HomeMy WebLinkAbout4667-17 Supporting the Inclusion of three (3) Properties within the Riverwest Development Area: Leeper Park, The Museum Campus, an the City Cemetery RESOLUTION
No. 4667-17
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
October 9, 20-1-7 .
Attest: City Clerk
Attest President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
October 10, 20 17 .
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me �` t� '� 20 L .
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RESOLUTION NO. 4�4-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA, SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF THREE
PROPERTIES WITHIN THE RIVER WEST DEVELOPMENT AREA(AIRPORT
AREA),NAMELY: LEEPER PARK, THE MUSEUM CAMPUS,AND THE CITY
CEMETERY
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WHEREAS, on October 10, 2014, Mr. Scott Ford as Executive Director of the City's
Department of Community Investment, sent a letter to then Council President Oliver Davis both
informing him and seeking this Council's support for inclusion within the River West
Development Area (Airport Area) of three parcels of real estate associated with the following
sites within the City of South Bend: the City Cemetery (018-1031-1380, 018-1031-999999), the
Center for History and the Studebaker Museum (collectively the Museum Campus), (018-3054-
2085, 018-3054-2121, 018-3054-212002), and Leeper Park(018-1005-0198);
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2014, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (RDC)
adopted Resolution No. 3253 which included a statement of the Commission's desire "that the
Department [of Community Investment] staff include as part of the AEDA Plan Amendment,
amendments adding three (3) properties commonly known as Leeper Park, the Museum Campus
and City Cemetery to the Airport Area;" and
WHEREAS, RDC Resolution No. 3253 also contained a directive that "the Department
staff... prepare and present to the Commission for its consideration ...the AEDA Plan
Amendment;"and
WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council wishes to express its support for the
inclusion of the three named parcels and sites, the City Cemetery, the Museum Campus, and
Leeper Park into the River West Development Area (Airport Area), and to recommend that the
formal process for this be undertaken as soon as reasonably feasible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Common Council hereby expresses its full support for the City
administration's proposal to include three new sites within the River West Development Area
(Airport Area), namely: the City Cemetery, the Museum Campus, and the City Cemetery.
Section 11. The Common Council hereby recommends that the formal process for this
expansion of the River West Development Area to include the three named sites be undertaken
by the City's Department of Community Investment as soon as reasonably feasible.
Section 111. If the process for introduction of a Resolution to the South Bend RDC is not
commenced by April 1, 2018, the Council will schedule a meeting of the Council's Community
Investment Committee promptly thereafter to further discuss implementation of including the
three desir n the River West Development Area(Airport Area).
Tim Scott, President ommon Council O i avis, Vice e :, o coon uncil
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Filed in Clerk's Office
OCT 04 2017
PRESENTED 011/1" KAREEMAH FOWLER
NOT APPROYM CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND, I�
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