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4' I IC tIVED <br />nl a ^ <br />Area Tian �,viiuiussivai DEC <br />1140 County -City Building LQ <br />South Bend, In. 46601 ''' ``' 'LAIV Gomm. <br />December 19`h, 2005 <br />Re: Rezoning request to " Q" Office for TticErlain & St. Rd. 23, APC # 2338 -05 <br />Dear Area Plan Commission. Members; <br />We have lived at our present address for 23 years and during those years the neighborhood has <br />been active in several re- zoning proposals: The residents have been fairly well behaved with the <br />realization that our area could not remain the wooded wetlands we bought into two decades ago. <br />Compromises were reached, which in many cases resulted in a large buffer area which separated <br />the elements that residents felt were the bad aspects of office related businesses. <br />But now comes a proposal for re- zoning from "R" Residential to "Q" office which cuts right into <br />the heart of an established neighborhood. Instead of a buffer zone our homes will look out onto <br />commercial buildings, offices and parking lots. The one lane road (not one lane going east and <br />another west, mind you, but one lane only) will have to be dramatically widened and the natural <br />drainage that the wetlands provided us will have to be replaced with another drainage project. <br />The infrastructure and other obstacles associated with this proposal can be overcome with the <br />infusion of massive amounts of money, but the one most important fundament aspect of this <br />terrible intrusion is the neighborhoods and the people who live there. Should this rezoning be <br />approved it will essentially destroy the viability of the residential area and place our residents who <br />remain in the middle of what we consider as a commercial strip zone on two dead end streets. <br />Good Grief! <br />Please continue to be sensitive to the needs of residents as you have been in our past dealings and <br />give this proposal an unfavorable recommendation. Thank you very much. <br />Sincerely; <br />David and Wanda Shook <br />17346 McErlain Street <br />South Bend, In 46635 <br />CC: St. Joseph County Drainage Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />