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Larry Magliozzi <br /> From: Kevin Dreyer <kdreyer @nd.edu> <br /> Sent: Sunday, August 27,2017 1:02 PM SEP 2 0 2017 <br /> To: Larry Magliozzi <br /> Cc: rosemarydorwoodneighborhood; Don Durnich KAREEMAH FOWLER <br /> Subject: Rosemary Ironwood project CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN <br /> Hello Larry, <br /> I am writing to try and clarify what I consider to be a misrepresentation or at the very least misunderstanding of <br /> my comments concerning the first proposal on the Rosemary Ironwood church property. <br /> At the APC meeting 1 attended I did indeed mention that the road through the property was being lightly <br /> addressed and that it represented an additional factor in my concern about increased traffic, particularly on <br /> game days, in our neighborhood. At no point did I mean to suggest that the road should not be there. Rather <br /> the point that I thought I was making was that the impact on traffic,vehicular and pedestrian,was being <br /> dismissed as a non-issue. I was pointing out that in addition to the potential for parking to overflow on <br /> Rosemary, they need to recognize that once the church was gone the road/drive through the development would <br /> look much more like a road then it did at that time. <br /> It is my belief that the developer has latched onto that one thing to say he is responding to concerns voiced by <br /> the neighborhood. In fact I believe he has realized that by removing the center access road he can reclaim more <br /> space for his buildings and shove the access road to the outside edges of the property and use land that would <br /> have been needed for utility easements. <br /> Our universal and primary concern has been and is now even more so,the density of the development. The <br /> houses are too close together and do not represent the character of our neighborhood. To put 30 units in an area <br /> that under normal considerations would hold 16 houses seems criminal to me. To use my words against the <br /> interests of the community is offensive to me. To willfully ignore the many other issues we have raised seems <br /> indicative of the developer's overall attitude toward the neighbors. <br /> I do hope that this clarifies my comments,AlC which I will point out were <br /> a developer understand completely <br /> intentions.dismissed in the lawyer's <br /> rebuttal at the meeting, and helps the <br /> Kevin Dreyer <br /> 1905 Dorwood Dr. <br /> South Bend, IN 46617 <br /> i E C E I V E <br /> AUG 1 y 2017 <br /> i AREA PLAN"''CIMMISSION <br /> t <br />