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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting — November 8, 2012 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Public Hearings (3) continued... October 18, 2012 neighborhood associations and interested parties were sent notice of the Public Hearing; (8)The mail was checked prior to this meeting. As of 9:30 a.m., November 8, 2012, there were 0 written remonstrances received related to Resolution No.3102. Ms. Jones opened the Public Hearing for whoever wished to be heard concerning Resolution No. 3102. Mr. Donald Schefineyer: I am president of the East Bank Village Partnership. The Master Plan which is before you for approval is one that has had a gestation since 1994, at which time our neighborhood commissioned an architect by the name of David Sassano to do a plan which we felt would be a good improvement for the area and to return the Howard Park neighborhood to its original fine condition. In accordance with, potentially, the type of housing that was developed in the Wayne Street/Sunnymede tract, which has been one of the most successful housing projects in the city's history. It was originally laid out with a lot of single family residential (as a matter of fact, mainly single family residential), and then over the years the community got involved and the neighborhood became more extensively involved when the Holladay Corporation committed a group from Chicago called JJR to come in and put together a series of charettes and neighborhood and community meetings to discuss the implications of the redevelopment of the Howard Park neighborhood, with a path along the river, potentially to include some changes to the viaduct system, the Cooper Street Bridge. Out of those meetings, which were held over a period of about a week, four plans emerged. This particular plan was the one that was chosen by acclamation and was then presented in due fashion at the Century Center at a community -wide meeting and had essentially no opposition. I thought that was quite extraordinary because there was opposition at almost every level to the various aspects of most of the plans; but on balance this one met the test of time and was essentially universally approved. So, I believe this is the last step in the approval process and I urge its adoption, There was no one else who wished to speak regarding Resolution No. 3102. Ms. Jones closed the Public Hearing for whatever action the Commission wished to take. (4) Consideration of Resolution No. 3102. Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr. Varner and unanimously carried, the Commission approved Resolution No. 3102 confirming a resolution adopting the Howard Park Neighborhood Master, Plan and'amending the Development Plan for the South Bend Central Development Area.