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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK height of thirty-five (35) feet, two (2) and a half stories. A north-south sidewalk will be provided on the west side with public access to Frederickson Park on the northwest corner of the project site. Type B perimeter landscaping will be provided on the east side of the property abutting the drive and parking area. Type A perimeter landscaping will be provided along Howard Street. The curb cut on the west side of the project will line up with Jacob Street. I would be happy to answer any questions and the petitioner is here as well. Committee Chair Davis stated, There was opposition there that night. Has that been addressed? Mr. Wyatt replied,The opposition spoke of wanting to keep single-family character along Howard Street and that is one(1) of the written commitments. Committee Chair Davis interrupted,No but did anybody address the gentleman that came after the meeting? Mr. Wyatt replied, Not to my knowledge. Brian McMorrow, Abonmarche Consultants with offices located at 750 Lincolnway East, stated, I'm here on behalf of Century Builders. The plan you see on the screen (referencing the presentation) came about after a lot of conversation that Century Builders had with the neighborhood stakeholders.This plan has less density than one(1)that,I guess,had been suggested a number of years ago. It is kind of a blend in that we have single-family homes along Howard Street and then multi-family attached product on the back. Working with Tim Corcoran and the City Planning Office, there was an emphasis to make sure the units engaged with the park. You will note that these(referencing the presentation) face the park and there is a sidewalk on that side. All the driveways and common parking areas are tucked behind. So, you don't see a parking lot from the street. Even if you're in the park, it will look like these homes front on the park and there is a big front yard. I think that was a great win-win that we achieved. The developer worked with the City to make that happen. At the Area Plan Commission, we talked about a couple of things including the notion of eliminating the walkway running through the center of the project and, instead, running it along the west side aligning with Jacob Street. The thought there was we are trying to encourage neighborhood residents to use Frederickson Park as it is under-utilized right now. People may feel a little uneasy walking through somebody's yard or whatever, so, instead we are moving it to the west side as part of the final plan. There was some talk, too, about the parking. We have met our Code requirements for the number of parking spaces. There is a garage for every unit and a parking space behind it. There are some common spaces, as well. We are not suggesting that those extra spaces are going to be used for Notre Dame Football weekends by outsiders and the Association will try to police that. He continued, There was one(1) resident that had concern about the traffic and parking problems that exist, especially on Notre Dame Event weekends. I don't know that we can solve the problem of 85,000 people showing up on a football weekend and wanting to park nearby, but, Century Builders' objective is to make the housing product accessible to South Bend families. In fact, we were talking the other day at Riverwalk,which is the old TRANSPO bus yard the Century Builders is building, the multi-family product they are offering there, half of them have been sold to Notre Dame faculty and staff. We feel that a neighborhood with similar architectural design and amenities across the street from Notre Dame is going to be the type of community that will be bought by Notre Dame faculty and staff. My wife works at Notre Dame and is trying to hire new EXCELLENCE j ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2