HomeMy WebLinkAbout5A1 Resolution No. 3534 (Rejection of Bids Mishawaka Ave 2520)
Redevelopment Commission Agenda Item
DATE: May 27, 2021
FROM: Andrew Netter, Senior Planner
SUBJECT: Rejection of Bid for 2520 Mishawaka Ave.
Funding Source* (circle one) River West; River East; South Side; Douglas Road; West Washington; RDC General
*Funds are subject to the City Controller's determination of availability; if funds are unavailable, as solely determined by the City Controller,
then the authorization of the expenditure of such funds shall be void and of no effect.
Purpose of Request:
The Department of Community Investment is requesting a rejection of the bid received
from Palmer Funeral Homes for the sale of the former South Bend Fire Station #9 at
2520 Mishawaka Ave.
The City and Palmer Funeral Homes were unable to come to an arrangement on a
purchase agreement. As such, Palmer Funeral Homes is no longer interested in
pursuing the purchase of the property.
INTERNAL USE ONLY: Project ID: ;
Total Amount – New Project Budget Appropriation $_______________;
Total Amount – Existing Project Budget Change (increase or decrease) $_______________;
Funding Limits: Engineering: $_____________________; Other Prof Serv Amt $_______________;
Acquisition of Land/Bldg (circle one) Amt: $___________; Street Const Amt $________________;
Building Imp Amt $_________; Sewers Amt $_________; Other (specify) Amt $ ________________
_________________________Pres/V-Pres
ATTEST: __________________Secretary
Date: ____________________
APPROVED Not Approved
SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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RESOLUTION NO. 3534
A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REJECTING ALL BIDS FOR PROPERTY IN THE RIVER EAST DEVELOPMENT
AREA
WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the “Commission”) exists and
operates pursuant to I.C. 36-7-14 (as amended, the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its powers under the Act, the Commission adopted its Resolution
No. 3525 dated October 8, 2020, establishing a minimum offering price of Sixty-Seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($67,500.00) for the purchase by an interested party of certain real property
located in the River East Development Area (the “Property”) and gave public notice of its desire
to receive sealed bids for the Property until 9:00 a.m. on November 12, 2020 (the “Bidding
Deadline”); and
WHEREAS, the Commission received one (1) bid ( “Bid”) for the Property before the
Bidding Deadline, and the Bid was opened and read aloud during the Commission’s public meeting
commencing at 9:30 a.m. on November 12, 2020; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22(f) of the Act, the Commission may reject any Bid for
the Property upon consideration of (1) the size and character of the improvements proposed to be
made by the bidder on the Property, (2) the bidder’s plans and ability to improve the Property with
reasonable promptness, (3) whether the Property when improved will be sold or rented, (4) the
bidder’s proposed sale or rental prices, (5) the bidder’s compliance with Section 22(d)(3) of the
Act, in the event the bidder is a trust, and (6) any factors that will assure the Commission that the
sale or lease, if made, will further the execution of the redevelopment plan for the River East
Development Area and best serve the interest of the community, from the standpoint of both human
and economic welfare; and
WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the City of South Bend’s Department of
Community Investment and the Commission’s examination of the Bid, the Commission desires to
reject the Bid, as set forth herein; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Commission hereby rejects the Bid due to its failure to assure the Commission
that a sale of the Property to the bidder will adequately further the redevelopment of the River East
Development Area and best serve the interest of the community from the standpoint of both human
and economic welfare and to propose improvements to the Property of a character desirable to the
Commission.
2. This Resolution will be in full force and effect upon its adoption by the
Commission.
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ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held on
May 27, 2021, at 1308 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana
46601.
SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
______________________________
Marcia I. Jones, President
ATTEST:
______________________________
Quentin M. Phillips, Secretary