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atommittuu Zeport ZONING AND ANNEXATION COMMITTEE 1E0 t je QtommOtt Council of OA eitj of 6Otttb �tt� The March 14, 1994, meeting of the Zoning and Annexation Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Councilmember Lee Slavinskas, at 4:23 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting room. Persons in attendance included Councilmembers Luecke, Washington, Kelly, Puzzello, Slavinskas, Zakrzewski, Coleman, Duda and Ladewski; John Byorni, Joseph Amaral,Bill Stens, Cleo Mellinger, Suzanne Kohler,members of the news media, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. The first item on the agenda was to review Substitute No. 117-93 which would rezone the property located at 116 North Frances Street. Mr. Byorni noted that the rezoning is needed inlight of the new site plan. Mr. Amaral made the presentation. Mr. Amaral noted that this is for Michiana Oncology. He noted t h at the property in q uestion would be rezoned to allow a new parking configuration.fi uration. The Bill comes to the Council without a recommendation g from the Area Plan Commission. Council Member Slavinskas noted that the Alley Vacation Petition has been withdrawn inlight of their reconfiguration of the parking area. The new plan would include eight (8)parking spaces instead of the original twelve (12) which were proposed. No variance would be needed for screening. The parking would be provided for primarily employee parking. Mr. Bill Stens spoke in opposition. He noted that he owned several rental properties who use the alley for ingress and egress. Mr. Ladewski stated that he is familiar with the area and believes that there are serious parking problems, and believes that the request is reasonable. In response to a question raised by Council President Puzzello, Mr. Amaral stated that he would work with Mr. Stens and would follow all developmental requirements of the City of South Bend so long as they were not cost prohibitive. Following further discussion, Councilmember Zakrzewski made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Washington, that Substitute Bill 117-93 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 1-94 which would amend the rezoning for the property located at 3602 South Ironwood Drive. Mr. Byroni noted that it received a favorable recommendation from both the staff and the Area Plan Commission. Suzanne Kohler made the presentation. She noted that her company purchased St. Paul's Retirement out of bankruptcy in 1989. She also introduced