sjc MINUTES OFA PUBLIC! HEARINGMEETING OF THE ST.J JOSEPHCOUNTY COUNCIL May 14,2024  Thep public] hearing meeting oft the St. Joseph County Council was called to order at 6:041 p.m., on) May 14, 2024  byt thel President, Mark Root. Members in attendance were:  Mr. Joseph G. Thomas Mrs. Amy Drake Mr.] Daniel J.S Schaetzle Mr. Rafael Morton Ms. Dianal Hess Mr. RandallL. Figg Mr. Mark A. Catanzarite Mr. Bryan" Tanner Mr. Mark Root  Present fromi the. Auditor's office was Chiefl Deputy Auditor, Abby Doyle. Petitions. Communications. &I Miscellaneous Matters:  Council staff present was Mr. James A. O'Brien, Attomey andl Ms.. Jennifer. Prawat, Administrative. Assistant.  Mrs. Drake madea a motion now that wes send Billl No.: 33-24, the St.. Joe County farms rezoning back to committee. Itise evident by those who showed upt today andi those who have showed upa at St. Pius' Thursday night thatt thej public stilll has questions and as their representatives we owei itt tot thej public top provide them thej propert time to airt their questions before ap publicl hearing, some ofthe concerns Ihave! heardi include water and utility questions, power use and1 how that effects the grid and noiset that can be associated with data centers, not taking those concerns seriously shouldn'tbe the way we dol business int this county, sol Iam making this motion tos send thisi item back to committee sot that we can bes sure we are doing our due diligencei ina answering the Mr. Catanzarite: Ihave ac concern, I'll direct thist tol Mr. O'Brien, Ithought under our rules, ifwe did not act ont this bill within a certain amount of days thati ity would automatically follow the areaj plan commission vote, can you speak tot that) Mr.O'Brien? Mr. O'Brien: Sot this is one ofthet types of actions that the councill has 90 days to act ons so, either tabling or sendingt to Ms. Hess: Is anyone here: from economic development? Iguess Iamj just questioning if, what this does, how this effects the  publics questions before aj public hearing and was seconded by Mr. Thomas.  committee: for amonth wouldi notj jeopardize that. Good point.  project overall, ifthaty would! happen.  Mr. Schalliol, Economic Development Director, your question was? Ms. Hess: How wouldt this effect thej projecti ift that motion would carry? Mr.' Thomas: Mr. Schalliol, soi ifv wet tablet thist tonight, what! happens?  Mr. Schalliol: So my understanding is thet timing fromt the sale perspective, potential sale perspective is af fairly tight timeline so  the petitioner have asked that the: actione either be voted on andr not tabled, either up or down tonight. Mr. Schalliol: Iwould say, ify yout tablet this tonight, my understanding ist thej project would bel killed.  Mr. Thomas: Sot thirty daysi isn'treasonable? Ithink thirty daysi ist reasonable, Iknow your probably can't: answer that, butt the  petition, ist thej petitioner here?  Mr. Schalliol: Yes, Mr. Danch isl here, Iwilll Iet! him answer that.  Mikel Danch, Danch, Hamer and. Associates, 1643 Commerce. Drive, South] Bend, the question is, ift the council were tot tablet this, what wouldl happeni is,) yes, we would probably move on to a different sitei is what would end up happening. What we would ask for from council and that was thei reason we would! hope att thej public hearing that we could answer the questions the councill has been receiving ont this particular development to get that out, thej public isl heret this evening and we would be able to answer any  oft their questions as welll but we would ask council to vote ont this particular ordinance.  Mr." Thomas: Mr. Root, can we ask him questions now?    Mr. Root: Ofwho? Mr. Thomas: Mr. Danch?  Mr. Root: We arei inc discussion ont thei motion, asl long asi it's] pertinent tot the motion yes. Mr. Thomas: Do theyl have at timeline? Does thej petitioner have at timeline ont this?  Mr. Danch: If....,  Mr. Thomas: Istill don'ti understand whyt thirty days is So critical, Ijust, the: folks have questions, and it doesn't seem like they Mr. Danch: This evening, whaty we would! hope to doi is answer those questions that both thej public has and also what council has andg give council at! least a comfort: zone for approving the rezoning that we arer requesting. We would answer all the questions that, aboutp power and about traffic, all those particular issues that also thej publicl hadt brought up, water usage, the electrical grid, sO we can answer those this evening. Thej petitioner, we' ve gone through, It thinki ity was like: four public hearings with this particular one, they've given met the direction though thati ifo council didn'tvote ont thist this evening, that they would move on. Mrs. Drake: Its seems that thisi isi not the firstt time that something) has come before us and we are asked to make a decision or we are going tob blowt the deal, this hasn't been properly vetted by thej public, they showed up and they weren't allowedt tos ask their questions, it's ourj job tol bei their representatives: andi ifd deals like this are soi important, Iwould hope our economic development Mr. Root: Mr. Danch, here we are att the finishl line and now, you: aret telling us you: arei finally willingt to answer questions, to1 me, that'sa concern, these questions should! havel been addressed: ast they came up, they should havel been addressedi in thej public information: meeting last week, tos sit! here, literally the night of the vote and say now we' rei ready toa answer questions, doesn'tsit Mr. Danch: Iunderstand that completely and at the meeting last time, we were not the ones that ran that particular meeting, my job at that particular meeting, andI hadi mentioned that previously was to get out thei information that both that Ihadg given to area plan commission. at public hearing andt thei information that was given att that] particular one and: also att the council land use committee meeting to make sure the public had alli thei information that had1 been vetted att those public hearings, sincet that point  are getting answers tot their questions and that'smy biggest hang up  office would workt to answer those questions ahead oft time sO we arei not put in these positions.  well with me, sir.  int time, therel has been a website that the residents were. able toj put questions on.  Mr. Root: When wast that put up? Mr. Danch: Friday morning. Mr. Root: When was it put up for thej public? Mr. Danch: Friday.  Mr. Root: Ihads somebody tell mei its wasn't until yesterday.  Mr. Danch: The website'sb been up sincel Friday, now again, we did notl have control ofa anything else ont that particular partt that's why we also took thei initiative tos send council: members the most frequently asked questions ont this project along with some Angela Smith, Danch, Hamer and Associates, 1643 Commerce Drive, the website was up Friday, wei received: no additional questions from that website started on Friday, there weres some comments that weres submitted' but no questions were submitted to Ms. Hess: Mr. Danch, sO when you say that they would move on, does that mean toac different location within the county ora Mr. Tanner: It's seems likei it's pretty definitive that thej petitioner might move on after this, however, that tor me is also speculative, thej people who care aboutt thisi int the community arel here this evening, there's and opportunity for them to express their concerns tot us, there is an opportunity for thej petitioner ort their representatives. to answer orr not answer those questions to ours satisfaction this evening, I'dl hate to speculate on this not proceeding wheni in fact this could very welll be on our agenda next meeting and these: finef folks would ber right back out] here again, so that's my general concem aboutt this. Ms. Smith: We also don'tknow that we' dl have any additional information beyond what wej presented tonight within thei next thirty days so all thei information" we' rej prepared toj present tonight at thej publicl hearing, to answer allt the questions is apart our  answers.  the website between) Friday and today. different county or?  Mr. Danch: Idon'thave the exact answer.    due process and we'll: address thoset this evening and then, Ijust don'tknow that wel have any other answers after these thirty Mr. Tanner: Butt tor mel Mr. President, that's either going to meet our satisfaction ori it's not for ust to vote: ast representatives of Mrs. Drake: Somebody) would liket tol hear fromi is thel Mishawaka water utilities, somebody from AEP, Ithink theire expertise Mr. Danch: Ican provide those answer, I'vel had conversations, justt to make surel because that Iknew wheny we: saw: some oft the discussion that was happening witht the emails, Ihave had conversations with the water usage, we dol know about AEP rightr now that they willl be able tos supply direct power tot thes sub station for this data center and thati itv will not have any effect ont the residents in] Harris Township because: it's on a completely different circuit. Mishawaka canj provide watert tot this data center, they have told me that theyl have a comfort level for being able to do that andI Ican certainly talk about the aquafer issue, ifyouy would like me tol bring that up, we can discuss thati issue as wellt that there will not be ani impact ont the aquafer that thel Harris Township  days. our community.  