07-12-12 A Better Fellows Street Corridor Sought by Council

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a T11 Common Council x 1855 441 County -City Building . 227W. Jefferson Blvd South Bernd, Indiana 46601 -1830 Derek D. Dieter President Oliver J. Davis Date: July 12, 2012 Vice - President Karen L. White To: Board of Public Works Chairperson, Committee South Bend Redevelopment Commission of the Whole Mayor Pete Buttigieg Tim Scott City Engineer Mike Meacham First District Bill Sehalliol, Division of Economic Development (574) 235 -9321 Fax (574) 235 -9173 http://www.-southbendin.go-v Henry Davis, Jr. Prom: The Undersigned Member o the South Bend Common Council Second District $ f Valerie Schey Re: Fellows Street Corridor Project Third District We, the undersigned Members of the South Bend Common Council, hereby formally Fred Ferlic petition you to diligently do the following: Fourth District David Varner —> Develop alternate routes and options which are respectful to the Fifth District residents currently Iiving in the Fellows Street area; and Oliver J. Davis Sixth District Develop alternate routes in such a way that the law abiding residents along Fellow Street who pay taxes will not have their homes taken Derek. D. Dieter and which would result in a significant loss of the tax base, as well having a At Large negative impact on the values of the homes which are left behind. Gavin Ferlic There are multiple funding sources on currently on the table for this project. We At Large believe that this strong residential neighborhood should not be so negatively impacted Karen L. White by the bellows Street Corridor as currently proposed, that it may be the source of At Large another part of our city beginning to go down the path of becoming a problem neighborhood. We are confident that alterative plans can be engineered and call upon each of you to aim higher and keep the best interests of our residents and City paramount. We are enclosing a copy of the minutes from the July 2, 2012 meeting of the Community and Economic Development Committee for your review. Thank you.