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Committee Chair Davis opened the floor of the committee to questions for Ms. Smith. Councilmember Karen White asked, Why no recommendation? Ms. Smith answered, There were only twelve (12)members present at the Area Plan Commission out of the fifteen(15)total members on the Commission. There was a motion made to send the bill to the full Council with an unfavorable recommendation,that motion failed to carry by a five (5)to seven(7)vote. There was then a motion made to send it to full Council with a favorable recommendation,that motion failed to carry by a seven(7) to five (5)vote. It requires eight(8)votes to accept a motion and receive a recommendation. Brian McMorrow, 750 Lincolnway East, stated, We've met with the neighbors twice since the last time we met here. Once, representatives of the development team were invited to a meeting hosted by the neighbors, and we also hosted a meeting at the German Township Library on February Wh. I think both sides earned a deeper respect for each other and this presentation I have presents the facts of the matter and seeks to strip away a lot of emotion from this issue. This is Bill No. 78-16, the Waggoner Dairy Farm Rezoning at Adams and Mayflower. The owner is Waggoner Dairy Farm Inc., and it has been in possession of the family since the 1940s. The developer is GLC Portage Prairie Three (3), not the same developer that made the petition in 2005. What is a PUD? By definition cited by code it"is a site to be developed, operated, and maintained as a single entity and containing one (1) or more residential areas,public areas, quasi-public areas, commercial areas, or industrial areas and containing a range of uses as specified in the PU district ordinance." They are set up on a case by case basis, as was the case in 2005. It's a petition made by the owners working in concert with the professional staff and the City to put in an appropriate vision for the development and operation of the property. It's not automatically Eddy Street Commons, although it could be. It's not automatically Toscana Park, although it could be. It's certainly not agricultural, which is the present condition of the land. The Portage Prairie PUD in 2005 was a plan to develop all four (4) quadrants of the intersection of Adams Road which runs east/west and the St. Joe Valley Parkway which runs north/south. The quadrants A, B, C, and D each had different visions. Quadrant A, the northwest quadrant, in 2005 had all of the uses in the PUD. If this petition for LI (Light-industrial) zoning is approved, there is no change to any of that. There was a big fear that if this petition were approved, automatically there is a domino effect to the other side of the parkway and that is simply not true. The PUD of 2005 has expired so effectively,there is no zoning in place. For Quadrant B, the southwest quadrant, in 2005 the Portage Prairie PUD anticipated neighborhood retail, medical/office campus, and assisted living. If this petition is approved, it doesn't change any of that. In Quadrant C,the southeast quadrant, in 2005 what was anticipated was Light-Industrial, commercial or hotel, and office and flex space. If this petition is approved, it doesn't change any of that. In fact,the development has commenced exactly as approved. Quadrant D is the one hundred and twenty (120) acres which is the subject of our petition. In 2005 it allowed hotel/restaurant park, research and development, opportunity site, and/or residential buffer yards along Adams road. If this petition is approved,most of those things don't change. What's not permitted is a hotel or a restaurant park and that is the one exception. The uses that are listed in LI includes most exactly what the PUD listed in 2005 and would not take away any possibility from the plan in 2005. What we are looking to do is develop the first twenty-eight(28) acres of the one hundred and twenty(120) acres on the northeast quadrant. It features the extension of 8