could! have been helpful, Idon't expect they are here today?  residents are using presently: for their homes.  Mrs. Drake: How many miles dot theyl have top pullt the sewer from? extended would ber moret than adequate tos servicet this area.  Mr. Danch: Depending on! how the routing goes, maybe ai mile whichi isi nothing when we: are doing water and sewer, thei routing basically. just has tol be done, ith has to be engineered, nothing that can'tbe done, Mishawaka is already working toi figure out what route would work best to geti it to this particular site and there usage, thes size oft the mains that Mishawka has that wouldbe Mrs. Drake: Ist there a cost associated thaty youl know for sure, and do wel know fors sure that the company willj pay for the entire Mr. Danch: The cost would not be on any residenti in St.. Joe County, the cost would bet up to the developer to be ablet to dot that, that's usually what happens when either) I work with a client and we go to al municipality for extension ofs services that whoeveris requesting ane extension, they pay: for1 those, basically improvements, the only difference would ever happeni ist thati ifthe municipality for whatever reason' was extending those mains and they said you only need: ane eighti inchi main, we'dl liket to extend tot twelve, we willy pay for that oversizing buty you still pay for the eight inches of whatever gets done sot that's usually how the  cost ofthat?  development contract works within ai municipality.  Mrs. Drake: So economic development wouldn'thave's any cost associated with, any drawing, any... Mr. Danch: There's no taxpayer money: goingi into this particular improvements.  Mrs. Drake: But we don'thave any idea oft the cost?  Mr. Danch: Not for water and sewer: right now, no. Our nderstanding ist that the developer is willingt toj pay those costs. Mr. Danch: They dos some due diligence on everything, so there's usually, ifs someone were to ask: me, okI am goingt tor run this sewer and watera ai mile andI am going tor run a teni inchl line orl am going tor run at twelve inchl line, you can do an engineers estimate ont thoset tof figure out what you estimate those costs tol be andt then you puta ai factori into that as well, sot that'st nothing Ms. Hess: Iwas also att that: meeting last week and] Iknow all the questions weren't: answered: and they certainly weren't answeredi in ai meaningful way, Iknows some of the answers were embedded: in the presentation however, it wasn't clear asi it could havel been but now wel have aroomi full ofp people and wel have people who can answer our questions, wel have fact sheets putt together, we're allt trying to get this right and soi it was put att the end of our agenda for ai reason because there are a lot of peoplel here andy we want to make: sure wel have time to answer everyone's s questions and we don't want tor make everyone else whoi is ont the: agenda tonight sit through all oft this sot that's onei reasoni it was put at the end of the: agenda to allow of plenty of opportunity to get questions answered sol Idon'tk know why we're answering questions now wheni it's already on our agenda to Mr. Catanzarite: So on behalf oft the residents and thej petitioner, I feell liket the due process has taken place, the petitioner met their end oft the obligation ont thet technical side oft things, I think it's too premature tos simplyt tablei itb before we'vel had a chance to discuss with everybody that's assembled! heret tonight, I'd liket tol hear more, Ihatet tos see itt tabledt to committee, whatl happens ifwe get all ofc our questions answered andt the publicl hears the answers tot the questions thatt they wanted tol hear or didn't want tol hear, but we can make a more informed decision, we can still do the tabling motionl later ifthat's....  Mrs. Drake: How does the developer knowt they can payt the cost ift they don'tknowi the cost?  that can'tbe handled. Wec doi ita allt the time.  get questions answered later int ther meeting.  Mr. Schaetzle: Ithink wer need tol let these folks ask their questions, lets get this done.    Mr. Root: Personally, Ihavea ap problem with that, Idon'tthinki it's fair tot thep public tol have the public hearing and then delay the vote fori thirty days and then they don't have a chance tor respond tot things that change or new information that comes out, Ihave areali issue with not! having avote ont thei night you! holda aj public hearing, for the most part, Iknow the budgeti is set up that way bys state lawl but anything else, that bothers mel becausei in thoset thirty days, al lot could change and thej public doesn'thave: a  chancet to: addressi it,t they" ve already hadt their public hearing.  Mr. Catanzarite: Atl least we'dk know whati their concerns werei ifv we did decide to delayi it.  Mr. Root: Ifwe do delayi it, the council always has the right tol holda a special meetingt toi inviter representatives from) Mishawaka utilities, Mishawka water, AEP, no offense tol Mr. Danch, but] Mr. Danchl has a vested and ai fiduciary interesti int this matter andI learned al longt time ago, some ofyouy willr remember this, I goti into with one of our gooda attorney's herei int the county whol hada a fiduciary matter and learnedi not tot trust, and thisi isi no offense. Mr.) Danch, I'vel known you a longt time, butI Iwould! have rather been able directly ask my questions to the people att the utilities att the water company and things like that. Mr. Danch: Well, Mr. Chairman, Idon'tknow, but Ithinkt there maybe, I1 thought Ken] Princer may! bel heref fromt the city of Mishawaka for this particular one tos speak in favor oft this, sot there may! be questions that you could ask himi inp particular because obviously, he's ont thel board ofworks for the city ofMishawakas sol he would! bei familiar witht this particular issue as well.  Mr. Morton: Sos you: ares saying) Mr. Prince is here tonight? Mr. Danch: He was going tol bel heret tonight. The guy waving his hand.  Mr. Thomas: Ithinkt thep purpose oft tablingt thisi ist to do exactly do what we are talking about of getting the Q&A so thei folks can get their questions answered, it's nothing against you! Mr.) Danch, I'ms serious, it's not, but they're not getting their questions answered, we're doingi ith here and wes are going to doi it again tonight but that's the purpose oft tabling this, get what you: are sayingl Mr. Catanzaritel but the purpose oft tablingt thisi iss so we can got through this al little more metbodirally,Idon'tt think thirty daysi is unreasonable. I'mi not: againste economic development but Idon'tt think thirty daysi is unreasonable and Ican'ti imagine the Mr. Danch: Ijust want to mention, usually when we go through the rezoning process, this ist thej part where the public getst the input, we, nor matter what thej projecti is,I Ihavel been doing this for 35 years, basically, Igivet thej presentation, itg get's open tot the public for thosei in favor, those against sot that they get: a fullo chancet tol hear the answers: andt they can always ask question, council always has the: ability ifa after I giver my rebuttal for any kind of questions, ifthere is something elset thato council wants to ask, if there'sa particular petition, you certainly can ask the public, ok, ist there some other question thaty you can get answered, youk have the ability to dot that and wec cant take care oft that, hopefully this evening) I can gett those: answers out, thate everybody is getting the same answers sot thatt therei isn'tag groupt that'sj just! hearing rumors about aj particular project, they are not getting the answers that they thought and that's why we do this ist toj just have that set of answers available to the public sot that they know what's Mr. Thomas: Iunderstand that, I'mi not] putting you down again, Friday wast tool late, ini my opinion, today's Tuesday andi it was puto on a websitel Friday, that's tool late. Ithinkt they needed: more time, that's four days andI Ijust, again, Iami not, don't take: it Mr. Root: Mr. Danch, Ihavel been here al long time, andy youl know as well asI do that on controversial projects, therei is almost always community meetings held with Q&A's, that did notl happen int this case, tot the satisfaction ofs some ofus. Mr. Danch: AndI Ia appreciate that, thei meeting that! happened on Thursday wasn'tr runt thel best and that'st thel least that I can say for that particular one, IwishIv would have been able to answer the questions that were there, that wasn'tthei format that was given to us when) I was invited to be at thaty particular meeting so what wel had! hoped for would bet that they woulds seet the basically the main parts oft the project and att this evenings meeting, ift theyl had: anything else they would liket to ask, they could Mr. O'Brien: Ijust want tor make clear to everyone that the motioni ist tos send the matter back to committee. and a couple off folks referenced tabling, there isac difference, tabling means no council action or discussion till the next meeting, next public hearingi in June, sending back to committee, which] Ithink was what Mrs. Drake'si motion was, gol back too committee, Ithink Mr. Figg's committee. andt then att the committee: meetings, further discussed heldi in committee, sent back favorable, unfavorable or no recommendation, itr may bea a distinction without much ofa difference! here but there isa distinction. Mr. Catanzarite: Hasn'tar recommendation: already been: made, it was sent without recommendation tonight? Mr. Catanzarite: Iwas referencing what Mr. O'Brien speaking of committee, wasn't there already al motion on this at  petitioner think that's unreasonable.  