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5'4Ctif� <br />SUCCESS <br />r ACADEMY <br />a <br />"Na G1R��' <br />1. 1111T, kill1' <br />June 20, 2023 <br />Elizabeth A. Maradik, President <br />South Bend Board of Public Works <br />227 West Jefferson Blvd., Suite 1300 N <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Re: Application to Vacate Crescent Circle <br />Dear Mrs. Maradik: <br />I am Superintendent of the Career Academy Network of Public Schools, including <br />Career Academy High School and Career Academy Middle School, located at 3801 <br />Crescent Circle, South Bend. <br />This letter is submitted in support of our application to vacate Crescent Circle to <br />convert it to a private driveway off Nimtz Drive. This would enable us to restrict <br />traffic so that the driveway is effectively a one-way street, so that all traffic enters <br />at the eastern intersection of Nimtz/Crescent and exits at the western intersection. <br />This will reduce traffic congestion and will be safer for our students, parents, and <br />staff members. Enclosed are: <br />1. A proposed traffic flow map <br />2. An email from UniFirst Corporation, owner of the only lot fronting on <br />Crescent Circle other than the three lots owned by Career Academy, <br />consenting to the conversion of Crescent Circle to a one-way street. The <br />UniFirst property, located at 3920 Crescent Circle, has a driveway to Nimtz <br />Drive and does not use Crescent Circle. <br />Most Career Academy students are dropped off and picked up by their parents, <br />which creates a considerable traffic flow before school starts and after school <br />ends. There is also a City (Transpo) bus that brings and picks up students every <br />day. The Career Academy driveway is not wide enough for a Transpo bus to pull <br />in. On a couple of occasions when inexperienced drivers have done so, the bus <br />has clipped cars parked in the school's front parking lot. So, the bus needs to stop <br />