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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK as we can. One(1)of the keys to that is having some of our small-scale and regular developers test different sections of the ordinance. We want them to try it out and have them tell us where they are having trouble reading it. We know there may be text amendments six (6) months to a year from now, but we want to try and do as much as we can ahead of time to eliminate a lot of the process. Committeemember Broden asked, Can you include Council on that public engagement as you schedule those dates, so we can pop in? Ms. Smith replied, Yes. Some of the meetings will be during our regular meetings. We can certainly make you aware when we are meeting. As I get those shored up, I will follow up with you. Committeemember Broden stated, I think it's important to actually schedule those four (4) days with the quadrants. I think that is good. And then setting the meeting dates for the new Commission, I certainly think afternoon or evening meeting times would help save some of the drama before it gets to Council. Ms. Smith stated,The meeting time at 3:30 p.m. seems to work fairly well. So,we are still looking for that late afternoon timeframe. That is with the fl�euglt.that someone can take off work, not only the public, but our board members, they are not paid. If they have to take off work to attend these, scheduling it toward the end of the day allows for that flexibility. So, we are looking at the end of the day. In terms of the process, as we are going through and trying to get this right, it is every part of the process. So, we are looking at the subdivision process and asking, how we can streamline this and make it a little bit better? We are looking at the variance applications, special exceptions and even the zonings. Now that this is all going to be internal and be reviewed by less departments,we aren't worrying about how long it's going to take the Health Department to review something, so we can make this a little bit faster. We've already looked at your filing deadlines and they are essentially the first(1st)and third(3rd)Wednesdays every month. So,we want to make sure we meet before that, so we can get the information to you guys. We are really being conscious of that and make sure we are making this development process friendly and easy to use for the public. We don't want these small-scale projects to not develop just because they are afraid of or confused by the process. Mr. Corcoran stated, We also want to work with anybody who comes to us with a project upfront so that we can help vet them with the ordinance. That way when it does come to you, it has been worked out. Or, they've chosen to not listen and do their own thing. He continued, So, one (1) of our consultants took this picture (referencing a slide in the presentation). You might recognize a few of these people. Sometimes I think that there are moments in time that define where we are today. One(1)of those moments I feel like was this day of the picture. We sat down with a consultant to talk about the barriers to development in South Bend. We thought we knew them all, but they did find a few things that we didn't realize might stop people from doing something in this process. So, we sat down and drew homes on lots and we tested these ideas. How do we do this? What are the different housing types we are trying to look at? How do we want to think about the way we present these ideas? Then when we talk about the reformatting we are doing, we want to take lessons from exercises like this and incorporating it in the zoning ordinance. I really like this photo when she sent it back to me. It really struck me EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend.Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 10