happening that we can try to answer those.  personal, Ithink thats should havel been out al long time ago.  doi it att this particular venue and that we could answer those particular questions for them.  Mr.] Root: We aret not tot thei main motion yet,t thisi is procedural motion.  committee?  Mr. O'Brien: Right, sot this was sent from committee to the: full council, rightr now,Ithink..    Mr. Catanzarite: That would: not be changed out of committee, wouldi it? Mr. O'Brien: Itcould be, itg goes back to committee.... Mr. Morton: Ifyous sendi it back, it could be changed. Mr. Catanzarite: That would be ai first for us.  Mr. O'Brien: Right, whichi isv what Mrs. Drake's motioni ist to sendi itl back.  Mr. Schaetzle: Al lot ofusl havet taken al lot oft timet tor research different questions that havel been emailed to us, different questions that were mentioned att thej public meeting, these folks arel here to ask their questions, Ithink wer need tos go ahead and Ms. Hess: Iwould just liket to agree with Councilman Schaetzle, Ibelieve that we: are, wel have answers tos some questions andI I Mrs. Drake made the motion tos send] Billl No. 33-24b back to committee and was seconded byl Mr.' Thomas. Thei motion tos send  follow the agenda, defeat this motion and move forward.  think Mr. Danch hass said that wei need ant up or down vote tonight, one way or another. Billl No. 33-241 back to committee: failed by a vote of5-4 Against: Mr. Schaetzle, Mr.] Morton, Ms. Hess, Mr. Catanzarite, Mr. Tanner  Mr. Figg madet the motion to approve thel March 12, 2024 minutes and was seconded by Ms. Hess. Thei motion) passed by a vote Mr. Catanzarite made ai motion to reappoint Rafael Morton and. John Ferrettie Earlyt tot the Early Intervention Board, Terril Buckmaster, Phill Buckmaster William DeLuca, Thomas England and Pamela Tredway tot the St.. Joseph County Housing Authority Board, Dianal Hess tot thel Northern Indianal Historical Society Board and Bryan Tanner tot thel Michiana. Area Council for Governments (MACOG)) Board and was seconded! by Mr. Morton. The motionj passed unanimously.  9-0.  NoI report from the County Auditor: Nor report from the County Commissioners: Nor report froma any Special Committee:  Mr. Catanzarite: Iwould want tor mention that yesterday, al historic moment took placei in Gary Indiana, the South Shore Railroad double tracking project, which directly impacts our county, there was aribbon cutting ceremony att the Gary/Miller station, several dignitaries werei in attendance: including Govemor. Holcomb, Senator Todd Young, Frank Mrvan, the congressman from the 1st district and our second district representative Rudy Yakym, every elected official from] Lake County to St.. Joe CountyI think was there, state representative but the important thing abouti it was is that the double tracking projecti is done now and the former bussing that was taking place for two years during the construction: ist now over andt thet train ride: from South] Bend to Chicago now is3 321 minutes less than whati it used tol be and there's more trains now comingt to: and from our airportt to Chicago, if anybody wants tot take advantage oft that,i it'sag great thingt to do, it'sag great wayt to gett to Chicago, kind off fancy free, also, you can now take your bike ona all trains,) year round, there's not longer al limitation as to time ofy year, whicht there used to be, we gained three west bound andt two east bound express trains in South Bend, so thoset trains makel limiteds stops, thei tript there: from South] Bendt to Chicagoi is only anl hour and forty nine minutes, wel used tob be out twol hours and fifteen minutes andt therei is now extra week day trains, one per day fora tript thati used bet twol hours and thirty minutes isi now an! hour andi fifty eighti minutes, soI wouldj just encourage thej public tot take advantage oft that, our county, everybodyi int this room. helped maket that happen! by making andi investment in the double tracking project, even thoughi itd didn'tp physically take placei in our county, itd didi benefit our county and! has reduced the travelt time andi increase thei frequency ofs service to South Bendi from the South Shore. Ithink Commissioner. Baxmeyer was there as well, he'sal board member, he was there as well and can attest to that.  First Reading(s):  BILLNO.4 49-24: ANORDINANCE OF THE ST.. JOSEPHG COUNTY COUNCIL AMENDING TITLE: XV, CHAPTER 154: LANDUSAGE OF ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODETO/ ADDRESSI LEGALLYI ESTABLISHEDI NONCONFORMINGUSES  INTHEI INDIANA ENTERPRISE CENTER OVERLAYDISTRICT PETITIONER: ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY. AREA PLAN COMMISSION Assigned tot thel Land Use Planning Committee  BILLNO. 50-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE2 XV,LANDUSAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. ANDZONING, OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERIYLOCATEDAT 244001 FILMORE ROADI FROMC: COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (FINAL SITEI PLAN SPECIFIC) ANDI R: SINGLE: FAMILY  DISTRICT' TOI R: SINGLEI FAMILY: DISTRICT PETITIONER: AREVALO GUADALUPEJANDI ROSAN M Assigned tot thel Land Use Planning Committee    BILLNO. 51-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND: SUPPLEMENTINGTTIE XV, LANDUSAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND: ZONING, OF THE ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY ÇODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERTYI LOCATEDAT_932 E. MCKINLEY. AVE, FROM C: COMMERCIALI DISTRICT ANDR: SINGLEI FAMILYI DISTRICTTOC:COMMERCIAL BILLNO.52-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. ANDS SUPPLEMENTING TITLE: XV,LANDUSAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. AND: ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERTY LOCATED AT 305001 US HIGHWAY, UNADDRESSED: 40+1- ACREI PARCEL. ABUTTING 305001 US 201 HIGHWAY: TOTHE SOUTH& EAST, UNADDRESSED 11+1-4 ACREI PARCEL. ABUTTING: SAID 40+- ACREI PARCEL TOTHE WEST, & ADDRESSED 35+1- ACRE PARCEL ABUTTING SAID 40-+- ACRE. PARCEL' TO THE. EASTI FROM. A: AGRICULTURAL; DISTRICTTO BILLNO.53-24: AN ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE. PETITION. FOR A SPECIAL USEI FILEDI BY ILLINOISI INDIANA DEVELOPMENT COMPANYI LLC & CHICAGO: SOUTH SHORE AND: SOUTHI BENDI RAILROAD: TO ALLOW RAILROAD SWITCHING AND CLASSIFICATION YARDI PER SECTION 154.319, PROPERIYLOCATED, AT 305001 US HIGHWAY, UNADDRESSED: 40+1- ACREI PARÇEL. ABUTTING: 305001 US: 201 HIGHWAYTO THE SOUTH & EAST, UNADDRESSED 11 +- ACREI PARCEL. ABUTTING: SAID 40- +- ACREI PARCELTOTHE WEST, UNADDRESSED3S#- ACRES PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID 40 +- ACREI PARCEL TOTHEI EAST, UNADDRESSED24 +/-A ACREI PARCEL ABUTTING SAID3 35 +/- ACREI PARCELTO: THE. EAST, 54231 SMILAXI ROAD, AND: 301001 US: 201 HIGHWAY BILLNO.54-24: Al RESOLUTION OF THE: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARING. APORTION OF ST.JOSEPH COUNTY. ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. AREA, PURSUANT TO1 IC6-1I-12.1-IETSEQ/CONFIRMING) BILLNO.: 55-24: AI RESOLUTION OF THE: ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARING, Al PORTION OF ST.JOSEPH COUNTY. ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. AREA, FUBSUANTIOCEIAET SEQ(CONFIRMING) BILLI NO. 56-24: AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A100-II APARTMENTS) LP TOI MAKEI PAYMENTS INI LIEUOF TAXES ONLOTIOF THE PROPOSED: PLAT OF. AHEPA - 100 GENERATIONS! DR. MINOR SUBDIVISION,PARCEL  DISTRICT  PETITIONER: CAURRO: RI DOMINIC & MAUREETA MJ JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST  Assigned tot thel Land Usel Planning Committee  IINDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Assigned to thel Land Usel Planning Committee  PETTTIONER: ILLINOIS INDIANA DEVELOPMENT COMPANYLLC  PETITIONER: ILLINOIS INDIANA: DEVELOPMENT COMPANYI LLC  Assigned tot thel Land Use Planning Committee  PETITIONER: HP OLDCLEVELANDI PARINERSILC Assigned to thel Land' Use Planning Committee PETITIONER: LCI SERVICES CORPORATION Assigned to thel Land Usel Planning Committee PETITIONER: A100-II. APARTMENTS Assigned tot thel Land Usel Planning Committee Salary Amendments: 2024  NO.TBD  BILLNO.37-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING ORDINANCE 107-23, THE SAME. BEING. