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Home My WebLink AboutROW Vacation - 2801 W. Calvert January 13, 2026 Mr. Christopher Tomkiewicz 2801 W. Calvert St. South Bend, IN 46613 Tomkiewicz.tt@gmail.com RE: ROW Vacation – ROW East of 2801 W. Calvert St. (Preliminary Review) Dear Mr. Tomkiewicz: At its January 13, 2026 meeting, the Board of Public Works reviewed comments by the Engineering Division, Community Investment, Fire Department, Police Department. The following comments and recommendations were submitted: Per IC 36-7-3-13, the vacation would not hinder the growth or orderly development of the unit or neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. The vacation would not make access to the lands of the aggrieved person by means of public way difficult or inconvenient. The vacation would not hinder the public’s access to a church, school or other public building or place. The vacation would not hinder the use of a public right of way by the neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. Therefore, the Board of Public Works submitted a favorable recommendation for the vacation of this right of way. If you still wish to pursue this vacation, please bring this BPW Recommendation Packet to the City Clerk’s Office, located on the 4th floor of the County-City Building. Alley/Street vacations require a presentation to the Common Council, approval of an ordinance, and certification of the ordinance from the Mayor. The property then must be recorded with the Recorder’s Office to ensure that your 50% ownership of the property is appropriately transferred to your name. If you have any questions about how the vacation will affect your property taxes, please contact the Auditor’s Office. In its Ordinance, the City of South Bend Common Council included the Board of Public Works’ requirement that you eliminate the alley approach by hiring a private contractor bonded with the City to tear out the approach, replace with curb, and establish a tree lawn in accordance with City standards and specifications. These updates should be made within ninety (90) days of final approval from the Common Council. Please notify us when this work is complete. If you have any further questions, please call this office at (574) 235-9251. Sincerely, /s/ Hillary Horvath Hillary Horvath, Clerk INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS DATE: August 29, 2025 TO: Kyle Ludlow, Public Works Eric Horvath, Public Works Chris Dressel, Community Investment Derek Erquhart, Fire Department Brad Rohrscheib, Police Department FROM: Hillary Horvath, (hhorvath@southbendin.gov) SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATIONS – ROW VACATION APPLICANT: Christopher Tomkiewicz LOCATION: Unimproved ROW East of 2801 W. Calvert St _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE INSERT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE APPROPRIATE FIELD BELOW, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING I.C. 36-7-3-13 CRITERIA: 1.The vacation would/would not hinder the growth or orderly development of the unit or neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. 2.The vacation would/would not make access to the lands of the aggrieved person by means of public way difficult or inconvenient. 3.The vacation would/would not hinder the public’s access to a church, school or other public building or place. 4.The vacation would/would not hinder the use of a public right-of-way by the neighborhood in which it is located or to which it is contiguous. PUBLIC WORKS/ENGINEERING: Favorable Recommendation COMMUNITY INVESTMENT: Favorable Recommendation FIRE: Favorable Recommendation POLICE: Favorable recommendation v.LUL4-U /-jU STREET/ALLEY VACATION BPW APPLICATION City of South Bend -Board of Public Works 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Ste. 1316 South Bend, IN 46601 Applicant property information: � Residential D Commercial D Industrial Describe the general street/alley location with boundaries (Ex: 1st East/West Alley, west of St. Peter St and north of Howard St): . t � r /I W as+ 0,o( J-k't'f /µ, 7 I' cx:>d D,,J/J -9:£ Id ol' <')J Nd A<-f, Describe the reason for the request, proposed use, and any changes made to the request following from preliminary review: 1 The following MUST be attached to this application: •$300 payment ( check or money order) •Preliminary review form with staff comments Office Use Only Fee Paid Date: '2, /t.9/ ZO'L$ Check/Money Order#: _____________ _ BPW Recommendation: 0Favorable D Not Favorable Elizabeth A. Maradik, President Joseph R. Molnar, Vice President Gary A. Gilot, Member Breana N. Micou, Member Murray L. Miller, Member Theresa M. Heffner, Clerk This application expires 90 days from the BPW meeting date, which is April 13, 2026.  