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

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The -ref ores it should be obvio us to agry th ik g person that the neig .Norhood. and J uda�- Creek itself needs ALL the protection our filtering wettand areas can provide, and building coinp4ensatozy x tiiiciall vve is ds in the middle of some farm field in Granger sviri do �NTOTHIN to pro -vide that protection. I was able to persuade DOT in the past to presen %w the -vuedand area west OA the Juday Creek hridu;e (IND -MOT's original pima called for the destruction of that wr ;;bands, but :stead it is now beLmg u=sed, in part: as a bicafiltcg for storan rater:). and some- neiglaboa are already using BI IF's vd -tich protect both the creek and our groundwater. :Remernber, thete rite a -n ber ofho es south of the creek Nvhdch -ve still using V: Al eater, because McErlain is the southern boundai n, of the remediation area of the Douglas Road Superfund Site and dras the southern bounda - of city water pravided for all. Superfund residues. Present residents of TFUS AREA 7. des : e all the protec €ion from flooding and pollution our local wetlands pro -vide.,` IS vet',' .ter est g to me %r at the pzamning for this proposed deve -lo Vim- en on a designated wetland is so far advanced, but as of last Fridav, December 16,200-5, those people; one would exTect to be kno� ledgeable about the matter h=are Beard notl g officially ially about it: Eric .N�Iiclaae -L Anne Carps of Engineers,, South Bend Office; John. McNamara, head of the St. Joseph Court Drainage Board -Tudv -Rosheck, President of Friends of 3uda.y Creek.. Did the oxNners, the realtor, the developer and perhaps even Area Flan Caminission of St. Joseph Cowan€ , , believe that one could gimp -t ignore the fact that all invosi ed are expecting to place this development on a designated wetland`? it its Wn?s for the o e€s, of this property to come to teams with realm-. T. are the owners of a swarnp, a designated wetland, the last remnant of a residential development completed 30 years ago. (A development, I ndglat add, that would hexer be affo -,ved today.) This remnant was never developed earlier because it IS a swamp, and novv in modern times, as v e ha Ye become more knowledgeable about the critical importance of wetlands for flood control and protection of water qualit�', the sulk ;cc# of s ;went regulations. The owners weed to seek- alter ativ- -s. the federal and state governments €nazv have programs of buying or leasing stnall wetland areas to permanently remove them from any, clzz ce of development_ The former mmners of a v,.etland parcel ��ST of the Iudav Creek badge on SR 23 and SOUTH of the creek donated that property- to the Lzaak 'alton League. and took a tax write off se{ oral rears agL. There are alternatives, but as hang as Pullen and Combs clung to the belief that they can erect a strip mall in a swamp, they will near find them. 111 a �volY-ed, including the. realtors. wili strap feeding thi-s tantasv. Yours N�efy'jruiyl� Sandra E. d- Tiller F riends o iudav Creek Board