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING: SALARIES ANDI FIXING THEI NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES OF ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY: FOR THE YEAR  PETITIONER: Ducomb Center (Combined with Bill No.48-24E) Mr. Root reported that Bill No. 37-24 comes with ai favorable: recommendation.  Juliel Lawson, 4161 Lathrop St., South) Bend, seeking to amend the salary for our financial coordinator from thirty hour a weekt to af fortyl hour a week fullt time, thei funds will notl be coming out of any county money, it's still out of our grant, projecti income Ms. Lawson: Because the position was previously held by Randy Squadroni andi it was ina a partt time capacity at only thirty hours a week and Mr. Squadroni is retired and wei filledi it with ai full time position sOV what wel have donei is takent the position rate that hel had atp part time, did thei increase with the auditor's office with the 3% increase and covered FICA and everything just Ms. Lawson: There are duties that wei felt were a little neglected at only thirty hours av week, itr needed tol be a full-time position.  fund.  Mr. Schaetzle: Could you explain, so thej public knows why thati increase is necessary.  tog geti itt tot the new salary rate.  Mr. Schaetzle: So there aret more dutiest to makei iti fullt time buti it's thes same duties or? Mr. Morton: Yous saidt those funds are beingt taken care of out ofy your projecti income?    Ms.) Lawson: Project income or grant money, yes sir.  Mr. Morton: Eithero or? Ms. Lawson: Either or, correct. to-wit; 9-0  A1 motion top pass Billl No. 37-24 wasi madel by Mr.] Figg and seconded by Mr. Morton. Billl No. 37-24 was passed  Public Hearing/Public Comments: Fiscall Matters  BILLNO. 48-24: ANORDINANCE. APPROPRIATING. AND' TRANSFERRINGI MONEYS. FOR THE PURPOSEHEREIN SPECIFIED FOR THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS: HEREINI LISTED OF ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY GOVERNMENT:  A. Clerk HAVA Election Security Grant 8133-32072-0000-0001 B. Auditor County) Rainy] Day 8950-4010-0000-0040 C. General Svc. American Rescuel Plan 950-2010.000.040 D.I IPG Local Roads & Streets 1169.3505-0000.060 E. Community Corrections Ducomb Comm Based Corrections 9175-1121-000.080 9178-14810-000.080 9178-1480.0000.080  Technology and] Innovations  $10,906.82 TOTAL: $10.906.82 $1,000,000.00 TOTAL: $1.000.000.00 $404,976.33 TOTAL:S40497633  Equipment  Buildings & Structures  Pierce Road Corridor  $4,047.61 TOTAL:$4.047.61 $24,796.00 $5,728.00 $3,912.00 TOTAL:S34.436.00  Financial Coordinator PERF FICA  Mr. Root: All financial issues were. heard and discussed: at our April 23, 2024 committee: meeting. AI motion toj pass Billl No. 48-241 was made by Ms. Hess and seconded1 by Mr.I Morton. Billl No. 48-24 was passed  to-wit; 9-0 Land Usel Planning:  BILLNO. 40-24: Al RESOLUTION OF THE ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARING. AE PORTION OF ST.JOSEPH COUNTY. ANI ECONOMICI REVITALIZATION. AREA, PURSUANTTOI IC.6-1.1-12.1-IET: SEQ (DECLARATORY),  PETITIONER: HP OLD CLEVELAND: PARTNERS. LLC Mr. Figg reported that Billl No. 40-24 comes with ai favorable recommendation.  Terry O'Brien, Economic Development: Planner, with your permission I would liket toj present this petition andt thei next one because itis one project, wej just! happen tol have one petitioner for ai real property tax abatement and onej petitioner fora a personal Mr. Root: Just sot thej public is aware, sO we willl hearl both these bills tonight, we will holda ac combined publicl hearing on them since they are one int thes same and we willl hold a separate vote one eachi item. On these next two, ifyouy want tos speaki in Mr. O'Brien: HP Old Cleveland: Partners ist thel Holiday group whichi is very a very well known company locally, LCI Services is Lippert Components whichi is also al very welll known company, holiday properties is goingt tol bet the building owner andi they are going to bel building a six hundredt thousand: square foot building ata a cost of approximately $40 million dollars and they are  property tax abatement.  opposition or favor, there will be a combined public hearing.    asking fora at ten year personal real property tax abatement. Theirt tenant, Lippert Components willl bes signinga a ten-year lease, they will be doing! building out of approximately five million dollars. Lippert] has two operations currently in St. Joseph County, theyl have al building on Sample Street in South Bend and al building on] Byrkit Streeti in Mishawaka, they employee approximately: 500 people att thoset two façilities, iti isi not anticipated that any oft the employees att those two locations willl be transferringt to the new operations, thei new operations isl located on old Cleveland. Road. Lippert anticipates employing approximately 100r new employees at ana average salary of $21.00 an! hour, thei management and office employees will make Paull Phair,] Holladay Properties, 34541 Douglas] Road, South) Bend, Iamj joined by] Braxton Cave from. Lippert Components as well: as Joe Salsbury froml Lippert, thisi isap project that's owned by HP Old Cleveland: Partners LLC whichi isal Holladay Properties controlled entity. Wer will bet the developer and owner oft the property and we willl have al long-term lease agreement withl Lippert orI LCI Service Crop., a subsidiary ofLippert. Thel key pieceIv want to mention on thati is, Lippert as the tenanti in thel building willb be responsible for all operating expenses so granting a real property tax abatement: means that benefit flows directly through/to Lippert because they are responsible for payment of thet taxes whilet they arei int thel building, thisi isa ai reall key economic part of the package tor move this project forward. It's critical element fort them deciding to move: forward with an investment oft this nature. Thisi isaf fifty-two acres site, we're on old Cleveland Road, directly across from General Stamping and Metal Works. Thel building size iss six hundred and six thousand square feet, it willl bea aj precast concrete construction so a very attractive building, we willl have twenty thousand square feet of office and Braxton isg going to talk a littlel bit more: about thej job creationl here. There are twol hundred parking spaces planned for thej project and sixty dock doors. There willl be teny years, there are options to extend as well so we certainly hopet that Lippert will make this their home foray very long time. Construction costs about forty million dollars. Today, wea are paying abouts sixteen hundred dollars int taxes ont this site SOI regardless ofthe abatement, we'lll be paying significantly more taxes once this project is up: and operating. A question thato comes up, this willl be built by Holladay Construction Group ast the general contractor, they are headquarteredi in South] Bend, they are as sister company ofc ours. We don'thave all ofo our subcontractorsi identified yet! but the ones that we dol have: arei identified for this project are all Mr. Phair: So wel have, it's ont thel MEP side so, Elitel Electric for electrician, Dynamic Mechanical for mechanical andj plumbing Mr.] Phair: Soi there willl be, Idon'tk know the exact number ofhow many subcontractors we'lll have, but probably another teni in  approximately $38.00: anl hour,  St.J Joe County based. We will make that aj priority as wes seek out our subcontractors. Mr. Catanzarite: Can you mention those contractors thaty you: are committing to?  and Cropl Firel Protection. addition tot that.  Mr. Morton: How many additional subcontractors (inaudible). Mr. Morton: You expect most oft thoset tent tol bel local also?  Mr.] Phair: Iexpect most oft thoset ten tol bel local also. There willl bes some that aren'tb but the majority willl be. Mr. Catanzarite: Cany you explain toj public that's gathered here what a tax abatement is, they are generally more ofat tax phase in  because you: are not really getting thet tax abated completely. Mr.] Phair: Iguess one thingl I will point out.. :  Mr. Catanzarite: Over the ten-year period, some people think an abatement: is 100%1 until thet thing ends. Mr.] Phair: It'sap phased approach SO we will be paying taxes over that period oft time and one thing top point outi isi it's only ont the improvements, so thel landi ist not abated, we willy pay taxes and (inaudible) on thel land, thei improvements: are abated andy yous are right, that is phased approach so its starts at 100% abatement just for thei first year but as) you geti into the second and! beyond, then there are, that ultimately fades out until ar muchl less number as you gett to the end oft the abatement. Mr. Catanzarite: Because LCIi is goingt tor receive the benefit oft this, are they going to file the annuals statement oft benefits of Mr.] Phair: Wef file, thel building owner has to filei thatb but we will doi iti in conjunction with thei information we will receivef from Braxton Cave, 408 S. Byrkit Ave., as wes spoke at our last council meeting, this project here gives us a great opportunity to expand our operation in St. Joe County, as mentioned earlier, wel have currently twol locations, one in Mishawaka and onei in South) Bend, wea are seeing significant growth in our aftermarket business atl Lippert ands so this opportunity gives usa a chancet to puta a stakei ini the ground fort thel longl haul with our aftermarket business, creating newj jobs and then most importantly staying Mr. Schaetzle: Al lot ofp people are concered about fillingj jobb because we are doing al lot ofj job creation, the commissioners we  form or are youg guys goingt tol handlet that?  them.  close tol home where we want tob be.  have now and this council, dos you! have any concers about fillingt those jobs?    Mr. Cave: Currently, Idor not, ifI looka at ourt turnover rate and oura ability tol bringi int talent rightr now in our twol locationsi in St. Joe County, that's never been ani issue: for us, whichi is also another reason why we' 're looking forwardt to continuing tol bei ins St. Ar motion toj pass Billl No. 40-24 was madel byl Mr. Figg and seconded by! Mr. Tanner. Billl No. 40-24 was passed BILLNO.41-24: ARESOLUTION OF THE: ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL: DECLARING Al PORTION OFS ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY. ANI ECONOMICREVTAIEATON AREA, PURSUANTTOIC.6-1.I-12.1-IET SEQDECLARATORY) AI motion to pass Billl No. 41-24 was made byl Mr. Morton and: seconded by! Mr. Schaetzle. Billl No. 41-24 was passed BILLNO. 43-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING. AND: SUPPLEMENTING TITLE. XV, LANDUSAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. AND2 ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERIYLOCATED, AT+- 3.46 ACRES. ATI 15546 STATEI ROAD: 23 HWYI FROM: R: SINGLEI FAMILYI DISTRICTTOC: COMMERCIAL! DISTRICT Carl Brown-Grimm, Areal Plan Commission staff, wel have a rezoning off of Statel Road: 23 for a proposed restaurant: and retail plaza, it's currently zonel Rs single family buti itis directly east of properties zoned commercial business and office buffer. Currently ons site therei isas single-family home that willl ber removed for thei new retail plaza. Drivet through's are planned: for both buildings, thes standa alone and attached. Thep plan also shows no development on the southemn half oft the property, additionally, therei ist type 21 land scape screening providing a visual andi noisel barrier planned for both the east and west properties abutting residential. This should) help! preserve! property values. The. Areal Plan Commission voted unanimously to send thist to you with ai favorable: recommendation after finding thei rezoning met all criteria, there was one member oft the public Mr. Schaetzle: Iknow that wel hadj just! had as similar type ofc development, more like anl L goi ini right next door to that, sol havea little more traffict there, dos youa anticipate any need to change traffic patterns with this addition tot that area? Mr.) Brown-Grimm: Iami not really sure about traffic, that'sa question for eithert the engineer or thej petitioner, in general, State Road 231 has been going commercial int the recent years sol Ithinki ifthate ever becomes a needi it would properly bel looked at at Chris Godlewski, Abonmarche Consultants, Irepresent Tim Schrock from Ancon Construction who's the contractor: andl he represents thel land owner, the staff recommended: ai favorablei recommendation, thank you for that, I thinkt the: site plan kind of lays out what the development: is goingt to be, it's going tol be retail, adjacent to other retail, specifically aboutt the drive, it willl be ar minor commercial driveway that's reviewed and approved! by INDOT and most of thati reviewi is done and willl be sufficient as there's ample sighti in each direction, even though it's accessing a very busy road, it willl line up with] Filbert soi ity will bet the safest possible entrance and exit onto the road. Lighting, other development standards for well/septic willi follow whatever local Loril Drinkall, 15766 Author Street, I usel Filbert in and outt tol leave and come tot the subdivision, there'sal lot oftraffic right at Filbert and 23, the other commercial complex you were: speaking about, tons oftraffic fromt that. Ithinkt there will bea al huge Ar motion toj pass Bill) No. 43-24 was madel by) Mr. Schaetzle. and seconded byl Mr. Tanner. Bill No. 43-24 was passed BILLI NO. 44-24: ANORDINANCE, AMENDING. AND: SUPPIEMINTNOTITLE: XV, LANDUSAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. AND: ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 50430BITTERSWEET TRAIL, 12349 STATE ROAD23,4 AND VACANT+- 6.79 ACREI PARCEL WEST OF AND ABUTTING 12349: STATE) ROAD: 23 FROM C: COMMERCIAL: DISTRICT. AND OB: OFFICEI BUFFER. DISTRICTTOR-  Joe County. to-wit; 9-0  PETITIONER: LCI SERVICES CORPORATION  to-wit; 9-0  PETTIONERS-PATEL, BHARATKUMAR: K SR & SHITALI BHW Mr. Figg reported that Billl No. 43-24 comes witha af favorable: recommendation.  whos spoke ini remonstrance oft thej petition.  that time.  and state regulations during the review process. traffic: issue att that location. to-wit; 9-0  2: RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. AND C: COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PETITIONERS: BOHN SHARONL2011: REVTRUST & BOHNI KEVIN Mr. Figg reported that] Billl No. 44-24 comes with ai favorable recommendation.  Mr. Brown-Grimm: This proposal ist tor rezone to allow for a new mixed-use development, thej petitioners isl looking to rezone the property tol R2 residential tot ther north to allow for medium density housing and then C commercial district tot the: south to offera new commercial construction. Thep properties are currently a mix ofC commercial district and OB officel buffer today. Ithas frontage ont both) Bittersweet and State Road 23 with accesses to proposed from both rights-of-way's, Statel Road 23i is a state corridor, pretty heavily commercialized. specifically west oft the site. Herei ist thes site plan submitted by thej petitioner, north portion shows multiple attacheds single-family homes for at total of34 dwelling units, these units willl bei for sale and plant tol be    similari in character and stylet tot thet town homes developed by the developer near by on Cherry) Road, which received similar approval in 2018. Thei residential portion oft the development: also shows streets with fifly feet ofright of way as well as areas to retain the drainage oft the site, additionally tot the south ont thej proposed commercial: zoning, there aret two buildings planned labeled restaurant ands strip center. Thep proposal is proposed tol bes served by municipal sewer and private wells and all wells will need tor meeta all health department standards. The area plan commission did vote tou unanimously: send this to you witha favorable recommendation: as part oft the combined hearing and number variances were, granted to facilitate the development, there were two members oft thej public that spokei ini remonstrance oft thej petition. One was concerned witht the effectt that the proposed housing may have ont their property values oft the abutting residential development to thei north, however thej property todayi is currently zoned for commercial, and office uses and staff feelst thati ifa allowed to develop naturally, that may havea greater adverse impact ont the neighborhood to the north, then the residential thati is proposed today. The other remonstrance was af fire representative who was advising thep petitioner that in additional well may ber needed ons site tol help with any potential fire Chris Godlewski, Abonmarche Consultants, 315 W.. Jefferson Blvd., same statement, These willl be owner occupied homes, not Mr. Schaetzle: When] INDOT gets a request fora a permit, does INDOT do at traffic study tos see how thet traffic exiting and Mr. Godlewski: We do that and then INDOT: reviews that work based ont their standards ofe amount oftraffic, like line ofsight, Mr. Schaetzle: Would that alsol havel happened with thej previous property that this young lady hada a concern about, traffic Ar motion toj pass Billl No. 44-24 was madel by Mr. Morton and seconded1 byl Mr. Catanzarite. Billl No. 44-24 was passed BILLI NO. 45-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTINGTILEXV,LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. AND: ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERTIES LOCATED. AT 17106 CLEVELAND: RD. AND VACANT LOT ABUTTINGTO THE EAST AT 17044 CLEVELAND! RD. FROMI R: PETITIONERS: CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GODI INCD/B/A. JOURNEY CHURCH Mr.] Figg reported that] Billl No. 45-24 comes with a favorable recommendation.  event given thel lack of municipal water.  for rent.  entering will affect that road?  thet type of drive youl have tor meet or construct, ifitr needs at turning lane orI not.  coming offofFilbert,' but they are also going.. : Mr. Godlewski: Same exact approach.  