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District. This bill comes to the Council with a favorable recommendation from the Area Plan Commission. Redevelopment of the site for single family and townhome style residential will strengthen the existing Howard Park Neighborhood and address a demand for urban housing as identified by local developers, real estate professionals and the Howard Park Neighborhood Plan. No one spoke in opposition at the Area Plan Commission meeting. Councilmember Dr. David Varner asked if this is the same level of Multi Family that was expected or if this project evolved into more intense usage. Larry Magliozzi, Executive Director of the Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th Floor of the County -City Building, responded by stating the original concept was mostly single family but they were more compact. This bill relates to three (3) areas that have changed from the original proposal because additional property was purchased to the north. That additional property allowed for three (3) pods of higher density. They are U shaped buildings and serve as attached single family residences, more like a townhouse concept. Councilmember Dr. Varner stated he remembered intense discussion and involvement from the neighborhood when the plan was chosen. He asked if everyone is now satisfied with this proposal. Mr. Chapman responded that there was no opposition at the meeting. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic stated originally there were three (3) proposals, one (1) was fully single family, another was fully multi - family and this proposal was a hybrid of both single and multi - family zoning. This petitioner always planned on having a mix of the two (2). Councilmember Dr. Varner stated if no one objects to it then obviously the neighborhood is satisfied. This does seem considerably denser than what was originally approved. Mr. Magliozzi stated there was some higher density buildings but this is slightly denser than previously approved. Brian McMorrow, Abonmarche Consultants 750 Lincoln Way East South Bend, served as the petitioner for this bill on behalf of River Walk LLC. Mr. McMorrow provided images of what the designed area will look like once completed, those images are on file with the City Clerk's Office. The property recently purchased to the north of the original tract of land is 1.1 acres. That extra ground added to the project has allowed us to have increased density up near Wayne St. and then decreasing it towards the river. It is the same general mix of housing types that we had before but we do need some of these zoning changes to allow for the changes made due to the new property. This proposal has a density of probably a few more units per acre but given the additional land acquired it is pretty comparable. In the end we want to have front and side yards for the homes as well as other green areas around each of the homes. Committeemember John Voorde asked where the parking will be for the town house style buildings. 3