NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE WINONA LAKE TOWN COUNCIL
CONCERNNG DISPOSAL OF REAL ESTATE
To: Residents of the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana and all other interested Persons
Notice is hereby given that on May 30, 2017, at 8:00 a.m., the Town Council of the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana as the fiscal body will hold a public hearing in the Council Meeting Room in the Winona Lake Town Hall located at 1310 Park Avenue, Winona Lake, Indiana to consider whether the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana should dispose of the following real estate or parts thereof of the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana.
The following paragraph is a statement, that briefly identifies the real estate just for informational purposes in layman's terms, but it is not a legal description. The Legal descriptions are set forth following after the following paragraph.
The Street Department of the Town is located at 1631 Chestnut Street, Winona Lake, Indiana although a), (a-1) are used and located at the above address. A small part of (c) above is used adjacent to (a). The Tract of Land at (b) West of Pine Avenue and East of the East line of Lots Numbered 81-60 of the 5th Amended and Additional Winona Park more or less, except that Lots 79-80 are now vacated. The foregoing information is required by Indiana Law at IC 5-3-4.
The real estate that is the subject of this notice is described as follows, to-wit:
a.) A tract of land located in the State of Indiana, County of Kosciusko being a portion of Section 15, Township 32 North, Range 6 East, bounded on the West by Chestnut Street (Avenue) and more fully described as follows to-wit:
Commencing at the intersection of Chestnut Street (Avenue) and Mineral Springs street; thence South along the centerline of Chestnut street (Avenue) 342.19 feet to a point; thence East 20.0 feet to an iron pin and the place of beginning; thence East, 194.0 feet to an iron fence post; thence South 1 degree 33 minutes East, 307.4 feet to an iron pin; thence North 67 degrees 16 minutes West, 211.33 feet to an iron pin; thence North 1 degree 53 minutes West, 225.75 feet along the right of way line of Chestnut Street (Avenue) to the point of beginning, containing 1.18 acres of land more or less, which the deed to this property was signed on October 20, 1978 and was Recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County on June 7, 1979 and placed in Record No. 282 at Page 537.
a-1.) Lots Numbered 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the 8th Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park, were deeded to the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana by Grace Schools, Inc, on November 22, 1991 and was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County, Indiana on December 3, 1991, in Record 348 at Page 305. Grace Schools, Inc granted this deed to be sure that these lots are included in and added to the deed that was signed on October 20, 1978 and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County, Indiana on June 7, 1979 in Record No. 282 at Page 537, as set forth in paragraph (a) above. (these lots extend to Columbia Drive).
b.) A Deed from Grace Schools, Inc. as Grantor and the Town of Winona Lake as the Grantee, was Recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County, Indiana on February 3, 1998, as Document Number 98-02-0091. This tract of land is approximately 4.83 Acres more or less and commences at an Iron Bar at the Northwest Corner of Lot Twenty-Three (23) in the 2nd Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park; thence South 31 degrees East along the Southwest Line of Lots Twenty-Three (23) and Twenty-Four (24), 80 feet to an iron bar at the Southwest Corner of Lot Twenty-Four (24); thence Northeast, along the South line of said 2nd Amended and Additional Plat, 174.81 feet to an iron bar at the Southeast Corner of Lot 36 in said 2nd Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park; thence North 31 degrees West 94.87 feet to an iron bar on the South line of Lot 40 in said 2nd Amended and Additional Plat; thence South along said South line, to 7.82 feet to an iron bar at the Southwest Corner of Lot 40; thence Northwest along the West line of Lot Forty (40), 83.80 feet to an iron bar at the Northwest Corner of said lot 40; and on the North Line of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 88 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds East, along said North Line 151.19 feet to an iron bar; thence South, 604.59 feet to an iron bar; thence South 87 degrees 56 minutes 15 seconds East, 105.90 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 544 in the Original Plat of Winona Park; thence North 02 degrees 03 minutes 45 seconds West, along the East Line of said original Plat of Winona Park, to the Northeast Corner of Lot 542 in the Original Plat of Winona Park; thence North 89 Degrees, 25 minutes 06 seconds East, along the on the Easterly projection of the north line of said Lot 542, 16.5 feet, more or less, thence South 02 degrees 3 minutes 45 seconds East along the West lines of Winona Lake land (recorded in Document 95-07-0337) along said East line to the East line of Lot Eighty-one (81) in the Fifth Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park; thence Northerly and Northwesterly, along a curve to the left, along the Northeast Line of said Fifth Addition, 59.52 feet said curve having a radius of 142.50 feet and subtended by a chord 59.09 feet long bearing North 17 Degrees 58 minutes 34 Seconds West; thence continuing along said Northeast line of said Fifth Addition North 33 degrees 07 minutes 39 seconds West (North 32 Degrees 06 minutes 30 Seconds West Recorded), 945.84 feet to the Northeast Corner of Lot Sixty (60) in said Fifth Amended and Additional Plat; thence North 58 Degrees 48 minutes 15 Seconds East, 109.55 Feet to the point of beginning.
