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REGULAR MEETING April 9, 2018 Women's Care Center really truly serves all that is true, good and beautiful, that is not good. If you're not voting for a zoning that brings something true, good and beautiful to that area, what does that say?Are you open to the false,bad and the ugly? I don't know. But just think about that. I invite you to rest politics from this. I'm in front of over 1,000 families every weekend and I don't know how I would be able to process a simple zoning issue that is bringing so much good to my community. Beacon Heights is a huge area that is in need of great service. The first week I was at St.Johns, I've been there a couple years now, I heard gun shots. All of humanity passes by way of the family. Women's Care Center does what it can to enhance the family. It is all that is true, good and beautiful. I invite you to rest politics from your decision and reflect on what is at hand and that is the zoning issues. If this gets the permission of being there, I suspect the population of South Bend will grow and not decrease. God Bless you. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic reminded the public to please keep comments germane to the rezoning request. Derek Fodrocy, 3601 Lincoln Way West, South Bend, IN, stated, What can I say to top what you've heard already. I would like to expand a little bit more with my letter I've created. This residence has been in my family for three (3) generations now. I have no plans of leaving any time soon. The property two (2) doors East of me has changed ownership quite a few times in the time I have owned my property. I would like to explain more about my approval of this Care Center to operate at this location. I will not go in more depth to list the complete services they offer as I cannot compete with what you have already heard. I have been very impressed as a life-long resident of the City's West Side community. I see a great need for the services that they offer, especially with the recent loss of the adjacent St. Vincent DePaul in our area that assisted many residents. The plans at this property include many renovations that significantly upgrade the landscape, all while keeping the warm and welcoming residential feel. But unlike most business' rezoning requests,their operation and hours will not negatively affect my family or the surrounding businesses in the area. Their operations are during the day which pose no disturbances to the evening and nighttime. Also, the neighborhood directly behind them that some people have questioned has a very large population of young families that could be assisted greatly by this service. I welcome the Women's Care Center between my property and that of the Whole Women's Health Clinic as a graceful buffer and gentle transition from the commercial brick-and- mortar business to the east of us. After seeing what they have done with all of the other locations they have, this is a perfect fit for this area. Our property values will only go up as a result of this. If this is denied, I am greatly troubled as to what will happen and who will end up with this property. I take them for their word in that they will not allow protestors on their property. I am aware of the opposition to this but all the neighbors I have spoken to in the immediate area are all in support of this and they signed the petition in support. I urge all of you to grant the zoning request. Please, with your power, make a decision that serves the greatest good and the positive contribution of those who need it most. God Bless you and thank you for your time. Desire Douglas, 2813 Lincoln Way West, South Bend, IN, stated, I moved to South Bend in 2005 and have lived on the Lincoln Way West corridor the whole time. I am also a former client of Women's Care Center. I later became a volunteer and I am now a full-time employee of the Women's Care Center. I have seen it on both ends of the spectrum. I believe our Chapin Street location can move and still be an asset to the area of the Chapin Street residents. Being with Women's Care Center, we have always catered to the needs of our clients and we can help with our clients to get to a new, larger location than the Chapin Street area. I've worked as a childcare teacher, a parenting class teacher and a counseling assistant for Women's Care Center and I've seen the good it has done for our clients. We would love to assist the Chapin Street residents over in our new facility. There will be more room. I was a client at the Chapin Street office and it is a small office. We need something bigger and better for the Women's Care Center. Living on the Lincoln Way West corridor, I know the Women's Care Center can bring a more diverse aspect to the area. Our community deserves it in that area. I've lived there since 2005 and I've seen businesses all up and down the corridor, especially from the Bendix corner all the way out to the Airport. We have seen several commercial businesses on that corridor so to rezone for the Center over there will only help. Women's Care Center is here to help the community and we have done so over the last thirty-three (33) years. We want to build our family and have more structure for our families. We have morning, mid-day and evening classes and our parents come and go with no safety issues. We teach toddler classes and our parents come with their children to our Centers 15