HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 0654 confirming Res. No. 650 designating the Rum Village Industrial Park, declaring the area constituting the Rum Village Industrial Park to be blighted, approving the development planRESOLUTION NO. 654
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND REDEVELO �,_
COMMISSION CONFIRMING RESOLUTION NO. 650 DESK,'
THE RUM VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PARK, DECLARING
CONSTITUTING THE RUM VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL PAR
BLIGHTED AND APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Redevelopment Commission
( "Commission "), governing body of the City of South Bend Department
of Redevelopment ( "Department ") did on December 18, 1981 adopt
Resolution No. 650 declaring the following area in the City of South
Bend, Indiana ( "City ") to be a blighted area within the meaning of
the Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as amended,
(Indiana Code 36 -7 -14) ( "Act "):
A parcel of land being a part of the City of South Bend,
Portage Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana and being
more particularly described as follows, viz:
Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the
east right -of -way line of Olive Street and the south
right -of -way line of Calvert Street; thence west along
said south right -of -way line of Calvert Street to west
line of the east 1/2 of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of
Section Fifteen (15) Township Thirty -seven (37) North,
Range Two (2) East; thence south to a point (intersect-
ing with the present city limits) two hundred (200) feet
south of the north line of Section Twenty -two (22) Town -
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ship Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East; thence
west (along present City limits) to the east line of
Section Twenty -one (21), Township Thirty -Seven (37)
North, Range Two (2) East; thence north (intersecting
with the present city limits) to the south line of
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Section Sixteen (16), Township Thirty -seven (37) North,
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Range Two (2) East; thence (along the present city
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limits) west along the south line of said Section Six -
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teen (16) to the west line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4)
of said Section Sixteen (16); thence north (along the
present city limits) along the west line of the Southeast
Quarter (1/4) of said Section Sixteen (16) to the north-
east corner of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of the South-
west Quarter (1/4) of said Section Sixteen (16); thence
west (along the present city limits) to the northwest
corner of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of the Southwest
Quarter (1/4) of said Section Sixteen (16); thence north
1800 feet, more or less, (along the present city limits)
to the north right -of -way line of the abandoned Michigan
Central Railroad; thence west (along the present city
limits) along said right -of -way line to the west line of
said Section Sixteen (16); thence north 975 feet, more or
less, along the west line of said Section Sixteen (16) to
the south line of Belleville Gardens Second Addition;
thence east 1985 feet, more or less; thence south 30
feet, more or less; thence east 535 feet, more or less;
thence south 100 feet, more or less; thence east to the
west line of the west one -half (1/2) of Section Fifteen
(15), Township Thirty -Seven (37) North, Range Two (2)
East; thence south 800 feet, more or less, along the west
line of said Section Fifteen (15) to the north right -of-
way line of the Penn Central Railroad (Old Pennsylvania
Railroad); thence east along said railroad right -of -way
to the east line of the west one-half (1/2) of the North-
west Quarter (1/4) of said Section Fifteen (15); thence
south 550 feet, more or less, along the said east line of
the west one -half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4)
of said Section Fifteen (15) to the north right -of -way
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line of the New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana Railroad
right -of -way; thence east along said railroad right -of-
way line to the east right -of -way line of Olive Street;
thence south along said right -of -way line to the point
of beginning.
WHEREAS, upon such surveys, investigations and studies being
made, it has been found by the Commission that the above described
area has become blighted to an extent that such blighted conditions
cannot be corrected by regulatory process or by the ordinary
operations of private enterprise without resort to the provisions of
the Act, and it has been further found that the public health and
welfare would be benefitted by acquisition in and redevelopment of
such area under the provisions of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared maps and plats
showing the boundaries of such blighted area, the location of the
various parcels of properties, streets and alleys and other features
affecting the acquisition, clearance, replanning, replanning,
rezoning and redevelopment of such area, and indicating the parcels
of property to be included or excluded in the acquisition and
portions of the area to be acquired which are to be devoted to
streets, alleys, levees, sewerage, parks, playground and other public
purposes under the redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 39 of the Act permits the creation of an
"allocation area" within a blighted area and provides for the allo-
cation and distribution, as provided in the Act, of the proceeds of
taxes levied on real property situated in an allocation area; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared a map showing
the boundaries of such an allocation area; and
WHEREAS, the Commission did on December 18, 1981, adopt Res-
olution No. 650 declaring such area as "Rum Village Industrial Park"
( "South Bend Allocation Area No. 4 "); and
WHEREAS, as required by law, the St. Joseph County Area Plan
Commission and the South Bend Common Council have considered and
approved said Resolution No. 650 and the Development Plan and sub-
sequently the Commission did on February 19, 1982 hold a public
hearing for the purpose of presenting said Resolution No. 650 and to
hear and consider remonstrances concerning said Resolution; and
WHEREAS, said Redevelopment of Cities and Towns Act of 1953, as
amended, requires that the Commission, after such hearing and con-
sideration, shall take final action determining the public utility
and benefit of the project, either confirming, modifying, or re-
scinding Resolution No. 650; and
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to confirm said Resolution No.
650 without modification;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Redevelopment Commission
of the City of South Bend that it will be of public utility and
benefit to proceed with the plan of redevelopment as set forth in
Resolution No. 650 passed by said Commission on December 18, 1981,
referred to in the WHEREAS clauses above, and that said Resolution
No. 650 is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed.
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Adopted at a meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission
held on February 19, 1982 at the Office of the Commission, 1200
County -City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend,
Indiana.
BY:
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT
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EDEVELOPME T COMMISSION
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CERTIFICATION
The undersigned Secretary of the City of South Bend Re-
development Commission hereby certifies that the attached Res-
olution is an accurate copy of Resolution No. 654 as passed at
the February 19, 1982 meeting of the Redevelopment Commission.
A. Peter'"Do'16aildson
Secretary
Redevelopment Commission
STATE OF INDIANA )
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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY )
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, in and for said
County and State, personally appeared the Secretary of the City of
South Bend, Redevelopment Commission, Mr. A. Peter Donaldson, and
acknowledged the execution of this Certification.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my Official Seal, this /yc( day of February, 1982.
My Commission Expires:
January 29, 1985
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Angela A. Coar, Notary ", i,c -'
Resid t of St. Joseph' "ty
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