January 13, 2026 Chris Dressel From: Chris Dressel Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 1 :03 PM tomkiewicz45@gmail.com To: Cc: Subject: Gemma Stanton; Kyle Ludlow; Diane Stauffer RE: You r ROW vacation request -2801 Ca lvert Attachments: Hello Chris, Public Right of Way Vacation Procedure_Current.pdf; ROW Vacation Application -2801 W. Calvert St. - Final Preliminary Review.pdf Please find attached a completed City of South Bend preliminary review form in response to your request to vacate the Public Right of Way immediately east of 2801 W. Calvert. Your request has received a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION for a partial vacation. • Following a site visit on 7-11-2025 and further staff review, your request has received a favorable recommendation for a vacation of the western½ of the ROW (approximately 26') The eastern½ of the ROW should be preserved to maintain access to existing utilities. • Next steps are attached as part of the Public Right of Way Vacation procedure. If you wish to continue your request, please send the same attached completed preliminary review form to PWEngineering@southbendin.g_ov and pay the $300 filing fee -processing for the Board of Public Works follows. Please let me know If you have any questions. I will mail the attached documents per your earlier request. Chris Chris Dressel Senior Planner City of South Bend Department of Community Investment Division of Planning and Commun ity Resources County-City Bu ilding cdressel@southbendin.gov 227 W. Jefferson Blvd 574-235-5847 South Bend, IN 46615 Southbendin.gov Excellence Accountability Innovation Inclusion Empowerment 1 Q FOR RENT O FOR ACCOUNT PAYMENT BAL. DUE I /' \ I~ : I QcASH I ~ QcHECK FROM _______ TO ______ _ O MONEY ORDER (])CREDIT CARD BY BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 227 W JEFFERSON 13TH FL SOUTH BEND1 IN 46601000 08/29/2025 11:-tl:57 MID: xxxxxxxxxxxxo11 TIO: XXXXX223 Card # Network: Chip Card: AID: SEQ rr Batch tr: INVOICE Approval Code: Entry Method: Mode: SAlE AMOUNT DEBIT CARD DEBIT SALE XXXXXXXXXXXX7821 MASTERCARD US Debit A0000000042203 10 226 11 73050-t Chip Read Issuer • PIN Bypassed i300.oo Signarure Not Required PEGGY FAYE TOMKIEWICZ MERCHANT COPY 3-11 Name Mailing Address Mailing City Mailin Mailing Zi Parcel ID Property Address Property City Propert Zip KIDDER MARK A & LORRIE J 2814 West Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4177 2814 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 RECENDIZ ALEJANDRO DIAZ 2714 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8106-3994 2714 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 SHELTON BROOKE UND 1/4 INT & THOMAS NIA UND 1/4 INT & CANTU BRYCE UND 1/4 INT & THOMAS ESSA UND 1/4 INT JTWROS 2808 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4178 2808 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 ALLEN CRAIG 2802 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4179 2802 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 WASHINGTON CATHERINE 2813 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4168 2813 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 GILLS LENNIE P 2807 West Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4169 2807 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 TOMKIEWICZ CHRISTOHER A AND PEGGY F 2801 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8110-4170 2801 W CALVERT ST SOUTH BEND IN 46613 RECENDIZ ALEJANDRO DIAZ 2714 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8106-3993 RECENDIZ ALEJANDRO DIAZ 2714 W Calvert St South Bend IN 46613 018-8106-3992 NEW JERSEY IND AND ILL RR CO % NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP Taxation Department Atlanta GA 30308 018-8075-2856 NEW JERSEY IND AND ILL RR CO % NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP Taxation Department Atlanta GA 30308 018-8075-285301 Phone #: Email: Yes No Yes No Does the existing alley provide garage access to other property owners? Yes No Is your property adjacent to the street/alley of interest? Do any property owners currently access the street/alley? Is there a future property development plan associated with this request? Describe the reason for this vacation request and proposed use : STREET/ALLEY VACATION PRELIMINARY REVIEW City of South Bend – Board of Public Works 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Ste. 1316 South Bend, IN 46601 Preliminary Staff Comments: Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Date: Name: Property Address: Applicant property information: Residential Commercial Industrial Describe the general street/alley location with boundaries (Ex: 1st East/West Alley, west of St. Peter St and north of Howard St): This is a request for preliminary review of alley or street vacation with regard to Board of Public Works basic criteria. Staff will review the information provided and give feedback to the applicant. OFFICE USE ONLY: Do less than 50% of properties on the full block have direct street access? Is this the only midblock connection? Is the block length greater than 600'? Will the vacation result in: dead end alley, interference with bike route, violations of minimum traffic safety standards? Are there public or private utilities in the alley? v. 2024-07-30