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ZONING AND ANNEXATION 3:52 P.M. AUGUST 13, 2012 Committee Member's Present: Dr. Fred Ferlic, Dr. David Varner, Gavin Ferlic Other Councilmember's Present: Tim Scott, Henry Davis, Valerie Schey, Karen White, Derek Dieter Other's Present: Bill Stenz, Sherri Miller - Story, Ann -Carol Nash, Ann Puzzello, Jim Puzzello, Christa Nayder, Phil Byrd, Kathy Cekanski - Farrand, Kevin Allen, Mike Schmuhl, Larry Magliozzi Agenda: Bill No. 22 -12 — Rezone 801 Hill Street and 505 Kalorama Preliminary Discussion Text Amendments — Group Residence Bill No. 22 -12 — This bill proposes to rezone 801 Hill St. and 505 Kalorama and a vacated portion of that street from SF -1 to SF -2 including a portion that had been B multi - family. Christa Nayder from the Area Plan Commission reported a favorable recommendation from the Commission as well as support from the NNE Neighborhood Association. Acting as Chair, Dr. David Varner called upon Phil Byrd to present back round for the proposal. Phil said this proposal was the result of a cooperative effort including South Bend Heritage, the NNRO, and the NNE Council working with Abonmarche for design characteristics. Their replat would include low- moderate income set aside to encourage diversity and affordable homesites. Former Councilmember Ann Puzzello spoke in support of the proposal as did Bill Stenz, President of the NNE Council. He said the proposal represented a lot of cooperative effort. Dr. Fred Ferlic motioned favorably followed by Gavin Ferlic's second which garnered unanimous support. The next agenda item intends to initiate discussion of proposed changes to the Code section addressing group residences. Larry Magliozzi, from Area Plan led the discussion. It should be noted, the unspoken, but widely known impetus for the changes under consideration stem from a Dave Mathews request to create a group residence for "young professionals" in the East Bank Village. Larry said the proposed text change allowing this would be treated as a special exception on a case by case basis. Henry Davis said this was a good topic for discussion. He said it fits in with the "New Urbanism" concept to be proposed in the Renaissance District now under consideration by the Redevelopment Commission. In part its focus hopes to attract young professionals to the Central Business District. Derek Dieter said the group home concept raises a lot of concerns. He felt more info and more discussion was warranted. Dr. Fred Ferlic and Dr. David Varner agreed that the change would be better if restricted to a specific geographic