indiana, which real property, owned by Waggoner Dairy Farm, Inc., is particularly described as: That part of the Northwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 17 of the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 18, all in Township 38 North, Range 2 East, German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana which is described as: Beginning at a Point on the East line of said Section 18 (West line of said Section 17) which is S. 000- 37' -27" E., 164.21 ft from a "P.K." nail marking the Northeast corner of said Section 18 (Northwest corner of Section 17); thence N. 850- 50' -55" E. along the Southerly line of a Right -of- Way line described in Exception "b" of Warranty Deed recorded in Book 810 of Deeds on Page 548 in the records of said county, 72.20 ft.; thence S. 170 -10'- 00" W., 462.84 ft.; thence S. 890- 40' -51" W., 410.83 ft; thence N. 170- 10' -00" E. along the Easterly Right - of -Way of U.S. #31 Bypass, 373.50 ft. to an existing concrete right -of -way marker; thence N. 470- 30' -21" E., 89.61 ft. to an existing concrete right -of -way marker; thence N. 850- 50' -55" E. along the Southerly Right -of- Way line of a Service Drive as described in Exception "b" of a Warranty Deed recorded in Book 810 of Deeds on Page 548 in the records of said county, 299.68 ft. to the Point of Beginning. Containing 4.00 Acres. ( "Real Property "); and WHEREAS, the Department of Water Works needs the Real Property for the location of an elevated water storage tank for the Northwest Pressure Zone. Currently, there is neither water storage nor axillary power available in the area, so that if the area residents experienced a loss of power, Water Works would not be able to supply water to the area's residents. The elevated water storage tank would help meet both fire flow and daily water demands. This pressure zone serves Blackthorn Corporate Park, several residential zones and Airport Industrial Park; and WHEREAS, the Director of South Bend Water Works has retained Tank Industry Consultants, Inc. to design and construct an elevated water storage tank on the Real Property; and