HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransferring the Amount of $16,000.00 from General Fund to Board of Public Works & SafetyORDINANCE No. 3�/
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Clerk
Of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
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AN ORDINANCE TRANSFERRING THE AI`nO,INT OF $16,000 FROM' rFHI
GENERAL FUND OF ME CITY OF SOUTH B`nND, INDIANA TO THE
ACCOUNT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF SAID CITY;
APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN REAL.
ESTATE; DIRECTING AND AUTHORIZING THE PROPER OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BUD TO KUM AND EFFECT THE PURCHASE OF CER-
TAIN REAL ESTATE AT THE PRICE OF $16 #0001 AUTHORIZING THE
PROPER OrPICERS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO ASSIGN SAID
PROPERTY TO THE DEP;IRTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS OF SAID CITY FOR
USE FOR PARK PURPOSES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Whereas* the Department of Public Parks of the
City of South Bend is, and has been, desirous of furnish -
ing park and playground facilities readily accessible to
the residents of said city living in that portion thereof,
commonly known as the Northwest section, and has an offer
for.the sale of approximately sixteen acres of land lying
insaid Northwest section which land is the only open area
in said neighborhood upon which there is a substantial woods
or grove; and,
Whereas, the said neighborhood is greatly in need
of improved park and recreation facilities which will be
more difficult and more expensive to obtain if this offer
of sale is not accepted and said land is disposed of in
small parcels to other purchasers; and,
Whereas, the said land as it now exists is over-
grown with weeds and underbrush,ead is an unsightly area
and a place in which many incidents.enbarrass.ing to the
neighbors and leading to the delinquency of minors have
been committed; and,
Whereas neither the Department of Public Parks
nor the City of South Bend has any appropriation out of
which this land may be purchased,
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Common
Council of the City of South Bend that;
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Section 1, The amount of ;16,000 be, and the same
iss hereby transferred from the General Fund of the City
Of South Bend, Indiana to the budget of the Board of Public
Works and Safety of said City.
See ion ion 2. The said amount , and the same is,
hereby appropriated for the purchase of the following de.
scribed real estate located in the City of South Bend, County
of St, Joseph, State of Indiana, towit:
A parcel or tract of land located in the
Northwest quarter ( -) of Section No, 2,
Township 37 North, Flange 2 East, and
bounded by a line running as follows.
Beginning at a point thirty (Sot) feet
East and twenty (201) feet South of the
Northwest corner of said Section 2, which
said point is the Southeast corner of E1-
mood Avenue and WilberYStreet in the city of
South Bend, Indiana, thence running East on
the South line of said Elwood,Avenue three
hundred forty -two (3421) feet# thence South
four - hundred (4001) feet, thence East one
hundred eight (1081) feet, thence South twelve
hundred thirty - eight and four tenths (1238.4+)
feet to the North line of Vassar :venue in the
City of South Bend, Indiana thence nest a-
long the North line of said Vassar Avenue.,
four hundred fifty (450+) feet to the North-
east corner of said Wilbur Street and said
Vassar Avenue, thence North on the East line
of said Wilbuxg Street Sixteen hundred and
thirty%ine and four tenths (1639.44) feet
to the place of'. beginning, containing fif-
teen and .ninety -four (15.944) hundredths
acres aaore or less, exclusive of streets,
commonly known as muessel Grove.
Section 3. The proper officers of the City of South
Bend be, and the same are, hereby directed to make and effect
the purchase of the real estate described in Section 2 hereof
at the price of X1600008 in accordance with the terms of an
Option to Purchase, a copy of which is attached hereto, and
made part of this Ordinance,
Section 4. The proper officers of the City of
South Bend be, and the same are, hereby authorized to assign
the real estate described in Section 2 hereof subsequent to
its purchase to the Department of Public Parks of said City
for use for park purposes,
Section 5." The need of the real estate described
in 5eetio.0 2 hereof, and of the appropriation of funds to
purchase same is hereby declared to be an emergency.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage by the Com..�on Council,
its approval by the Mayor, Lts legal publication, and its
approval by the State Board of
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