c.) This following deed was signed on June 25, 1993 by Grace Schools, Inc. an Indiana Corporation, and conveyed by Grace Schools, Inc., an Indiana Corporation, as the Grantor to the Town of Winona Lake Indiana as Grantee, and which deed was recorded on June 29, 1993 as Document Number 93-06-1725 in the Office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County which deed conveyed about 3.92 Acres more or less in the SW Quarter of Section 15, Township 32 N, Range 6 E, in the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana, including, but not limited to, the land lying East of Chestnut Street, and lying South of Mineral Springs Ave., and being bordered on the East by the West line of Pine Avenue, and thence North lot lines numbered 39, 40, 41, 42 through to 19 at its intersection with the north line of Columbia Drive where it to the West and along Columbia Drive less the Real Estate set forth at paragraphs (a) (a-1) and (b) hereinabove, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the centerlines of Chestnut Avenue and Mineral Springs Avenue; thence South 01 degrees 47 minutes 59 seconds East, along the centerline of said Chestnut Avenue, 342.28 feet (South, 342.19 feet recorded on an adjacent tract deed); thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, 20.00 feet to a hole drilled in the concrete sidewalk, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence North 01 degree 47 minutes 59 seconds West, along the East line of Chestnut Avenue, 306.40 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar at the intersection of the East line of Chestnut Avenue and the Southwest line of Mineral Springs Avenue; thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 39 seconds East, along said Southwest line of Mineral Springs Avenue, 807.94 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar on the West line of Pine Avenue; thence South 01 degree 53 minutes 15 seconds East, 120.81 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar; thence South 88 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds West, 381.08 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar on the Northwest line of Columbia Drive in the Second Amended and Addition Plat to Winona Park, now the incorporated Town of Winona Lake; thence Northwesterly, along said Columbia Drive and along a curve to the left, 43.89 feet to a 1/2 inch iron bar, said curve having a radius of 200 feet and subtended by a chord 43.80 feet long bearing North 62 degrees 37 minutes 23 seconds West; thence North 01 Degree 29 minutes 05 seconds West (North 01 degree 33 minutes West recorded on adjacent deed), 307.40 feet to an iron fence post; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 194 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract contains Lot 18 and parts of Lots 17 and 16 in the Eighth Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park, now the incorporated Town of Winona Lake, Indiana.
d.) Lot Numbered 41 in the 2nd Amended and Additional Plat to Winona Park, now in the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana, was conveyed by the Board of Commissioners of Kosciusko County, Indiana which Deed was Recorded on April 27, 2017 in the Office of the Recorder of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Document Number 2017-04-0983 also addressed as Book Number is 201704 Page 0983.
All of the Land above is Subject to all Covenants, Conditions, Easements, Restrictions, Greenways, Mortgages of Record and all Applicable Building, Zoning Ordinances and Laws and Possible Rights of Title and Drainage Ditches.
Any person may appear and be heard. Any written comments and statements upon the matter can be presented to the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town before the hearing and will be considered during the hearing. Written comments and statements may also be presented at the meeting.
Pursuant to the Indiana Statute, IC 36-1-11-3 the Town President has designated the Town Council to give notice, conduct the hearing and notify the Town Council President of its recommendation.