to-wit; 9-0  SINGLEI FAMILYI DISTRICT TOO: OFFICE: DISTRICT  Mr. Brown-Grimm: This petition is tor rezone aj property that was previously a church froml R singlei family to 00 office district to permit the reuse oft the building as an autism therapy center. Likely no other improvements are planned for the site. Area plan commission forwards this tos youy witha ai favorablei recommendation: finding all five criteria werei met. There were no members of Chris Godlewski, Abonmarche Consultants, Irepresent thel broker, John Parachini andt the owner/operator, Joshaua Smith from Joshaua Smith, Journey's Autism Center, 1316' W. Dragoon' Trail, ity will serve up to 24 children and will employe around 35  the public att thel hearingt thats spoke ini favoro ori ini remonstrance. the organization. Not muchi is going to change visually on the outside. Mrs. Drake: Do youl have any idea how many clients this will serve?  employees att that building. Mrs. Drake: What! kind ofhours wouldi ith have?  Mr. Smith: It's! Monday throughl Friday and the staff aret there from 8:00-4:30: and the children aret there from usually 8:30t to Mr. Thomas: Cany you talk about the traffic, we all know that'say very busy road, any special requirement, INDOT or? Mr. Godlewski: Itisa al local road but therei is no anticipated changes witht the drive, that drivei is going tos serve as similar use, what its servedi int the past will serve currently what'si inp place,] Idok know county departments will reviewt thisi in aj plan review  4:00.  with engineering andp planning and so forth. Mrs. Drake: The: age, yous saidi it's children being servedl here? won'to cap out att that age, soi it will be morei int the 2-to 12-year-old age group.  Mr. Smith: That's correct, our current center, wes serve children from the age from 2-21, this facility will bea al little younger,it    Ar motiont toj pass! Billl No. 45-24 was madel by Mr.] Figg ands seconded by! Mr. Catanzarite. Billl No. 45-24 was passed BILLNO. 46-24: ANORDINANCE. APPROVING THEI PETITION FOR. A SPECIAL USE. FILEDI BYI KAMINSKITODDL ANDI KAMINSKI TIMVANDOUDHUIS, JILLFOR: PROPERTY: BEINGLOCATED. AT561801 LARRISON. BOULEVARD Shawn) Klein, Areal Plan Commission. staff, thisi isas special use toa allow a concretel batch] plant ont thej parcel oft thec east side of Larrison Road. This parcel is within thel IEC core development area. They parceli is Iocated on an approved truck rout, that being Larrison Boulevard, from there, the concrete trucks would be ablet to access on going construction int the: area as well as ultimately US: 20: and State Road2 2. Pert the site plan, right now thej proposing access onl Larrison. Boulevard. Ultimately, there could be an access street provided att the northe end oft this parcel which was also provide access tot thej property tot the east, that's something the county is currently lookingi intol however, initially, proposed, they would enter from Larrison and then access the batch and then there wouldb bes storage areast tot the north. They are proposing af five-foot berm along Larrison for screening andi it wouldy provided with two evergreens per thirty feet ofl lot line. This comes tos you with a: favorable recommendation from the: area board ofz zoning appeals, 6-0, this recommendations wass subject tot these written commitments, the: first being thatt the developer shall adhere toa a berm of vegetation screening plan approved by staff, second, truck traffic related to the special use shall be limited tos state routs and county roads, designated ast truck routs by the county engineer, third, material extraction int mining shall be prohibited and fourth, the concrete plant operation shall comply with all thej performance standards containedi in section 154073 oft the St.. Joseph County: zoning ordinance, the petitioner is amendable tot these commitments soi it's recommendedi ifyou Brad Webb, Vice President of Keurt Concrete, LLC, 59091 Nimtz) Parkway, joined here with) Jim Sellers, our operations manager, Shawn mentioned the special use we are requesting is for a concrete plant to servicet the umprecedented concrete demandi int the immediate areal here overt the next several years, this is ourt third parcel that wel have had gonet through this process with, Ifeeli it's Dan Carusso, 305 Compton Street, New Carlisle, Iam very happy, thei first two locations werej just wrong, thisi isi ideal, therei is nos safety, you are not out where schooll busses are, you: arer righti int thep production area, thisi ist thep perfect location. Charlotte Wolf,21439 Osborne Road, Lakeville, Ijust want to commend the council for working with residents, trying to findt the Mary Countryman, 52959: Timothy Road, New Carlisle, thisi isa a great example ofhaving a happy outcome for both parties and it Ar motion toj pass Billl No. 46-241 toi include the written commitments was made by Mr. Thomas ands seconded by Mrs. Drake. Bill BILLI NO.: 33-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. AND: SUPPLEMENTNGTITIE: XV, LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING. AND2 ZONING, OF THE ST.J JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERIYLOCATED: AT THE 180- +!-. ACREI PORTION OF 12000 CLEVELAND! ROADTO' THE WEST OF BITTERSWEETI ROAD AND1 THE 375+1- ACREI PARCEL WEST OF AND ABUTTING 12000 CLEVELAND, ROAD, 12501 CLEVELAND: ROAD AND THEI 17 +/- ACRE AND: 39+/- ACREI PARCELS EAST OF AND. ABUTTING 12501 CLEVELAND ROAD, AND AJ PORTION OF 52682 CURRANT. ROAD AND AF PORTION: OF THE 180+/-1 PARCEL: ABUTTING 52682 CURRANTI ROADTO THEI NORTH, SOUTH, ANDE EASTI FROM A: AGRICULTRUALDISTRICT &1 PUD: PLANNED UNITI DEVELOPMENTI DISTRICTTOI:  to-wit; 9-0  PETITIONER-TODDLKAMINSKI, TIMVKAMINSKI. ANDJ JILLOUDHUIS Mr. Figg reported thatl Billl No. 46-24 comes with a favorable recommendation.  do approve the special use that yout make your motion subject to those written commitments.  most suitable.  bestl location: for things like this.  Stevel Francis, 54174. Juday Lakel Drive, Ido wantt to also support this.  makes a difference inl location. Thank yout to those who worked and madet this possible.  No. 46-24 with written commitments was passed  to-wit; 9-0  INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT  PETITIONER: ST.J JOE: FARMI LIMITEDI LIABILITY COMPANY Mr. Figg reported that! Billl No. 33-24 comes without ai recommendation.  Mr. Klein: Thisi is aj petition tor rezone thel highlighted area ont the screen toli industrial district, it's approximately 907 acres, to thes south oft thet toll road and west of Bittersweet, on boths sides of Cleveland. Road. Currently ons site, everything that's s subject to thei rezoning currently it'sac cultivated: farm field, the structures withi the: frontage on Currentl Road, those are not subject to the rezoning toli industrial, they arez zoned planned unit development att the: moment, and they are actually being placed ona a separate loti ina as subdivision. When you geta across Current, therei is a farm and al home immediately across Current. Road. Tot the east is the solar farm, whichi is owned by AEP, there's also a cultivated: farm owned by thej petitioner ont that side of Bittersweet as well. Wheny youl look tot the north oft the property, north oft the toll road,t there arer residential subdivisions therez zoned) Rs single family, there are also some larger residential parcels which are either used for agricultural purposes currently, or undeveloped, turning to the east, across Bittersweet: asI I mentioned the solar farm, tot the south are farm parcels, there's also two single familyl homes to the south, however thesel homes are set back approximately! 8501 feet with: frontage on Douglas Roadt then tot the west is the St.. Joe Farmj planned unit development" which contains allt those structures that are on thej property asl Imentioned: and then further to the    west across Current are agricultural parcels andt that one single family! home zoned A agricultural district. As per the site plan, initial development is prosed att the northe east corner, justs south oft the toll road,j just west of Bittersweet, they are showing three buildings with a ground floors ranging from twol hundred and sixtyt two thousand squarei feet tos six hundred and twos square feet, additionally, furthert tot the southt they are showing spacet for ane electric substation andt then also retention on the norths side of Cleveland and then tot thes south side of Cleveland, they are proposing an areai for potential future development. Atit'sheight, what's proposed is for the employment oft three hundred employees, it's anticipated that most oft the access would be via Cleveland. Road, although they are showing one entrance: from. Bittersweet, all the entrances would bes subjectt to county engineer approval, additionally at traffics study will ber required to determine whether this development will generate traffics such that the developer will need tof fund additional improvements withint the street right of way. The portion of Cleveland Roadi is a two-lane county road with an average daily