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image of a view looking north of the site, and another looking west across Elmer, looking east across the alley, and then the site plan. He stated that the bill came to Committee from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. Rezoning of this property will allow for the expansion of an existing business, with appropriate buffering and appearance to the architecture. The proposed expansion will be a responsible asset to the neighborhood. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 54 -16 to the Common Council with a favorable recommendation and Committeemember Jo Broden seconded, which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Substitute Bill No. 41 -16 — Commerce Center PUD Rezoning at 401 E. Colfax 9 The Committee was handed papers by Committeemember Jo Broden composed by the Office of the City Clerk. Clerk Fowler explained that the paper listed all the items in the Dropbox relating to this bill that have been received by the Office of the City Clerk. Committemember Jo Broden stated, I had asked for this to be generated just as a reflection of what is in the record with regard to this particular development. As Councilmembers, we are obviously asked to make decisions based on the record and also in precedent. The uniqueness of the request of this petition, I think, merits a solid review of the documents in the history. Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand stated, Under Indiana State Law, the Common Council has ninety (90) days from the date that the certification letter was heard. The Council's ninety (90) day period starts from September 21St, 2016. There was discussion regarding whether or not there were any other timelines to pay attention to. Council Attorney Cekanski- Farrand stated that there weren't. Committeemember Jo Broden stated that as this was a Regional Cities project, there were deadlines associated with it. Committeemember Oliver Davis stated that, given the fact that this request is different from the other ones they have to deal with —as they would be effectively setting a precedent if they vote in favor of the bill —the Committee wants to make sure that everything is in order. It is for that reason that the Committee has taken its time to clarify everything. He ensured that so long as he is Chair, that the Committee of Zoning and Annexation would do its due diligence. He urged the petitioner to not give the same presentation they did for Area Plan, or previously to the Committee. He requested that new information be presented to the Committee. Angela Smith, Area Plan Commission, with offices on the 11th Floor of the County -City Building, served as presenter of this bill. She stated that the only things she wanted to cover were items handled at the special meeting that the whole Council may not have been present for. She presented still images, generated by a computer simulation, that illustrated the sort of shadows cast by the proposed building —at a height of one - hundred and seventy -five (175) feet —at a given time of day. The days depicted were the vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox, and winter solstice. She stated, The only other item we covered at the larger meeting had to do with the PUD district ordinance and the history of that. We have had a large number of PUDs come through the City of South Bend after the adoption of the 2004 zoning ordinance. The Plan Commission and the Council are kind of asking, "Why are there so many ?" We did an 11