07/09/07 Committee Meeting Minutes

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Zoning and Annexation Committee July 9, 2DD7 Page 6 was voluntarily annexed into the city. The real estate will be "tax bearing properties"; with some being leased and some being sold. The Northeast Neighborhood is very important to the city, which has had a sometimes "troubled and blighted past". In 2000 NNR~ was founded for urban redevelopment at a cast to the founding organizations. He urged the Committee to move forward on this new development. Mayor Stephen Luecke with offices on the 14t" Floor of the County-City Building noted that city staff and institutional partners have been working for a long time. He appreciates Kite's cammitments. He noted that public infra-structure would be paid from the taxes from the development. He urged the Committee to recommend the substitute ordinance favorably. Council Member Kirsits noted that the time was now 4:30 p.m. and that any persons wishing to speak in opposition to Substitute Bill No. 26-06 should provide their name and address and give their comments to the Committee. Steve Sabo noted that he has offices located on Mishawaka Avenue in South Bend. He is "alarmed" by the development which "began as a Village in the Woods" and is now the "City of Notre Dame at the expense of South Bend with some service level jobs". He stated that it is "way out of scale'; would drain from downtown South Bend; would became a new urban hub by Notre Dame while downtown South Bend needs development badly". He does not believe that it should be given "favored status, since it is draining the life blood out of downtown". Elizabeth Van Jacob of 1114 Stanfield Street noted that she was speaking for Julie and Joe Harman. She then read a July 4, 2007 2-page memo into the record (copy attached}. She lighted eight (8) areas: 1. Height of the buildings on both sides of Eddy Street 2. Height of the full service hotel and relocation of condominiums 3. Quality screening 4. Incorporation of a firehouse and walking beat patrol officer 5. Restricted parking on neighborhood streets 6. Additional traffic studies 7. Walkable green space 8. No free standing barslpubslalehouses in Area 1 of the development She asked for concessions on each of these topics, Jessica Payne of 1119 North Frances noted her concerns are for the "overall success of the project". She asked the Council Members to ask questions and find answers; and to verify information. She stated that proposed heights are above Code requirements and PUD requirements. She appreciates the commitment to nine (9} stories for the full- service hotel since twelve (12} stories would be permitted. She alleged that the project