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Zoning and Annexation Committee March 8,2004 Page 4 being added and then a new Section V should be incorporated and present Section VI being re-numbered. She also noted that the petition references "transfer station" and should be amended. Mr. Walz stated that his client prepared the petition themselves,and that they do not want to start a new process. Council Member Kuspa then opened the hearing to comments from the public. Mr. F. James Hammer,President of Imagineering Finishing Technologies,which is located at 1302 West Sample Street then addressed the Committee. He stated that he protests having another transfer station noting that the west side has enough of them. He stated that g g g Reinke owned the property in question for over 100 years and that the property was sold as "distressed property". He noted that there are Phase II issues addressing environmental concerns and that due diligence required a Phase I audit addressing pollution issues. Mr. Hammer stated that there has been substantial investment in surrounding properties in the general area. He questioned how the property in question would be monitored and policed if it is"not a transfer station and would not be licensed by the city". Mr. Hammer stated that Imagineering Finishing Technologies had 32 employees in 1996 and today has 52 employees. He then provided handouts to the Committee(copy attached),the first being a picture of a typical dumpster without a lid which is used by the petitioner, and a 6-page handout which included a summary of his company's operation and five pictures of the petitioner's property. Mr. Hammer stated that Code Enforcement must not know that Wesbster exists in light of the many code violations depicted in the pictures. He stated that he is concerned about property values of his and others property if the city permits the request. Mike Morris of 1420 S. Walnut then spoke in opposition to the Bill. He noted that he owns another business but is not a direct competitor of the petitioner. Storing and warehousing overnight he believes does constitute the petitioner's operation being a"transfer station". He then handed out a copy of 329 Indiana Administrative Code 11-2-47 defining"transfer station" (copy attached). He stated that if the operation falls under this definition that others could come into the property and use it. He added that approximately one(1)acre would be used which he does not believe is enough area in light of buffering, green space and that there would be blowing debris since covers to the dumpsters would not be required. In response to a question from Council Member Kirsits,Mr. Hammer stated that his operation may move to Blackthorne in the future but that they would keep there current location as a possible incubator. He must have good tenants and therefore he is very concerned about the proposed transfer station.