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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—March 22, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> C. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> (6) Proposal for professional services related <br /> to Voorde Park. (Master planning and <br /> design work) <br /> Mr. Schalliol noted that Lehman & Lehman <br /> submitted a proposal to aid in master <br /> planning and design work related to Voorde <br /> Park.. Voorde Park is located west of the <br /> intersection of Bendix and Voorde and is the <br /> buffer between a large residential <br /> neighborhood on the south and the Airport <br /> Industrial Park, Phase 1 on the north. <br /> Over the past several months, the City has <br /> been working with Hoosier Tank, located on <br /> the west end of Voorde Park, to help them <br /> facilitate a major building expansion. As <br /> part of its expansion, the City would like to <br /> work with Hoosier Tank to move all of its <br /> truck traffic for product shipping and <br /> receiving to the east end of their building and <br /> off of Voorde Drive. Truck traffic on <br /> Voorde has gotten very heavy. Staff has <br /> been working with the Parks Department to <br /> release a two acre tract of land at the west <br /> end of the park to allow these improvements <br /> to occur. As part of the release of land, staff <br /> and Parks are working at the east end of the <br /> park with District 11 Little League to acquire <br /> its vacant three acre parcel of land. That <br /> would create a net increase of land in the <br /> park of one acre. As part of all of these <br /> improvements, staff and Parks s are working <br /> with several stakeholder groups to reprogram <br /> the park and create an active and revitalized <br /> park space. The proposed reuse of the park <br /> is for four sports fields (rugby sized) and <br /> then basic improvements to the current <br /> 14 <br />