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REGULAR MEETING
<br />Great Lakes had. There was absolutely no agreement; there was
<br />German Township residents in those meetings; there was nothin;
<br />people live in German Township, therefore they're not affected —
<br />negative effects that are going to occur. Mr. Chrobot also stated
<br />point that building a roundabout on Adams Road could help soIN
<br />that that did not make sense. He asked, How are you going to pu
<br />going to handle multiple semi - trucks in one lane...? Mr. Chrobo
<br />against the bill, stating that this was not about business but about
<br />Township.
<br />[First Name] Zmyslo, 51042 Prairie View Way, South Bend, IN
<br />president of the German Township Neighborhood Association. T
<br />development were proposed within the City limits and was surrc
<br />residential streets, it would have never been voted for by the Cit
<br />in mind. We do not have a voice. If we were in the City, though,
<br />would not vote for this. Mr. Zmyslo stated that no matter what c
<br />Council and the petitioner, there was no changing the fact that rf
<br />devalued, that the development would bring noise, traffic, trash,
<br />residential County neighborhood like the one in question, it wou
<br />build shorter, low- density buildings to buffer the area, blocking
<br />foot buildings such as the proposed. He concluded, I would ask
<br />another look at it.
<br />FEBRUARY 13, 2017
<br />[o allaying of concerns of
<br />accomplished. None of those
<br />they are immune to the
<br />zat it was suggested at some
<br />the traffic problem, and he felt
<br />a roundabout there that is
<br />urged the Council to vote
<br />the people of German
<br />stated that he was the past
<br />1r. Zmyslo stated that if a
<br />added on three (3) sides by
<br />Council. He stated, Keep that
<br />and we voted for you, you
<br />)ncession was offered by the
<br />sidents' property would be
<br />and crime. He stated that in a
<br />.d have been a good idea to
<br />' om view things like fifty (50)
<br />,ou to please table this and take
<br />Jesse Davis, P.O. Box 10205, South Bend, IN, agreed that members
<br />of the Council would not
<br />vote for this in their neighborhoods. Mr. Davis stated that County
<br />residents had no voice, arguing
<br />that, for the most part, the communities represented by the Council
<br />have no say in the Council's
<br />decision - making. He stated, You have no clue what they want ol.
<br />what they don't want, because a
<br />lot of them don't want to waste their time coming here, because
<br />hey feel they don't get listened
<br />to. You can't even hold the capacity crowd here to hear the voic
<br />s that people should be bringing
<br />here to you. He criticized the fact that remote voting via cell phones had not been adopted,
<br />stating that hundreds of thousands of votes on any issue, including this one, could be
<br />immediately given. He stated that he heard the Mayor state that
<br />e majority of the community
<br />wants the bill in question to go forward. He stated, I guarantee you
<br />I can talk to hundreds of
<br />people in the community who were never contacted about this specific
<br />thing that the Mayor said
<br />the majority of the community wanted. He insisted that the remote
<br />voting system be
<br />implemented so that the Council could be better held accountab
<br />for their decisions and so that
<br />t
<br />people like those in the County could be heard. ,
<br />Wendy Walsh, 51180 Orange Road, South Bend, IN, stated that he problems with the area's
<br />roads need to be well evaluated before any buildings are added. Ms. Walsh recommended that if
<br />this goes through, trees should be planted immediately without waiting for actual construction to
<br />begin. She stated that when the developer asked if they could be present at the German Township
<br />town hall meeting, they were welcomed to join the proceedings in turn, the developer only
<br />invited a few residents to be present at their own meeting. She stated, I heard you commend the
<br />developer for reaching out to us, but he really only reached out to the people directly impacted,
<br />and the rest of us have to deal with it. Ms. Walsh stated that those living where she does are
<br />landlocked between two large, busy intersections, and that she does all of her shopping and
<br />eating out in Michigan because there is nowhere to go in her area. She stated, We should be
<br />working together to make improvements within the City of Sout Bend. You guys have
<br />industrial parks with property available and the reason they don want to buy that is because this
<br />is cheaper. By letting them have this property for a better price, vhat benefit is that to the City of
<br />South Bend?
<br />Jeff Nicholas, 23821 Adams Road, South Bend, IN, stated, that
<br />on the west side of the site in question. Mr. Nicholas stated that
<br />should this project go forward. He asked why he could not be g:
<br />buffer from the site instead of fifty (50) feet. Like the other CoL
<br />Mr. Nicholas worried about traffic. He urged the Council to tab
<br />the people living in the area. He stated, It's not the right area at
<br />16
<br />is the closest property owner
<br />would be forced to move
<br />-n three - hundred (300) feet of
<br />.y residents who had spoken,
<br />the bill, asking them to listen to
<br />e right time.
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