Bill 68-05 Annexation of Northeast corner of S.R. #23 and Mcerlaind St.

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3 Sandra E. AOer 17311 Nkillowbrook Drive So-tAin Bend, Indiana 46635 t-- x74 - 272 -5 08 Dec-ember 18, 2005 iiLCEIVED Area Plan 0--munission of St. Joseph COuffl�, NN Executive !Director DEC I S' 2005 1140 County-City Building iwa�iA 1-1AN GOMM. Sow B-,-n& Indiana 46601 Dear Sir: This letter is in reggwd to ffic- proposed development of a certain 6 and 1/2 -r-re p-n-cel of land bounded by SR 23 on the west., El St. on the not fli, and xMcErhain St, on the south, corrinwnt; knmn in the neighborhood as, "The Swanip7. This matter was only called to my attention last Thursday,, December 15, 2005, by.',Mrs. Kathleen Nagy, a resident of Elkins St. I do not intend to waste, my tine debating whether this parcel should be in the city or tifte county, whether this parcel should be zoned "O" office, business, commercial, or v given nieetin-g concerning the said residential, or wheffier a majori , of those present at an - property are 'for" the proposal. Such debates are moot. This parcel is a DESK-WATED NVETCND, and as such camot be developed at A For many years I have gone b- - the large Cold v Banker sign daily n SR 23 pasting th y , ell e iLy o ostin e PrOpert,.-for sale and line ne-�,ei failed to rnarkel at the audacity. the tepacA3 and the arrogance of both the owners and the realtior to continue to ad-vertise as suitable for devdopment this designated we land. The issue was settled in 1998, when Combs and POen were off-kcially notified by the Any Corps of Engineers that the property was indeed a designated wetland, not developable at A except PERHAPS the lot fronting SR 23. (This is a debatable issue, by the -,va-v. one en h, need.-, to walk- nex-t door to this parcel to the tastefully rernodeled office of Gillis and.A.1drich., 11-lavvyers & purses, and 'look at the retention pond on the south side of the parking lot. it is full to the brim with water -24;-71, Mich certainly indicates how high the ground water is in the area.) T king a few c attails in the This is not an issue to be solved by mitLgation. eitlier� by sticking middle of a fan-n field in Granger. There are imperative reasons to retain this wetland exactly where it li& and I quote fi-om my ow m letter to the -4m-ny Corps of Engineer of Aigust 18., 1999. od but Not on 4y is the St. Joseph County Sole source Aquifer located in our neighborhood, we are also southwest of the Douglas Road Superffind Site., and the plum of contamination a sO-UthW st fly course to Juday Creel-, ftom fhe sitte im been shorn to be cling 011 e e