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Tim Corcoran, Director of Planning with offices on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, referenced the picture on the screen (available in the City Clerk's Office). He stated, We have a General Business plot located nearby as well as one (1) single house that still remains on this block. The little bit of blue is a telecom facility. This used to be called Fred's Transmission. We in DCI commonly refer to it as Transmission Block. Dan likes to call it the grassy knoll. Other people have called it the housing block. Right now,the area is completely a parking lot that was used for the VA Center. There is also the old Gates Auto Service center. JPR is nearby as well as other parking lots. The main thing we are looking to do is, as it is all City-owned property, clean up the uses in the area. As you can see, it is a little bit disparate right now. It was rezoned to CBD for the Barehands deal. We are not rezoning the telecom property. We just want to make sure we incentivize the types of projects we would like to see in the area given the Mixed-Use nature across the street as well as heading towards Lafayette. At the moment,there are no particular projects in mind but given the way things are going, we hope this might spur on some ideas. Committeemember Jo M. Broden asked, Are these Redevelopment Commission-owned properties? Mr. Corcoran replied, Yes,that is correct. Committeemember Broden followed up, Where does this fall with regard to assistance or not for the disposition process? Mr. Corcoran replied, We haven't gone forward with the disposition process yet. We will be doing that based on what will be the new appraised value after the rezoning. Bill No. 04-18- 2104, 2108, 2112 E. Mishawaka Ave and 914,918 S. 21st Street Zone Map Amendment Angela Smith, Deputy Director of the Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th floor of the County-City Building, stated, The petition before you is for the proposed Fire Station on Mishawaka Avenue. It acquired several properties in the area. The ones along Mishawaka Avenue were currently zoned MU,Mixed-Use District,but there were some properties zoned SF-2, Single- Family and Two (2)-Family. In order to look at the project as a cohesive event, they brought the whole thing into a rezone to MU, Mixed-Use District, and are seeking the special exception approval for the Fire Station. The site has currently been cleared and it is a vacant site right now. I will not the petitioner speak a bit more about the site plan for the Fire Station but, in general, it meets the requirements of the MU, Mixed-Use District, the one (1) recently adopted by the Council. There were a couple variations. Primarily to move the building a little bit south so there was enough room for the trucks to exit safely onto Mishawaka Avenue with a clear sight area. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. Rezoning the sight to MU, Mixed-Use, will allow a consistent zoning district for a harmonious development of the site. Approval of the special exception use for the Fire Station will allow the City to improve its public safety services to the community. 2