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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—August 28, 2012 <br /> 2. NEW BUSINESS <br /> A. South Side Development Area <br /> (1) continued... <br /> coming off that new bridge into the <br /> intersection of Ireland Road and Fellows <br /> Street. In making those determinations, there <br /> have been two public meetings (2011 and <br /> March 2012) where the city showed <br /> alignment Option A. Based on engineering <br /> discussions and traffic planning models, <br /> Option A seemed to be the best way to move <br /> traffic from the Ireland/Fellows intersection <br /> over to Michigan Street at its intersection <br /> with Chippewa. Option A required 30 total <br /> property acquisitions and five partial <br /> property acquisitions. Over the last several <br /> months, and with much discussion, city staff <br /> and engineers from Christopher Burke met <br /> with many of the neighbors and explained the <br /> acquisition timeline for the project. Then, in <br /> response to dissatisfaction with the plan from <br /> some residents, Commissioners asked <br /> Christopher Burke to propose some <br /> alternatives that would not require so much <br /> acquisition. <br /> Mr. Durr, Christopher Burke Engineering, <br /> explained the options they had come up with. <br /> A matrix was also distributed at the meeting <br /> showing a comparison of the various options. <br /> Mr. Durr noted that one option is for the city <br /> to do nothing, or nothing at this time. <br /> However, the intersection is not adequate to <br /> handle the additional traffic and the city feels <br /> it would be irresponsible to not prepare for it. <br /> Fellows Street between Ireland and <br /> Chippewa contains several other substandard <br /> intersections at Teri, Barbie and Chippewa. <br /> 5 <br />