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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—October 25, 2012 <br /> 4. COMMUNICATIONS (CONT.) <br /> A. continued... <br /> exit the city. This confused me because I thought that the whole reason for this project was <br /> because US 31 was being made limited access and we needed an access route for local traffic. <br /> They then explained that by limited access, US 31 was just being closed off to side streets from <br /> the US 20 Bypass, south to Kern Road. At this point the meeting changed and I was upset. That <br /> told me that my home was in line to be destroyed so that we could make it more convenient for <br /> the one square mile of homes from the US 20 Bypass south to Kern Road, and from US 31 east to <br /> Miami Street! Not to mention being held in limbo for the last five months while more taxpayer <br /> money was spent on ridiculous convoluted plans that were just for show. Dr. Varner tried to <br /> explain to me last night, October 8, 2012, after the Common Council meeting that the New US 31 <br /> would effectively dead-end the soon-to-be Old US 31 and that the traffic would have nowhere to <br /> go but this new access road that INDOT is building. I was a little bit appeased with his <br /> explanation. Since then, I have researched and looked at the INDOT plan all morning and I find <br /> a flaw in Dr. Varner's explanation. There is clearly an access ramp onto and off the New US 31 <br /> at Kern Road that will give access to vehicles on Old US 31. I am not sure where the major <br /> influx of traffic is to come from now. I look at both the city's plan and INDOT's plan and I fail <br /> to see it. With this being said, this project should have never been presented, the 113 million <br /> dollars that has been spent should never have been spent, and the citizens should not have even <br /> been bothered with this project. Analyzing all this information brings me to one conclusion: <br /> The only responsible thing to do is to stop this project. I'm not saying, table it for later, re plan <br /> it yet another way, but throw this plan in the trash can and burn it! This is why my wife and I <br /> have decided that if this City pushes any part of this project through and it requires even one <br /> inch of my property to be used, you will now have to try and take it, and I will take you to court. <br /> Now, the next matter at hand is Mr. Bill Schalliol. I have been to the Replanning Commission <br /> meetings to see his presentations of the revisions of this Fellows Street Corridor project and I am <br /> frankly quite disturbed and in awe of his blatant deception. I truly wish I had known about the <br /> meeting in which this project was first presented as having the involved homeowners in <br /> unanimous favor of the project. I've been looking for the recording of that meeting online, and <br /> have not found it. The moment that we as homeowners took our disapproval of this project to the <br /> City Council, Mr. Schalliol should have been either asked to resign or fired. This project is too <br /> serious for the citizens to be misrepresented by someone WE pay. I've also found myself in these <br /> Replanning Commission meetings wondering who exactly the boss is and who the employee in <br /> this situation is. If I tried to push my boss around like Mr. Schalliol does the Commission, I <br /> again would not have a job. <br /> I have a signed petition with many of the homeowners along Fellows Street's names on it, stating <br /> that they will in no way sell their home or property to the City of South Bend Many of the names <br /> on that petition are names of people who now want to sell their property to the City for this <br /> project. <br /> I'm not saying that people can't change their minds, but I am questioning the ethics of the <br /> processes that have taken place with the citizens involved. <br /> 5 <br />