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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting — October 25, 2012 5. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.) A. South Side Development Area (1) continued... problem since 2007). I can't think of a better way to carve up a neighborhood than the way the state has done it. So, I applaud;the action of the city to stop this nonsense. Thank you. Mary Fisher: 4402 S. Michigan Street. We came to the community because of the traffic counts and visibility for the restaurant. By changing it to any other position other than this one I feel would have a bad effect on the business (Culver's). I'm in favor of the project the way it's being presented here. David Hodges: 4404 Fellows. I am in favor of this project as presented, mainly because it is probably the best of all alternatives that I've seen over the past several months. I've looked at every plan, at every angle of those plans and it does seem to be the best of them all. Thank you. Adam Detweiler: 4312 Fellows St. I am ready to do cartwheels. This is great. This is a smart, well thought -out plan. This is how it should have been approached months ago, years ago, actually. It addresses the safety, it addresses keeping our homes, keeping our neighbors. As you can see, we're all here. We're all concerned. So, I hope today you guys go ahead with this. This is a great idea. Thank you. John Martz: 4328 S. Fellows. I was not going to go before Adam. I've been trying since 2011 to tell the folks in the neighborhood, not trying to be their boss, but none of us are going to get everything that we want. We are not drawing up these plans. Somebody else is. You have to decide whaf'you want to give up. What they've come up with today, I think most of us are pretty well satisfied with. I want to commend you (Scott and Jitin) for taking this project over, personally. The people in this neighborhood have this kind of a neighborhood that I grew up in as a small boy. We have people from foreign countries, we speak different languages, we are different races, different religions, and we all like each other. And I would like to see every neighborhood in this city like mine, that I live in. There are very few people in this neighborhood that I did not walk over and give my name and the boss's name and address to when they moved in to come and see us. Because that's the way I was treated and that's the way I like to treat people. This neighborhood is a unique neighborhood and, technically, don't misuse that word. This is a unique neighborhood. And if you ever want to build another one like this, I'll help you. Thank you. Gary Zapalski: 411 E. Chippewa. I've lived in the neighborhood all my life and this is the first good thing I've heard about this whole project. Everything else has been bad. This is great. 16