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1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson, South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830 Phone 574/235-9371 Fax 574/235-9021
To: Redevelopment Commission
From: Bill Schalliol, Economic Development Planner ~> Z5
Subject: Proposed SBCDA Plan Amendment -Adding properties to acquisition list
Date: June 2, 2009
The following staff report is a request to the Redevelopment Commission by Commission
staff to be directed to begin the statutory process to amend the development plan of the
South Bend Central Development Area to add properties to the acquisition list. Under the
new statutory requirements that took effect in July 2008, the Commission must, through a
deliberate action, direct staff to prepare the appropriate documentation to amend a
development plan. In the case of an amendment to the resolution or plan for an existing
redevelopment project area, the Commission must determine the following:
(1) The amendment is reasonable and appropriate when considered in relation to
the original resolution or plan and the purposes of this chapter;
(2) The resolution or plan, with the proposed amendment, conforms to the
comprehensive plan for the unit
Upon satisfactory determination of the above two points, the Commission shall cause to be
prepared the following data:
(A) Maps and plats showing the boundaries of the area in which property would
be acquired for, or otherwise affected by, the establishment of a
redevelopment project area or the amendment of the resolution or plan for an
existing area;
(B) The location of the various parcels of property, streets, alleys, and other
features affecting the acquisition, clearance, remediation, replatting,
replanning, rezoning, or redevelopment of the area, indicating any parcels of
property to be excluded from the acquisition or otherwise excluded from the
effects of the establishment of the redevelopment project area or the
amendment of the resolution or plan for an existing area;
(C) The parts of the area acquired, if any, that are to be devoted to public ways,
levees, sewerage, parks, playgrounds, and other public purposes under the
redevelopment plan;
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(D) Lists of the owners of the various parcels of property proposed to be acquired
for, or otherwise affected by, the establishment of an area or the amendment
of the resolution or plan for an existing area; and an estimate of the costs, if
any, to be incurred for the acquisition and redevelopment of property.
Staff would request that the Commission direct staff to develop the appropriate
documentation to add the following 17 parcels to the acquisition list for the South Bend
Central Development Area (see attached map):
The Manor 118 S William 2 parcels
Fred's Transmission 501 W Western 3 parcels
GMS Realty-Toyota Properties 300 & 400 blk of Western 10 parcels
Schillings Camera Store 325-329 S Lafayette 1 parcel
Nor Systems Inc. Computer Store 301 S Lafayette 1 parcel
The background information for the request to add the parcels to the acquisition list is as
follows:
WILLIAM STREET CORRIDOR
The Manor
118 S William 2 parcels
The Manor is a former housing and program center owned by the Madison Center and
vacated since summer 2008. Originally built as a nursing home, the building has become
functionally challenged and would serve the William Street corridor as a clear development
site to allow for new residential or mixed use development. The Commission has previously
removed inconsistent land uses in this corridor by acquiring the former Basic Machine
property (William and LaSalle) and the former Gates storage and salvage lot (William and
Wayne). The Commission activities involved with this property would include acquisition,
demolition, site prep and marketing for redevelopment.
COVELESKI PARK -HOUSING BLOCK
Fred's Transmission 501 W Western 3 parcels
Located on the Coveleski Park proposed housing block, the acquisition of the Fred's
Transmission properties would allow for controlled infill development along William and
Taylor and allow for control of the development on Western Avenue. The Commission
presently owns all but three parcels on this block (excluding the three parcels with this
request). The Commission activities involved with this property would include acquisition,
demolition, site prep and marketing for redevelopment for both mixed use and mixed scale
residential development.
COVELESKI PARK -DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GMS Realty-Toyota Properties 300 & 400 blk of Western 10 parcels
Schilling's Camera Store 325-329 S Lafayette 1 parcel
Nor Systems Inc. Computer Store 301 S Lafayette 1 parcel
Located in the two square block area between William, Western, Lafayette and Wayne, the
twelve parcels identified above house the former Gates Toyota Sales lot and sales building,
the current Gates service center, the former Schilling's Camera store, and the Nor systems
Inc. computer store.
The purpose for placing these properties on the acquisition list at this time is twofold. First,
the Coveleski Park plan has identified these two blocks for mixed use development and the
action to add the properties to the acquisition list would be consistent with the plan.
Second, the vacation of the Gates Toyota use from the site coupled with the vacation of the
Schilling's building would allow for a large percentage of the area to be acquired in the
event that a large format user were to be interested in an urban location. The only other
large format site (3.2 acres) is the former Studebaker Museum block between Lafayette and
Main as compared to the 5.8 acre development site that could be assembled in this
proposed development block.
SUMMARY
Staff would request that the Commission direct staff to develop the appropriate
documentation to begin the public process to add 17 parcels to the acquisition list for the
South Bend Central Development Area. The majority of the properties proposed for
addition to the acquisition list are properties identified within the Coveleski Park plan and
the inclusion of The Manor parcels are consistent with the larger redevelopment goals for
William Street of removing buildings with inconsistent land uses. The amendment is
reasonable and appropriate when considered in relation to the plan and the purposes of the
South Bend Central Development Area, and the plan, with the proposed amendment,
conforms to the comprehensive plan for the development area.
Staff requests favorable approval of this request.
SBCDA Development Plan
Amendment Proposal