traffic count ofc over twelve thousand vehicles currently, in order to develop this site would need utilities from the city ofMishawaka, both sewer and waters service. It's anticipated that sewer extension willj providea service areal between Capitol. Avenue tot the west, Buckeyel Roadt to the east, thet toll road tot ther north: and then Douglas Roadt to thes south. Thev water would be provided viai the new treatment plant on' Veterans. Parkway. Thep petitioner proposed this set of written commitments and the recommendation' from the area plan commission ist nows subject tot those written commitments, if you: approve thei rezoning, you will want tor makei its subject tot this list ofv written commitments att the veryl least. They are proposing tol ban a number ofr more: impactful usesi included slaughter houses, confined feeding operations, sewage treatment plants, coal burning power plants, nuclear power plants, mining, junk yards, scrap: yards, scrappers, land fills and then a number ofl listed! heavieri industrial uses as well as off premise signs, as1 mentionedi they are committing toa a1 traffici impact study, per the county engineers requirements, ai minimum 2001 foot green space! buffer shaill bej placed along the. Juday Creek, thisi is going to be measured 1001 feet from the center line ofJ Juday Creek, on either side, they are showing that ont the site plan, without this written commitment, they would bei requireda a county drain easement measured 75 feet fromt thel banks on either side, this willl be wider than that requirement: and that really just requires them toi not place any structures within the drainage easement with this, they are really committing to providing lands scaping that can potentially provide some filtration should any run offreach the creek. The property from thel local state andi federal requirements ini regards to any wetlands, floodway and floodway fringe, as you can seet there ares special flood! hazard areas, primarily on the south side ofCleveland: Road along. Juday Creek, therei isaf flood: fringe, that'si immediately around the creek, that will probably within the green buffer area that's being proposed, nevertheless any development within the special flood! hazard area wouldi needt tor meet thel local floodplain regulations and be approved byt the floodplain administrator. This comes to you with: af favorable recommendation: from the areaj plan commission by a vote of6-2,it was found that it advances several goals oft the comprehensive plan, those being goal 2 objective. A, ensuring that there are suitable areas for futurei industrial development, more specifically, (inaudible) states thati industrial uses shall have access to municipal water, wastewater. and sanitation: services which willl bet the case before this site is developed and policy 7 which directs lighti industrial uses tol bel located within one mile ofal limited: access highway interchange. Ita also serves goal2 objective Vtol locate employment uses in such a mannert that conflicts with residentiall land uses are minimized, specifirally,policy3 whichs statest thet truck and automobilet traffic generated by employment uses should not travel through residential areas. The area south oft the toll road andi north ofI Douglas has long! been used for agricultural uses however, residential development both north oft thet toll road: and then further southa as well as expansion of Mishawaka tot the east, heavy transit between Elkhart and Mishawka and Southl Bend havel likely diminished the agricultural value ofthe areal based on the traffic generated and how that could! hamper safe transportation of farm vehicles. It was found that givent thei future ofavailability ofs sewer and water whichi is limitedi int the unincorporated county as wella as proximity to major arterialr roads andt the Indiana Tolll Roadt thati industrial development ist the most desirable use: for this property. There arei not really any residential uses within thei immediate area Mr. Thomas: Idon'tknow: ift thisi isa a question for you Shawn orl Mr. Danch aboutt the traffic study, INDOT... Mr. Klein: Ican start, it would bej per the county engineer in this case, it's notl INDOT'si right of way they would! be accessing. Mr. Thomas: So they are goingt tol have tos getp permission, they are going tol have to dot the wholel INDOT study and get passed Mr. Klein: It'snota accessing a state right of way, Mr. Danch might have al better idea ofv what al localt traffic study looks like Mr.] Figg: Shawn,I I was out there Saturday driving through this area andI Isaw on Cleveland they are doing some work now, do  beyond the one across Current Road, everything elsei is north oft thet tollz road.  from the state, correct? compared to as state one. you know what that is ora any idea? Mr. Klein: Iknow it's not related tot this.  Mr. Schaetzle: Iactually can answer that question, it'sag gas line, the worki is pretty much finished.  Mr. Thomas: Written commitments, about the other 900: acres, whati is being planned for thej project, how muchi is that going to Mr. Danch: What we: are trying to do here is rezone from AG and] PUD to thei industrial district you seel before you. The commitments would covert the entire 900: acres, ifit its get's approved. The rezoning ist to allow fori industrial use andi mainly what it'st to doi isi for al high tech uses,i int this particular part what we are asking fori is that data center which would be up att that  bet used, how: muchi ist not going tob be used, can yous geti into details ont that?  Mr. Klein: Icannot, we cannot: speak tot that.    northeast corner. Itwould probably take about 20-30 acres, minimal to, and thisi is that phase one ofv what wel havel been talking about. The one access point ontol Bittersweet, ifyoua are familiar with that solar arrayi is,i is that same point, there is only one driveway opening ontol Bittersweet buti it's ata aj point wherei it's far enough away from the top ofthel bridge for sight distance and sights safety based on thei miley perk hour for Bittersweet Road. The county engineer will! have all approvals, this willl hook up to city water ands sewer, there has been discussion with Mishawaka, Mishawaka can get the water and sewer outt there. Any kind of extension ofu utilities would be: att the developer's expense for what itt takes tos servicet this particular development. The commitments that go with this particular project that Shawnl hadi mentioned, is one wherey you were talking aboutt the traffic impact study, that is particularly for county engineering so they will dictate exactly what happens, itis pretty extensivet that they would geti into, soi itl looks at not only the driveways onl Bittersweet. Road! but also on Cleveland buti it will also take al look ata any impact thati itr mayl have allt the way over tot thei intersection oft thel bypass and Cleveland Road att that! particular intersection to see ift thosel lanes would! have tol be expanded and quinary' S would! have tol be added, any driveways that would be along Cleveland Road, iftherei is what we call a deceleration lane or passing blister, that would! be upt to the county engineer. The other commitment wev were doing was alongt the creek, that'sar majori issues with this particular project, rightr now what's happening, therei is thei farm fields arel being plowed right up tot the top of thel banks so one oft thei issues with the water quality in Juday Creek ist that the nitrates ands saltation is happening alongt that entire corridor, as part oft this commitment: for rezoningt the entire acreage, the commitment would require us to do ay vegetativel buffer alongt thate entire corridor for. Juday Creek, what that will dois hopefully eliminate any saltation directly into the creek and alsos stop any oft the nitrates that would get into that area, the proposed buyer for thej property woulda also do a management fort that entire area tol keepi invasive species out oft that location because that's also very important when you are doing anything along the Juday Creek corridor area. The existing wells ont the farm site willl be closed downs sot those willl bec capped, that willj probably save, Ijust did aj rough calculation fort the five wellst that are there right now, so any given day, they probably pump out about 2 % million gallons ofv water fort thei irigation for those farm fields, that would go away sot thatt the aquifer would notl bei tapped for those 2 %1 million gallons. The water come strictly from Mishawaka, it's calledt the St. Joe aquifer. Therei isac clay cap between the: aquifers for St.. Joe there and alsof for the ones that are in Harris" Township. Any noise conditions is very important, what wel had mentioned beforei ist thati ift thisi facility! hada any kind of generators, thet type ofthei facility this isi now, the generators are insides so any noise consideration is basically muffled1 because it'si indoors. The vibrations, again, whent they dot the generators, they put those ont basically (inaudible) beams and theyl have shock absorbers tol keep allt the vibration downt tot the: minimum. Thel lightingl has tor meet allt the county requirements sot the size oft thes standers, thes size oft the wattage that are uses. for any lighting for this particular facility has tob bei fully shielded sot that there is nol lights spillage onto any adjacent properties. Ther reasoni for the: future development, there are some areas that are ont the souths side of Cleveland Roadt that couldb bet used for building purposes so that's why we're: showing this as basically phase 1of  the development. Mr. Thomas: Such as what?  