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Commttttt *sport: Zoning and Annexation Committee to tit Common Couittil of tbt tits of £+outb Ott14: The February 10, 1997 meeting of the Zoning and Annexation Committee was called to order by Vice Committee Chairman, John Broden, at 3:45 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included: Councilmembers Kelly, Aranowski, Pfeifer, Varner, Ujdak, Coleman, Sniadecki; Doug Carpenter,Don Porter,John Byorni,Bernard Feeney, Larry Magliozzi and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Councilmember Broden noted that the first item on the agenda was to review Bill No. 108- 96 which is a voluntary annexation commonly known as "Young Annexation". The C ouncil also reviewed Resolution No. 97-6 which h is the fiscal plan for the proposed annexation. Mr. Larry Magliozzi liozzi made the presentation. He noted that the area in question encompasses 50.7 acres which primarily undeveloped land located in Portage Township. „ it would come into the City as"A-Residential". He noted that t ty n raised by Councilmember Varner it was noted that Mr.Bruno had In response to a question y � and that Mr. Ken Fedder, the attorney for Mr. Bruno, had also been been contacted Y contacted with regard to this annexation. Mr.Feeney,the architect for the petitioner,noted that eventually the property would be rezoned"D"Light Industrial. Following discussion,and upon Councilmember Hosins ki coming to th e meetin g, he made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Varner, that Bill No. 108-96 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. Councilmember Hosinski then chaired the meeting from this point forward. The next Bill to be heard by the committee was Substitute Bill No. 109-96 which is a rezoning request for the northwest corner of Ironwood Road and State Route 23. Mr. John Byorni stated that this request received a favorable recommendation from both the staff and the Area Plan Commission. Councilmember Hosinski noted that there were two (2) remonstraters at the Area Plan Commission, however, both lived North of the proposed area. Following discussion, Citizen Member Doug Carpenter made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Pfeifer, that Substitute Bill No. 109-96 be recommended favorably to Council. The Motion passed. Councilmember Hosinski then noted that there had been additional activity on the property along Portage Avenue where a request was recently turned down by the Common Council for the former Norwest Bank location to be zoned "C" Commercial. There was general discussion on this topic. Mr. John Byorni noted that there are several items which the staff of the Area Plan Commission are working. These include amendments to the Zoning Code that permit ti