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REGULAR MEETING August 13, 2018 district is intended to highlight the natural and agricultural amenities, and they include such things as vineyards, buffalo paddocks,petting barns,tobogganing hills, and other attractions that may be a part of the larger vision for the development. There are some existing written commitments on the property that have to do with a traffic study, which is common for a project of this size. This comes to you from the Area Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation. Utilizing the planning and development will allow for a large mixture of uses at this site and a development that will generate a lot of attraction for the City of South Bend. Brian McMorrow, Abonmarche Consultants, 750 Lincoln Way East, South Bend, IN, served on behalf of the petitioner of this bill. Mr. McMorrow stated, We were retained by SBCC Development Corp,the South Bend Chocolate Company entity set up for real estate development, led by Mark Tamer. Mark has big plans and big visions for this eighty(80) acre piece of property. South Bend isn't big enough in its current configuration, so we need to annex in about thirteen (13) more acres to make it happen. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. None from the public wished to speak in favor of or opposition to this bill. Councilmember Karen White made a motion to send Bill No. 26-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. 33-18 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ESTABLISHING HISTORIC LANDMARKS STATUS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS HERITAGE CENTER FORMERLY THE ENGMAN NATATORIUM, AND LOCATED AT 1040 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Oliver Davis, chair of the Zoning and Annexation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Adam Toering, the Department of Community Investment, with offices on the 14th Floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter of this bill. Mr. Toering stated, I am here to present to you a landmark for the Civil Rights Heritage Center. The structure was built in 1922 and is a neoclassical design building by Walter W. Schneider, who was a local architect. Landmarking was previously investigated by the Commission as well as the community in the late 1990's and then again revisited in 2003. It was not pursued at that time. The current owner, the South Bend Heritage Foundation, supports this...and they are committed to actively preserving and protecting the historic fabric of our community. Local landmarks are sold and bought regularly, so that is not an impediment to the process of this structure or the future use of this structure. Georger Garner, 112 Franklin Place, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter of this bill. Mr. Garner stated, It is hard to underestimate the importance of the former Engman Public Natatorium in the historic record of the City of South Bend. Between 1922 and 1936,those who were allowed to come into the building did so by passing under the word"public" carved into the concrete at the front of the building. In spite of the fact that African-Americans had always been in the City and at this time were moving into the City in record numbers,between 1922 and 1936,the Natatorium's caretakers—all of whom were white—denied entry to African-Americans. As a City-owned and - operated supposedly public pool, this became one (1) of several places of activity where we as a City began choosing what kind of City we want to be. Are we one (1) that wishes to believe that word"public" is one (1)that includes every human being? Or are we one (1)that believes that it's 6