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Ms. Smith responded, I think there was hope that if they got an interchange, it would generate
<br /> some off-traffic, off-the-bypass interest. Without that interchange,there is not that same demand
<br /> there.
<br /> Councilmember Dr. Varner stated, It was primarily a Light Industrial, Commercial-type intent.
<br /> There might have been an older intersection that had some Commercial,Light Commercial, and
<br /> restaurants.
<br /> Ms. Smith stated, This was basically in four(4) quadrants, and this particular area, Area D,
<br /> would have allowed for an office, hotel, and restaurant under CB uses; an office and research
<br /> that fall under either O, Office, or LI, Light Industrial District; and then they had something
<br /> called an"opportunity site,"which was basically a catch-all for anything that was anywhere in
<br /> the PUD.
<br /> Councilmember Scott stated that he had in the past participated in conversations regarding
<br /> interchanges,truck traffic, and improvements on the road.
<br /> Ms. Smith stated, I would think there would be significant improvements.
<br /> Councilmember Scott added, Through the whole area.
<br /> Ms. Smith continued, There would have to be a lot of cooperation between the City and the
<br /> County and the developer to improve the roadways. None of those roads, other than Dylan, are
<br /> really equipped to deal with truck traffic or even heavy car traffic.
<br /> Brian McMorrow, Abonmarche Consultants Inc, 750 Lincoln Way East, South Bend, IN, served
<br /> on behalf of the petitioner. He was joined at the podium by Jeff Smoke from Great Lakes Capital
<br /> Portage Prairie III, LLC and Gordon Norquist, who is a member of the family that owns the
<br /> property. Mr. McMorrow stated, This isn't so much a petition to change the zoning from PUD to
<br /> LI—it is a petition to get out of limbo. The PUD in the voluntary annexation that was approved
<br /> in 2005 set forth a vision for all four(4) quadrants of land by the intersection of Adams Road
<br /> and St. Joseph Valley Parkway—I am told, over two-hundred and thirty(230) acres. The PUD
<br /> was approved only after careful consideration by the Area Plan Commission staff and the
<br /> Common Council of the Fiscal Impact. There was input by the Legal Department,the
<br /> Department of Public Works,the Fire Department,the Police Department, Code Enforcement,
<br /> Community Investment and Economic Development, Administration and Finance, and of course
<br /> there was public participation in that process. The southeast quadrant has been developed
<br /> recently, as it was envisioned at the time, primarily with Light Industrial users,warehouses and
<br /> distribution centers. The other three (3) quadrants have not yet been developed. We have an
<br /> opportunity to develop the first twenty-eight-and-a-half(28.5) acres of land,just north of Adams
<br /> Road. It is for a company that is already doing business here in South Bend. Their business-
<br /> remanufacturing and refurbishing of cell phones and modems and cable boxes and the like—is
<br /> growing, and they want to grow it here in South Bend. If the PUD had not expired, we would not
<br /> even be here today, because what we are proposing would have fit within the PUD that was in
<br /> place at the time. We did approach the Area Plan Commission staff and took advantage of a
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