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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK favor of this project. It fits in with the general character of industrial uses in industrial areas. The impacts to the surrounding properties are minimal given the industrial nature to the east and west and the trees and cover to the south. As uses like this go, it is as good as you're going to get in many ways. Committee Chair Davis then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. Jason Banicki, 3822 Ford Street, stated, As someone who lives within half a mile of this site, the concept of a thirty (30) foot high debris pile is not what I want to see. As you know, I'm not a NIMBY person, this isn't a not in my backyard issue, I just think this doesn't belong anywhere inside the City limits. There is a reason why gravel pits and other things like this are typically not located anywhere near a residential zone, let alone within fifty(50) feet of one(1). I challenge the decibel readings as well. Dishwashers run at fifty (50) to sixty (60) decibels. You're telling me you're breaking down concrete and asphalt and it's staying at that decibel level? I find that very hard to believe. In terms of toxic run-off, he keeps talking about asphalt. I think we need to remember that asphalt is petroleum-based. When you're breaking that down, you're breaking down petroleum biproduct. There is potential for spill-off of that into waterways and elsewhere. So, to pretend that is not a potential worry, it is. If you're only breaking it down five (5) weeks a year, there are forty-seven (47) weeks where that stuff sits around and as we've seen from the pictures of that other site,it sits around and dries out. Something dried out can get airborne.Again, there are people that live directly across the street from this job site and that should be a concern. At the end of the day and if you've seen the pictures, it's not just the machinery but all the other things that come to moving this.We have to consider what this does for the future of Sample Street because right next door to that building is that new small business incubator. Do you think they want to hear all that noise? Probably not. It's not very good for business development. I would say, you know, right on the other side of it, we know the South Bend Chocolate Factory is developing a new facility out on Lincolnway, so that is going to be an open property. Just a couple weeks ago we approved a project that is going to significantly improve the character of Sample Street. Then, we're going to add this? I just don't think it fits with what we can do in that area if we hold steady and say, look, this doesn't fit what it was designed for, there is a reason you are here for a special exception, and it doesn't fit. I don't feel like they've answered the questions and, again,not a NIMBY person but I don't want to look at a thirty(30)foot debris pile everyday when I leave my house. David and Pam Andre,2920 West Sample Street, stated,We are with Grace Steel. We are frequent fliers here. It is nice to see you guys for the third (3'l) meeting in a row. We were so pleased, and are so pleased,to now have closed on a building on Sample Street and start a$2 million project to renovate a vacant building on Sample Street. We ask the Council to protect our investment. Ms. Andre provided Council Members with pictures (which are available in the City Clerk's Office). He continued, Just yesterday, when I heard this was on the agenda, I went over to Osceola and took some pictures of the debris piles to see for myself exactly what we are talking about. These piles, they are unbelievable. Even if they are going to be a little shorter on Sample Street, this is not an industrial use.This is not what we want to see on Sample Street and it will certainly impede both our investment and future investment on Sample Street. If we argue this really is a special exception for an industrial use, what would we say if this was going on in Blackthorn? We would be the laughing stock, ok? Let's respect Sample Street and give Sample Street an opportunity to redevelop and grow. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221If574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 7