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1316 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING <br />- 227 W JEFFER$ON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKF-, MAYOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />GARY A. GIILOT, P.E. <br />DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />TO: Ms. Bonnie Bejma <br />1236 East Jackson Road <br />South Bend, Indiana 4661.4 <br />PHoNE5741235-9251 <br />FAx 5741235-9171 <br />TDD 5741235-5567 <br />PROJECT: <br />North Falls Church Court <br />Drainage Improvements <br />PARCEL: <br />3 <br />ROAD: <br />N/A <br />COUNTY: <br />St. Joseph <br />The City of South Bend, Indiana is authorized by Indiana law to obtain your land and/or <br />an easement across your land for certain public purposes. The City of South Bend, <br />Indiana believes that it may need your land for a public drainage improvement project, <br />described or known as the North Falls Church Drainage Im rovement Project and would <br />like to purchase the land and/or easement as described on the attached legal description. <br />Per our discussions with you, the City of South Bend, Indiana offers you a six (6) inch <br />sanitm sewer hook-uo from the public sewer in the rear of your yard to your septic tank <br />an eight 8 foot wood privacv fence on the south 'Propelly line and the rights to the <br />remains of the trees removed on your propeLty for the above -described property and/or <br />easement. In the event the City is required to remove the fence in order to access the <br />easement the removed fence materials will be delivered to the property owner, and it will <br />be the property owner's responsibility to re -install the fence. Within the next two (2) <br />weeks, we ask that you formally accept or reject this offer. If you accept this offer, you <br />may expect the improvements to be completed by the end of the year, and provided there <br />are no difficulties in clearing liens or other problems with title to the land. Possession will <br />be required within 30 days of execution of this document. <br />Any improvements or items within the proposed right-of-way, which you are responsible - <br />for moving, must be removed within 30 days of the date, you are paid. At the end of that <br />30-day period, any items remaining on the right-of-way become encroachments. Pursuant <br />to Indiana law, the City of South Bend, Indiana has the right to remove any <br />encroachments from its right-of-way after giving the owner proper notice. Further, any <br />cost incurred by the City while removing such items will be assessed to the owner. Even <br />if the City is acquiring a fee simple interest in your property, you will be responsible for <br />all taxes due and owing on the property and any 2007 pay 2008 taxes assessed on the <br />property prior to our ownership of it. <br />By law, <br />you do not have to accept this offer, and you have the right to seek advice of an <br />attorney, <br />real estate appraiser or any other person of your choice on this matter. <br />By <br />ENGINEERING <br />ENVIRONNMNTAL SERVICES CENTRAL SERVICES STREETS <br />WATERWORKS <br />CARL L ITTRELL, P.E. <br />JOHN J. DILLON, PH.D. MATT CHLEBOWSKI SAm HENSLEY <br />JOHN E STANcA-n <br />574/235-9251 <br />574/277-8515 574/235-9316 574/235-9244 <br />574/235-9322 <br />FAx 574/235-9171 <br />FAx 574/277-8980 FAx 574/235-9007 FAx 574/235-9272 <br />FAx 574/235-9728 <br />