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ear i h designs Area Plan Commission St. Joseph County County -City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Att: Larry Maggliozzi, Angela Smith February 20, 2017 Re: TEXT AMENDMENT: Ordinance of Common Council, City of South Bend APC #2812 -17 Dear Larry and Angela, I respectfully request this letterof remonstrance be read into the record in the above referenced matter, which is being considered this afternoon. I am particularly disturbed regarding the above text amendment which, in my opinion, is an attempt at short circuiting prior community planning and process. I have invested and continue to invest heavily in the East Bank Village neighborhood and have done so with the knowledge and intent of creating developments which maintain and reflect that vision. That plan was created, fully vetted and adopted by this community less than a decade ago. There are a multitude of planning issues that I am concerned about as they relate to a previous attempt at creating a PUD by Matthews LLC, although it appears that the single issue of height is the item that is being focused on. The excessive height of the building being proposed, is in direct contrast with the vision created by the East Bank Village plan of 2008. That vision was of a low to mid density scale, thus the intentional reference to a "Village ". To my knowledge, during previous planning efforts, there were no previous discussions or considerations to separate the East Bank portion of the CBD as this text amendment is prescribing. Even if one were to agree and accept the change in height, the drastic step down from 150 feet to 60 feet in height should also be addressed as professional planning would dictate. I appreciate your consideration of my concerns, and your NO vote in response to the petitioners request. Sincerely, 7U44 Pell� RECEIVED FF8 2 1 2017 AREA PLAN COMMISSION earth design real estate Ilc 36 L/ lvlcKmley Avenue Post Office Box 148, South Bend. Indiana 0148