HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3466 (Declaring Certain Properties Blighted)CITY OF SOUTHBEND
REDEVELOPMENT COMM ISSI ON
Redevelopment Commission Agenda Item APPROVED
SOUTH BEND
DATE: December 13, 2018 REDEVELOPMFAT COMMISSION
FROM: David Relos, Property Development Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 3466 (Declaring Certain PropertigHF
Which TIF? (circle one) River West; River East; South Side; Douglas Road; West Washington
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
Last year a new Section 19.5 was added to the Redevelopment Statute. This Section
allows the Commission to acquire property that is blighted, unsafe, abandoned,
foreclosed, or structurally damaged from a willing seller.
Resolution No. 3466 declares six properties blighted, unsafe, and/or abandoned. These
six properties are in a key target area of the West Side Main Streets Plan, at LWW /
Marion / and Scott streets. Five of these properties have been vacant for years, with
the sixth being a vacant and boarded up house.
Staff requests approval of Resolution No. 3466, to allow these properties in an identified
redevelopment target area to be acquired.
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RESOLUTION NO. 3466
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO BE BLIGHTED AND
IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission ("Commission"), the
governing body of the South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment ("Department"),
exists and operates under the provisions of I.C. 36-7-14, as amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Commission previously designated and declared certain areas in the
City of South Bend (the "City") to be blighted and in need of redevelopment, including the River
West Development Area ("River West"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. 36-7-4-19.5, the Commission may acquire property within
the City that it determines is blighted, unsafe, abandoned, foreclosed, or structurally damaged
from a willing seller and with a purchase price of not more than Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000), so long as the Commission has the funds to do so; and
WHEREAS, the Department staff has identified certain properties located within River
West that they believe to be blighted, unsafe, and/or abandoned and for the purchase of which
they would like to negotiate, which properties and their descriptions are set forth on Exhibit A
(the "Properties"); and
WHEREAS, the Department staff desires the Commission to declare the Properties to be
blighted, unsafe, and/or abandoned and to allow the Department staff to negotiate with the
owners for the purchase of the Properties by the Commission each at a price less than Twenty -
Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND
REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Commission has reviewed Exhibit A and determines and declares that the
Properties as set forth thereon are blighted, unsafe, or abandoned and in need of redevelopment.
2. The Commission hereby authorizes David Relos of the City's Department of
Community Investment, or his designee, to negotiate with the owners of the Properties for the
City's acquisition thereof at a purchase price of less than Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000) each.
3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption.
Signature Page Follows
ADOPTED at a meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held on
December 13, 2018, at 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, Room 1308, South Bend, Indiana 46601.
SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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ATTEST:
D Wald E. Irks, Secretary
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