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REGULAR MEETING MAY 22, 2017 Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to hear Bills No. 28-17, 29-17, 30-17, and 31-17 together for purposes of Public Hearing. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. 28-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY SOUTH OF ST. VINCENT STREET, EAST OF EDDY STREET INCLUDING TWO (2) EAST/WEST ALLEYS NORTH OF HOWARD STREET, SOUTH OF ST. VINCENT STREET AND NON- VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY WEST OF SR 23 AT SOUTH END OF FORMER GEORGIANA STREET 29-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOWARD STREET AND EDDY STREET INCLUDING EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM FORMER HOWARD STREET ALIGNMENT 30-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: EASTERN 170+FEET OF EAST/WEST ALLEY WEST OF EDDY STREET BETWEEN ST. VINCENT STREET AND HOWARD STREET 31-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY MAKING UP FORMER EDDY STREET, SOUTH OF HOWARD STREET AND NORTH OF CORBY BLVD. INCLUDING ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY TO SOUTH BEND AVENUE AND FORMER SOUTH BEND AVENUE Councilmember John Voorde, Chair of the Public Works and Property Vacation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send these bills forward with a favorable recommendation. Tony Halsey, Kite Realty Group, 30 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN, served as the presenter of this bill. Mr. Halsey stated, I think everyone is familiar with Eddy Street Commons. The request tonight is to allow for the vacation of several public alleyways and former rights-of- way to allow for the second phase of Eddy Street Commons. Mr. Halsey presented to the Council and displayed public images detailing the planned development. He stated, There would be a small retail node at the southwest corner of Napoleon and Eddy Streets, with 8,400 square feet of retail. On the northern blocks on each side of Eddy, these units would be flex space. The upper three (3) floors on each of the northern blocks would be straight residential apartments, so these are four(4) story buildings. In the south,there would be three (3) story residential apartments. Lastly,the Robinson Center is part of the second phase of this project. It will be relocated from its current location south of Howard over to the north of Howard, fronting Howard Street, and approximately doubling in size. These ordinances were heard at the February 14`}', 2017 Board of Public Works meeting. We received a favorable recommendation and, obviously, a favorable recommendation earlier today. The ordinances are as follows: 28-17 vacates Lots D and E, various alleyways, and former Georgiana Street right-of-way; 29-17 is this little bit of excess right-of-way from Howard Street, a part of the realignment ordinance; 30-17 is this alleyway and Lot C; 31-17 is everything south of Howard Street, former Eddy Street right-of-way and former South Bend Avenue right-of-way. The zoning that's been approved for Eddy Street Commons Phase II covers all of Lots A, B, C, D, and E north of Howard Street. This does not include the 7