03-08-38 Council Special Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL MEET G MINUTES MARCH 8th, 1938 Be it remembered thrt the Common Council -met in the Special Sess-ion ir_ the Cour_ci-I Ch?mbera of the City HP11, Mnnday evening March nth xt the hour of 7:40 P. M. All members were rresent , President Hull presided. STATE OF INDIANA ST. JOSE PT -r COT''ivTTY SS: CITY OF SOUTH BEND ) To the Members of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indirne: CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF COj LION COUNCIL You are hereby notified that under and by virtue of the authority by law vested in mns as Mayor of the City of South Bend, of the State of Indiana, a special meeting of the Com -non Council of said City is hereby called to be held at the hour of =:7 :30 P. M., or as soon thereafter as convenient, on Mnonda.y evening March 7th, 1 935, in the Council Chambers of said Citv, for the purpose of considering the following resolution, towwit: "Reso?_ution empowering the Board of Park Corwa-,issioners of the City of South to use prt of the Ten Thousand ''ollars 010,00.00) p.pprcprin:ted for construc--ion and improvement of Rum Vi7_1nge to purchrse additional lend. end apoly the bp1nnce to the improvement :end construction . of rlpyg•round rprnrntus out of the monies nppropri^ted in the 1938 Budget." Dated this 7th dnj% of March, 1938, COUNTERSIGNED: rear T ,B. L. Taylor City Qlerk ( SEAL) George W. Freyermtt:h MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. Srecial Call urns accepted by the council and ordered. placed on file. The within :cn11. came to hrnd this 7th dey of March, 193 -F, which I served by reading the same i o Pch c.cuncilmnn, upon the date designated as follo -;Ts: Goi t - March' '7th 193 Mrs. Geo. F. Hull March 7th 1935 Wm. Rasmussen March 7th 1935 Howard L. Chambers March 7th 1935 Guy A. Fish March 7th 1935 Wm'. S. Jemes March 7th 1935 Wei. Bierwngen March 7th 1935 Or. 'Fax .Pel.icki Diz�rch. 7th 1935 Fred Kerner ?Ranch 7th 1935 , Dnted this 7th_dQy of march, 1938. Thclender and Roberts ,r M -BER, SOUTH BEND, POLICE DEPT. RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION rMPOWERIT•'G THE BOARD OF PARK CO'JITISSIONE`'S OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO USE PART OF THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) APPROPRIATED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EMPROVEIVENT OF RUM VILLAGE TO PTTRCHASE ADDITIONAL LAND AND APPLY THE BALANCE TO THE IMPROVDTENT AND 007STRUCTION OF PLAYGROUND APPARATUS CUT OF THE 11TONIES APPROPRIATED TY THE 1935 BUDGET. BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of theCity of South Bend thrt: WHEREAS, by the wording of the ordinpnce the Council appropriated Ten Thousand Dollnrs 010,000.00) for ?N. P, A. construction end improvement of Rum 'V'illage there appears to be a necessity of the interpretation of the meaning of the foregoing language, and WHEREAS, in the territory adjoining Rum Village there is a strip of land on which the Prrk Board has an option to purchese, which option expires March 15, 1935, and WHEREAS, it is the sense of said Park Board and of this body that said land, if so acquired will make better available land. for improvement as a. playground, end that said land can be purchased on land contract and with r p,:rt of the Ten Thousend Lo11r_;rs (410,000.00) npnr^ printed in the 1935 Budget, and ;GHERFAS, there will be sufficient left to improve and construct playground equipment on said ar?a for said Rum Villnp•e Project, end WHER?±AS, it is the sersn of the Park Bo=ard and also the. sense of this body that said purchase of nlnd "rill m?ke n far better playground site for this Brea end will also permit the improve - -ent and construction of p1pyg•round equipment ns intended by this body within the Ter. Thos send Dollprs ($1.0,000.00) appropriated. IT IS THER17FORE RESOLVED by this body that the said. Park Board be ruthorized ^nd directed to proceed with taking• ndventnze of said option for the Innd above referred to provided they re-