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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Axe Mr. Wyatt stated, This is the same information I just presented about the annexation and rezoning to GI, General Industrial District. This comes to you with a favorable recommendation from the Area Plan Commission. Ms. Primmer referred to her aforementioned remarks for this bill. Committee Chair Davis then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. Mr. Corcoran made it known that he would like his aforementioned remarks to be part of the public record for support of this bill. Steve Matthys, 57572 Mayflower Road, stated, I am the owner of S&S Matthys Farms and managing partner of Ronald and Beverly Matthys LLC. This property that should be the next slide (referencing the presentation), I presume, showing Ceres. Committee Chair Davis interjected, We are still on Blad. Mr. Matthys stated, If this is GI and they have Fire Station Five (5) which is a single-stall fire station on Prairie Avenue, if they bring large-scale industrial and more than the Ethanol Plant already has,there is no ladder truck there. I think they need to have a lot more infrastructure. As it sits the way it is right now, they will keep farming until they find a buyer but if heavy industrial goes in, it will put a burden on the City that they will have to provide a lot more fire protection. We don't know about the water and the sewer. We don't know if that is adequate to handle whatever GI puts in. Now, it probably can hold what Light Industrial or Commercial does. But heavy industrial, I think the City will be spending a lot more money on infrastructure. Look what they had to do with the Ethanol Plant. When the Ethanol Plant shut down, the City spent, what, $150,000 to drive a few wells that aren't even being used now because the Ethanol Plant is back open. They have so much mixed use there. There are homes along Calvert that should never have been built. The ones that are there should have been bought up if they want this to be heavy industrial or general industrial. Instead, somehow those homes got built, the basements got flooded, the Ethanol Plant got shut down for two (2) years, the water tables rise, and then they spend a bunch of money for wells that probably should have bought the homes up. That would have solved the problem. But to say there will not be any more money by the City if this comes in as General Industrial, and it gets sold and built, we don't know what that could be. It could be a Toyota Plant, a tire shop,warehousing, but it is too vague for it to come in as General Industrial. Committeemember Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 34-18 to the full Council with no recommendation. Committeemember Voorde seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of five (5) ayes. Committee Chair Davis stated Bill Nos. 18-58 & 35-18 will be heard together but voted on separately. He stated, We will hear the public hearing combined on this so we will all be clear on that. Everybody, we are hearing the public hearing combined. Are we all clear? Ok, let's move forward. Thank you. Bill No. 18-58- Ceres Annexation Area Fiscal Plan Bill No. 35-18- Ceres Annexation Area EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211f574.235.9173',TTD574.235.55671www.southbendin.gov 15