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1400 ~'.oUNTY-CITY BUILDING <br />227 W JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />PHONE 574/235-9241 <br />Fnx 574/235-9892 <br />TDD 574/ 235-5567 <br />CHARLES S. LEONE AIaDEAN M. DEROSE <br />CITYATTORNEY CHIEF ASSISTANT CITYATTORNEY <br />May 19, 2009 <br />Mr. Derek Dieter, President <br />South Bend Common Council <br />41h Floor County-City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />RE: Proposed Addition of the Hansel Center to the West Washington <br />Chapin Development Area Acquisition List <br />Dear President Dieter: <br />Attached for the Common Council's consideration is a proposed resolution which approves an <br />order of the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission approving a declaratory resolution adopted by the <br />South Bend Redevelopment Commission. <br />This process began when the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (RDC) conducted a study <br />and determined that it is necessary and beneficial to the orderly redevelopment of the West Washington- <br />Chapin Development Area (WWCDA) to add the Hansel Center, located at 1045 West Washington <br />Street, to the WWCDA Acquisition List. The declaratory resolution of the RDC was sent to the St. <br />Joseph County Area Plan Commission (APC) for an order approving the RDC's action. The APC's <br />resolution is now submitted to the South Bend City Common Council for its approval. <br />The Hansel Center is an historic landmark building in the West Washington-Chapin Street <br />National Historic District. It was built in 1925, as a children's dispensary, and later served as a <br />neighborhood center and as the administrative offices of Head Start. <br />.A proposed joint venture between the City of South Bend and the University of Notre Dame <br />would rehabilitate the building to house the Notre Dame Center for Art and Culture. The Institute for <br />Latino Studies and Segura Publishing (a fine art print house which would relocate here from Tempe, <br />Arizona) would support numerous print and arts related community and university projects. <br />Either Bill Schalliol or another staff member from the Division of Economic Development will <br />present this Resolution to the Common Council. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />LJM/pap <br />Sinc y, <br />__' e / <br />a ence J. Meteiver <br />ssistant City Attorney <br />THOMAS L. BODNAR CHERYL A. GREENE ANN-CAROL NASH <br />JEFFREY M. JANKOWSKI SHAWN E. PETERSON JEFFREY L. SANFORD JOHN E. BRODEN <br />~~ <br />