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Area Board of Zoning Appeals —February 1, 2012 <br /> to the City Council. We do not believe that this petitioner meets the requirements of meeting the community <br /> moral standards, the general welfare and we do not believe that since the petitioner has a history of operating <br /> similar businesses throughout the country, and we also understand that there's been property in Arizona as <br /> well but we couldn't verify that, but we do know that with the information you have today she runs <br /> businesses out of Illinois, Mississippi, and now Indiana. And the Hope House is an indication that she filed a <br /> LLC to run a business at the Garland address, which you also have a copy of. A similar organization was <br /> dissolved administratively by the Secretary of State office in Illinois. We're very concerned about this <br /> petitioner not, she gives a lot of different answers but when you look at behind the paperwork you find that <br /> she is all over the board with this. And I think the information we provided in the record today indicates that <br /> she does not reside at this home. She cannot be the primary caregiver and for that reason we would ask that <br /> this Board unanimously send an unfavorable recommendation to the City Council. <br /> MS. JILL HILLMAN: I live at 1404 Ridgedale Road. We own the property that is five city lots and our <br /> back yard line is across the street from Mrs. Gurrola's house and actually that whole Garland Circle used to <br /> be part of our family's property before those homes were built, I think that Garland Circle was built in the <br /> first place to be single family residences and it just alarms everyone to think that there might be anything else <br /> in those homes and I don't think we want to see any precedent set that variance would be allowed for any <br /> reason. That's all, I'll keep it short. <br /> MR. WARREN DILTZ: I live at 1454 Garland Circle. That's three houses east of the house we're talking <br /> about but I grew up in the house directly west of there. I watched them build that house in my teens. I've <br /> known every, I've been in the house with every owner since then. I've met every owner, shaken hands, been <br /> at parties in and out of there, it's always been wonderful and cared for. I promise you if you went there now, <br /> if you drove down that street you could pick out what house we're talking about without even looking at the <br /> addresses. We're not helping the neighborhood here. We already have an assisted living home on York <br /> Road two blocks to the north and of course we have Ridgedale Nursing Home right up the street on <br /> Ridgedale a block away and up the hill, We really, I've lived there since 1968 in this neighborhood. When I <br /> got married and moved away I never left South Bend. Always been paying the taxes here, moved back to <br /> three doors away. We want it to be a residential area. We're not looking for a business to come in. We <br /> don't understand how you can pass something or anybody could pass anything and then it's okay in the <br /> future, we don't know if this becomes five people residence or six or whatever. How does that get <br /> controlled? Something like that isn't very well stated in any business like this. We'd like to keep this a <br /> residential area. This is one of the nicest neighborhoods in South Bend. We're all trying to build up and <br /> keep a good city here. We just that maybe we will get to see it that way. They us to speak, we have 8, 9, <br /> 10... <br /> MR. HAWLEY: Ask them to stand up please. <br /> ABOUT TEN TO TWELVE PEOPLE STOOD AT THIS TIME <br /> MR. DILTZ: All residents in the neighborhood but some of them not quite willing to speak as much as I am. <br /> 43 <br />