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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK
<br /> Councilmember Teshka asked,I guess my question,bottom line,is,will Light Industrial be a make
<br /> or break for this?
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, It is hard for me to say yes to that, but at the same time, could something
<br /> else be profitable? Potentially, but I think this site is perfectly suited for Light Industrial.
<br /> Councilmember Teshka interjected,And I agree with you. I understand what you're saying.I mean
<br /> for us to bring it in as Light Industrial, is that necessary?Because I understand what you're saying
<br /> about use but to acknowledge Mr. Davis' point, the idea we are bringing this in under this initial
<br /> GI designation kind of gets around that future input of residents in the area.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran stated, If it is, for instance, Light Industrial, you could imagine, maybe at its worst,
<br /> what is happening at Portage Prairie. Whether you think that is good or bad, it has been a truck
<br /> distribution. It has probably been what most people have been wanting to do. Light Industrial
<br /> cannot be a Toyota Plant as somebody mentioned.
<br /> Committee Chair Davis interjected, Could a car cruncher be there?
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, That is a General Industrial use, I believe. It couldn't happen in Light
<br /> Industrial.
<br /> Committee Chair Davis stated, Ok,just wanted it to go on the record. What would be nice,just for
<br /> the record between now and 7:00 p.m. or whenever we have this next discussion,often times when
<br /> you come down to a lot of zoning issues and these kind of things, could you refresh us through our
<br /> attorney and everybody else, what the difference is between them? Personally, I would like to
<br /> consider it coming in as the most restrictive and then as things come, we roll with it and have a
<br /> better discussion with it from that standpoint. But, I will leave that up to everything else. So those
<br /> kind of uses, can you send an email real quick so everybody can be refreshed?
<br /> Committeemember Broden stated, So it seems to me that it is still marketable as, nearly, a shovel-
<br /> ready site in terms of large tracts bundled together. Additionally, the adjacent area of the earlier
<br /> petition,adds to that marketability.The hoop we have to jump through at a later date,to me,would
<br /> be a forty-five (45) day period where this would come before us for a rezoning. So to me, it is a
<br /> forty-five(45) day question which, I get it, we want to be ready as much as possible to tee this up,
<br /> but I think we also need to be responsive to the fear of the unknown. I would be inclined to,similar
<br /> to the other petition,to go with the annexation and be willing to have that tougher discussion down
<br /> the road for the rezoning at whatever the petitioners would like to do. To me, it's a forty-five (45)
<br /> day kind of ask.
<br /> Steve Matthys, 57572 Mayflower Road, stated, Since this is a different tract, I do want to speak
<br /> on it. We've sold, as a farm and as a family, off property in the past also for development. Usually
<br /> the developer that has an idea for the parcel comes to us and does the legwork and goes before
<br /> Area Plan and everything with a use in mind. What scares me on this is this rushed timetable
<br /> everyone is talking about with no interest in selling it. Both parties say that they want to continue
<br /> to farm it, which I do believe, but if there isn't anything particular in mind of trying to purchase
<br /> the property and the whole thing of the Census delaying it, why do we have to rush it? The City
<br /> contacted me and also Ms. Snyder and they wanted to try and do this for everything from
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