11-06-78 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 6 1978 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING (CONTINUED BILL NO. 174 -78 A BILL AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (CHAPTER 21, MUNICIPAL CODE) (2700 LINCOLNWAY WEST.) This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. Steven Anella, 218 S. Francis, made the presentation for the bill. He indicated this rezoning was being sought for Teachers Credit Union. He asked that the following letter be entered into the record: Area Plan Commission County -City Building South Bend, IN 46601 South Bend County -City South Bend, and City Council Building IN 46601 November 6, 1978 In Re: 2700 Lincolnway West, Rezoning "B" Residential to "Cl Commercial Ladies and Gentlemen: The Teachers Credit Union seeks the rezoning of this property for the purposes of constructing a Service Office. The Teachers Credit Union is appreciative of the fact that the objections to rezoning "Cl" Commercial is not based upon the use to which the Teachers Credit Union intends to place the building, but rather on the justifiable fear that once the property is rezoned to "C 1" Commercial that the Teachers Credit Union could sell the building to anyone in conformity with the "Cl" Commercial rezoning. However, the Teachers Credit Union gives the assurances that the Petition for rezoning is based strictly on the needs of the Teachers Credit Union and not with any intent in the long foreseeable future to sell the building. The Teachers Credit Union has grown over the years from an inconsequential financial institution to one of the major financial institutions in the area. This growth has been occasioned by its services to the membership and the desire of the Teachers Credit Union to acquire this property as a Service Office is based on its desires to fulfill the needs of its membership in the immediate area. It is the present managements' view that the acquisition of this building will fulfill its need to serve its members within the immediate area for a period of at least 20 years. It most certainly, in the view of-the Teachers Credit Union, would be poor policy to expend monies for said building and improvements therein except for over a long term usage of the building and if ever said building is sold, most certainly any sale would adversely affect the neighborhood would therefore adversely affect its members and the Teachers Credit Union. The growth of the Teachers Credit Union has been based on the relation of the services it renders to its members, not only in a financial manner but also in its total effect upon the community. The Teachers Credit Union has in all its actions taken into consideration the interest of the community as evidenced by its care of its facilities, the assistance in the preservation of historical sites and its loan policy. The present hours of the Teachers Credit Union are 9:30 a.m. to 5 :30 p.m. Monday through Friday,,1. assuring the tranquility of the neighborhood and no unusual or noisy activities in the evening. Additionally, the Teachers Credit Union has always sought to cooperate with the municipal authorities to assure a minimal interruption of traffic and to this effect, before any site plan is adopted, the Traffic Engineer of the City of South Bend will be consulted to ensure that the traffic pattern as adopted by the site plan is only after consultation with the Traffic Engineer. Additionally, by filing a site plan, the Teachers Credit Union will be bound by such site plan and if there is any sale in the distant years, such sale shall be controlled by the fact that such purchaser would have to seek a rezoning from "cl" Commercial to "Cl" Commercial, thus giving the Area Plan Commission and the City Council control over any potential buyer in the distant future. It is the intent of the Teachers Credit Union, by this letter, to give assurances that our request is based upon a permanent long -term need and not any sale and that we have a common interest with the neighborhood in preserving the integrity of the neighborhood. Very truly yours, TEACHERS CREDIT UNION W. B. Hawkins President He indicated that Area Plan had made three recommendations and they would conform with their recommendations. Council Member Kopczynski made a motion to recommend this bill to the Council favorable, seconded by Council Member Adams. The motion carried.