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Imo;CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Mr. Corcoran replied, Yeah, and they're on the phone right now. Committee Chair Davis stated, I like being on the phone. Thank God for the phone. Councilmember Teshka asked, Why Light Industrial? And what uses are allowable under that? Mr. Corcoran replied, Again, it goes back to what I said earlier about the location of the site but also, the nature of the site lends itself to potentially one (1) larger operation rather than cutting it up into smaller parcels like Portage Prairie or Ignition Park. I think that is, probably, the prime advantage of this location is the ability to do something with one (1) user. The other element to that is because of some of the elements people have spoken about, i.e. the water table and stuff like that, it allows for a single solution to happen rather than multiple. Every time one (1) of these projects comes through at Portage Prairie, we talk about drainage, access and all those different elements that we are potentially able to solve in one (1) go rather than each time coming back to the same three (3) questions over and over again. Councilmember Teshka followed up, Things come before us all the time and, since it is zoning, it hasn't seemed to stop developers in the past. Do you see it as a breaking point to not have it be at least Light Industrial to attract the business that would use it as a single use? It sounds like you have some kind of use in mind. Mr. Corcoran replied, I don't. But what I do see is that with all the infrastructure that is there, it has been, essentially, primed for that land use. Whether or not that was the goal of the County as to where the bypass went in, this has got all the elements that other places in the County currently do not have. The County is wanting to spend millions, if not multiple hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure costs, where we have it now. I think that is the biggest element to the location. Councilmember Teshka stated, I think that, in and of itself, is attractive. Correct? Mr. Corcoran replied, Absolutely. Councilmember Teshka followed up, So do we need the LI designation on top of that to attract a business? Mr. Corcoran replied,I see what you're saying.There are two (2) elements to that. One(1),I think the environmental conditions of the land lend itself to something that is a little bit better than a Commercial category. I do think because of its locational attributes, it does, from a financial side, suggest that those are the type of users who would be looking to locate there anyway. So if it were Commercial, it probably doesn't develop as intensely. And when I say intensely, I mean the use of the land at its highest and best use. And we might be back here again in the future rezoning it from Commercial to Light Industrial or General Industrial. But as to Oliver's point, at least you'll be able to see what type of use that will be. You know, today, we do have to look at all the EPA standards. We can't just dump water because it is GI use. That doesn't give anyone any right to pollute the air or water. So those sorts of things have to be considered. Obviously,the City will be working through Engineering issues that come to things like storm water or putting water into the river system. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld l South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.92211f 574.235.9173 I TTD574.235.5567]\ ww.southbendin.gov 17