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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—October 25, 2012 <br /> 5. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> A. South Side Development Area <br /> (1) continued... <br /> north of Ireland, Donmoyer Ave. which takes a lot of traffic to Stanley Clark School, and <br /> thirteen blocks from my house there is Riley High School. There is a lot of school bus <br /> traffic coming down Fellows. There is no need for an additional stop sign at Walter. <br /> Derrick Preston: 4211 Fellows. I support anything that will slow traffic on Fellows. I <br /> really enjoyed the comments of the first gentleman. We really need to slow the traffic <br /> down. I have a four-year old daughter and a five-year old son that can't sleep at night <br /> because people are speeding up and down the road. Between Ireland and Teri it's almost <br /> like a drag strip at night. People come around that curve and then try to go as fast as they <br /> can. They either make it to the stop light or get to the curb. So, anything you can do to <br /> slow traffic down. I like the speed bump idea, more stop signs, whatever it takes. It would <br /> be greatly appreciated. Thank you. <br /> Rock Perri: 4024 Fellows. On the S-curve. Stop sign? I'm not going to live there and <br /> listen to that traffic stop and go all day, all night long. Bad idea. They already stop there <br /> without a stop sign. They get confused. That is a bad idea. I'm telling you. That curve <br /> could be straightened out if you put a retaining wall, and I would be willing to give a little <br /> bit of my property for that purpose, straighten that curve out a little bit, keep that traffic <br /> flowing. It's stop and go; it's already loud enough. That's not going to work, in my eyes. <br /> Speed bumps aren't going to work either. Stop and go. People have loud cars. <br /> Somebody's got to make a decision here. I'm getting tired of this. <br /> Larry Fisher: 59255 Locust Rd. I would like to say I support the proposal for all the <br /> reasons that were mentioned before. I do feel that the infrastructure of Ireland is such that it <br /> can handle the traffic. I realize that no solution is going to satisfy everyone, so I realize it's <br /> a tough decision. But I think you have to do what is best for the whole community <br /> involved. Thank you. <br /> John Hagan: Representing the board of the Community Forum for Economic <br /> Development. We met and discussed this issue and basically had supported the kinds of <br /> recommendations that Mr. Damian had given prior to this meeting. Without being <br /> unnecessarily duplicative of things that have already been said, we support the project <br /> based upon the criteria that were selected. One of the things that surprise me, however, is <br /> that these criteria had not already been made available. Standards and criteria are things <br /> that we typically use in planning. I hope these weren't made on the fly. One of the criteria <br /> that seems to be absent in this project, however, is the attention to the use of TIF funds. I'm <br /> not altogether clear on whether this is consistent with the use of TIF funds, but I'm sure that <br /> would also be included in the report. Finally, I would just comment that we on the south <br /> side of U.S. 20 (I'm in an area called Forrest Park and we have been living with this <br /> 15 <br />