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RESOLUTION
NO. 2542 -98
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
January 26,
Clerk
Attest: �� c President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,lndi
January 27, 19 98
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me January 28, 19 98.
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 0?15 ( �- ! U
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, EXPRESSING ITS INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY
LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE ORGANIC RESOURCES PLANT
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable by the South
Bend Board of Public Works to acquire approximately .85 acres of
a two lot piece of real property, comprising land and a house, at
4236 West Cleveland Road in South Bend, Indiana, which real
property is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Faulkens, who reside in the
house on the property directly adjacent to the Organic Resources
plant, and is particularly described as:
That part of the Northwest quarter of Section 28,
Township 38 North, Range 2 East, City of South Bend,
German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana which is
described as: Beginning at a P.K. Nail set on the North
Line of said section 28 and the centerline of Cleveland
Road which is S. 890- 57' -50" E., 1325.33 ft. from the
Northwest corner of said Section 28; thence S. 890 -57'-
50" E. 132.00 ft. along said North line and centerline
to a set P.K. nail; thence S. 000- 10' -37" W., 990.00
ft. to a set 5/8" capped rebar; thence N. 890- 57' -50"
W., 132.00 ft. to a set 5/8" capped rebar; thence N.
000- 10' -37" E., 990.00 ft. to the point of beginning.
Containing 3.00 acres and comprised of two (2) lots.
Subject to al legal highways, easements and
restrictions of record.
( "Real Property "); and
WHEREAS, the additional Real Property will allow Organic
Resources to expand its public loading area and increase its
service to the community without encroaching on its adjacent
neighbors, the Faulkens, residing at 4236 West Cleveland Road;
and
WHEREAS, there are additional houses located in the
neighborhood. None, however, are located immediately adjacent to
the Organic Resources plant on Cleveland Road; and
WHEREAS, the Faulkens successfully petitioned Area Plan
Commission for the creation of two legal lots of record out of
one legal lot of record, of which the Board of Public Works is
interested in one lot; and
WHEREAS, Ralph D. Lauver, appraiser, valued the Real
Property at $40,000.00, and Robert L. Huddleston, appraiser,
valued the property at $25,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an offer to purchase real estate must not exceed
the average of two appraisals.