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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK (4,000) square foot building. The property is zoned Mixed Use, but because of the way the ordinances are for the City of South Bend, the drive-thru requires a special exception. The bank is a permitted use. We went through the Area Board of Zoning Appeals to request that with some variances that I discussed earlier with Council. Assuming that we would receive approval for the special exception, the next step would be to go ahead and do the engineering work and actually build the structure. The reason the site is so unique, and we had talked about this earlier, is because there is a lot of utilities that we had to work around on this particular site with the relocation of South Bend Avenue and State Road 23, and if we would have had to relocate those utilities it would probably have been in excess of 1 million dollars of monies. There are a lot of the utility service in the Eddy Commons area and some of the residential areas, so we worked around those particular environments. We also gave Council a letter from the church which is directly next door, and as part of what we're doing here is we're helping to also provide access to their gravel parking lot and will probably go into a sub-division procedure and put in an egress easement that will permanently put that in place as well. If you have any questions for me, I'd be glad to answer them. Committee Chair Dr. Oliver Davis opened the floor to anyone from the public wishing to speak either in favor or opposition to Bill No. 19-55. Margarite Taylor, 714 E. Corby Blvd, South Bend, IN stated, I am a member of First AME Zion church, which is the church that you've talked about. We've had several meetings on this project. So, saying that we like the project has been a long process, but we think that it will benefit not only the church, but the neighborhood. Thank you. Committee Chair Dr. Oliver Davis turned the meeting back over to the Committee for a vote. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 19-55 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Committeemember John Voorde and passed with a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Res'ectfully itt , -Dr. Oliver Davis, Committ Chair EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2