10-23-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2000 RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE At 7:05 p.m. Councilmember White made a motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole. Councilmember Kelly seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Chairman Ujdak presiding. BILL NO. 87 -00 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ANNEXING TO AND BRINGING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA CERTAIN LAND IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP CONTIGUOUS THEREWITH, AND RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 9111 -00; ROYAL OAK ESTATES AND COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH Councilmember Coleman made a motion to continue this bill until the November 13, 2000 meeting of the Council at the request of the petitioner. Councilmember Aranowski seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. BILL NO. 67 -00 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 530 NORTH LAFAYETTE BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember White reported that the Zoning & Annexation Committee met on this bill and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. John Byorni, Assistant Director, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140 County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Byorni advised that the petitioner is requesting a zone change from "C" Commercial, "G" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, "G" Height and Area to allow the expansion of an existing building for laboratories and offices. Mr. Byorni noted that the property currently contains the South Bend Medical Foundation Building. Access to the site is from both Main Street and Lafayette Boulevard. The total site to be rezoned is 2.2 acres. Of that, the buildings will occupy thirty -seven per cent (37 %) of the site, the parking and drives will occupy fifty -five per cent (55 %) of the site and seven per cent (7 %) of the site will remain as open space. The site plan is preliminary. Based on information available prior to the Area Plan Commission Public Hearing, the staff recommended that this petition be sent to the Council with a favorable recommendation subject to a final site plan. The rezoning would allow an addition to the existing building which would be in keeping with the character of the adjacent hospital facility. Additionally, the Area Plan Commission held a Public Hearing on this matter on September 19, 2000 and sends this bill to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Michael D. Hardy, Barnes & Thornburg, 600 V Source Bank Center, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill on behalf of the petitioner, South Bend Medical Foundation. Mr. Hardy advised that the South Bend Medical Foundation proposes to expand their current facility to seven (7) floors. He noted that this project was planned in December of 1999 when the Council originally approved the rezoning to "C" Commercial. Mr. Hardy informed the Council that in regards to the concern of noise, the South Bend Medical Foundation hired an acoustic engineer who reviewed the site and the site plan to make recommendations to both the location of equipment and the type of equipment to be used as well as other changes in the project and construction. These recommendations include the use of sound deadening rooms, as well as what equipment should be placed outside and what equipment should be inside and the type of equipment that could be used to minimize the sound to the neighborhood.