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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting —March 14, 2013 requirements, etc. It can be pretty flexible, but not too flexible. We would like to make it more flexible, more development friendly. Mr. Meteiver noted that when an area is being developed there are constraints by the city's zoning ordinance. The PUD provides a clean slate for that area and you can develop whatever plan there is for development and use that you want. It's not completely free form, in that the Commission needs to establish some parameters. What Mr. Kain has stated is when we established those parameters, they were fairly rigid; now we want to amend those parameters. Mr. Varner noted he would have expected that the planning from the PUD originally would have been flexible enough to allow staff to make the decisions without Data Realty having to come to the Redevelopment Commission for these things. Mr. Kain responded that Data Realty's experience is the reason for this request. Ms. Jones asked that 16:00 how do you address the issues with all five. Mr. Kain responded that one of the issues was where their building is placed, they were asking for a variance of landscaping on the south side of the building because trees already exist there. Ms. Jones also asked whether the $3,500 of filing fees needed that with the additional request for the $3,500 for filing fees; is that after the amending to file it, or will it be filed before the process of amending. Mr. Kam responded that it gets filed after the amending. Upon a motion by Mr. Downes, seconded by Mr. Alford and unanimously carried, the Commission authorized staff to proceed to with revisions to the Ignition Park Planned Used Development. C. West Washington- Chapin Development Area (1) Resolution No. 3123 approving and authorizing the execution of an Addendum to the Master Agency Agreement with the Board of Public Works (William Streetscape Project) Mr. Relos noted that Resolution No. 3123 approves an Addendum to the Master Agency Agreement for the William Streetscape Project. This project will remove and replace cross walks, curbing, sidewalks, and tree lawns along the west side of William Street between LaSalle and Washington. The Commission currently owns the old Basic Machine property at the southwest corner of LaSalle and William. The sidewalk along that half block has been slowly sinking for several years. The project will repair that problem and add new tree lawns to match the east side of William Street. As part of the project, new ADA compliant cross walks will be installed at the intersections of LaSalle, Colfax, and Washington, complimenting the recently announced