Mr. Danch: Itv willr most likely bes something similar tol hight tech, they could bet used for a data center or something closet to that, again, because we are limiting thet types ofi industrial uses there, you would bea assured ofthatt there's nothing that's going tol have ahighi impact for that location, ith has tor meet all the requirements, the commitments would alll bei inp place as well to allow for  assurances for thet type of development that occurs ont the property. Mrs. Drake: How manya acres int total are you! looking ati for this particular data center? you are seeingj just thei first] part oft that phase development; righti now. Mrs. Drake: So between al hundred and twol hundred?  Mr. Danch: The entire area, obviously, alli ninel hundred acres butt the first phase is probably about al hundred/two hundred acres, Mr. Danch: Plus the sub station as well so you! have tol keep all thati ini mind so youl have thel building area, you! have the substation areas, yous alsol have the retention areas as well that handlet the drainage for any onsite drainage. Mrs. Drake: Ifyou incorporate that then, what do yout think, with the substation and the drainage areas?  Mr. Danch: Soj probably al hundred and fifty, twol hundred acres. Ms. Smith: More abouti four hundred to six hundred. Mr. Schaetzle: Including the substation... Mr. Danch: Yeah.  Mrs. Drake: Sot total?  Mr. Schaetzle: Including thej ponds, including the buildings. Mr. Morton: Would bet twol hundred?  Ms. Smith: Icant tell yout that when we didi thes subdivision for the north/west corer oft this property that was about twol hundred acres, so what we: are looking ath here iss somewhere int the range ofi four hundred to six hundred acres, total fort this first phase.    There are also requirements where theyl have tor meet certain spacing requirements and certains security issues, that require  additional landt top provide thosel buffers security ands spacing. Mrs. Drake: Soi for this first phase, it's up tos six hundred acres? and] how sure are yout thatt that's going tol bei it or not?  Ms. Smith: Iwouldt thinkt that wouldi incorporate most ofs what's north of Cleveland Road,yes.  Mrs. Drake: You are talking about another data center possibly on the other three hundred acres, ist that, where are you with that Ms. Smith: Sor right now it's really hard toj plan the number ofb buildings until they can flly get to the site, what basically dictates! how many buildings andy wheret they are placedi is where the electric and water availability iss sot they can't puta anything more on the site than thet utilities canl handle. They haven't been able tof fully vet thatl because they don't own thel land, they can't dot the fulls studies andi ifa anybody here has worked with AEP, those things kind oft take a while, they have been working on investigating the site for well over a year and they have full teams that are working on thosel buti it'si not an overnight process. Mrs. Drake: When you are talking about phase one, phase two then, isi it, do you: anticipate the same company will develop both Ms. Smith: The same company will own all ofthis property and they will retain all of this property, therei is noi intent tos sell or give for sublease, they would! keep all 900 acres, that's what's being sold tot them as one parcel whichi is whyt they! have to: zone  areas? the wholet thing. Mr. Danch: Yes. land and run off ponds etc.  Mr. Schaetzle: Sot then all ofity would bel high tech, not tech manufacturing?  Mr. Thomas: Doy you) have anything delineated on what you: are absolutely not going to use likel how many acres between wet Mr. Danch: Ican tell youi from just what you ares seeing from the corridor area, the amount that we are doing the vegetative bufferi ini is over forty acres that wouldi remain basically unusable for that portion and that's for thej protection ofJ Juday Creek. There will be: al lot ofl landt that willl be left over but wes stilll have tol havei that for drainage issues and for that nature vegetation. Ms. Smith: Through thes subdivision process we alsoj just dedicated about 7 acres, 7 to 8: acres that wasj justr right of way for Current Road and that hasn' 't eveni incorporated the dedications for any oft the other roads, technically, most oft these property lines go tot the center line oft the road event though there'sari right of way easement over them, sO as part oft this process, they will Mr. Schaetzle: Your mentioned ont the water issues you said five wells will be capped, two and: al half gallons willi not be taken Mr. Danch: That's on a daily basis, with the calculation and with the amount ofg gallons per minute that would be done, (inaudible) farmer wouldn'twateri for six hours a day, that's! how many per dayi itisa andt then ift they doi it fors sixty days or whatever because depending ont the conditions fort thel landt that's out there, ont the norths side oft the site, youl have more oft the gravel soils, ostomy soil, those dry out faster sot there'sat tendency you would have to water more int those areas as youg get on the south side wheret the creek is, you geti intot the more what we call organic soils, that's wheret thel high water table isl located as Mr. Schaetzle: Mr." Tanner did some research ont the water issue andI Ithinki it's really relevant, ifIcould askl Mr. Tanner to Mr.' Tanner: Iam willingt tol buti ifI may,Iy would probably butcher anything that] Ken Prince might be able toi inform us on, purely based off my recollection: in some news reporting thatI Irefer back tor my time ont thel Mishawka City Council, it would preclude the president that we can calll Mr. Ken) Prince up upon. his willingness tor respond. Ican certainly speak tot this fromi my memory with regardt tot thej pumping and quality studies that were] performed at. Juday Creek well field and the clay cap separation Mr.] Prince, Director of] Planning and Community Development, City ofMishawaka, Ialso serve as president oft the Board of Works and Utility board, ami familiar with the water and sewer operations oft the city, regarding the water, the. Juday Creek wellfield) has been in thej planning mode for roughly 10 years, int that period oft time, wel hadt to initially evaluate the aquafer, we very specifically, had consulting engineers, wes spend millions of dollars drilling wells, pumping the wells and then mapping what thei impact was tot the: aquifer. Soi ify you cani imagine, unlike the agricultural wells, which you get aj permit through the county boardo ofhealth, wea are permitted by IDEM: andl have tos go through a very rigorous mapping of what canl be yielded! based ont the recharge ort the aquifer, soi ifyou can imagine, wheny you) pull water out oft the aquifer, wateri is also goingi into the ground, there are very carefuli int terms of allowing: you only toj pull out whati ist then going backi into the ground, sol looking at the. Juday Creek wellfield, iti is rated currently at eight and ahalfr million gallons based on whatj just went on line, so eight and ahalf million  bel looking officially dedicating those and givinga additional right of wayt tot the county asi needed.  from the aquafer, is that on a daily basis.....  well. speak tot that please.  between the aquifers but ify youy wouldn'ti mind clarifying that.    gallons a day and al little over half oft thati is going tos serve existing capacity int the city so we: arei in thej process, oncet thisi is completely up: an operational within thei next year, we'll! bes shutting down the Gumwood wellfield locatedj just offG Gumwood Road by Grandview wheret the watert tower went in, that wellfield goes off1 line, this wellfield was designed tos serve the city for thei next 100 years int terms of growth so thei millions ofg gallons, what Mr. Mejewski whoi is our water division director. has indicatedi is withl he capacity that wel haver now, onl line, servingt the existing city ands servingt thep potential development, wel have the capacity tos serve ita andi ina addition tot that for future growthi needs, this wellfield! has the capacity by adding two wells, soi it's not just one well that wel have att the wellfield, it'sas series ofv wells, soi ifo one well goes down andi needs tob be worked on, there's redundancy to continue to provide municipal water, sO with the addition oft two additional wells, we can automatically: increase the capacity of the wellfield tot twelve million gallons even though it's not event needed: for thej proposed data center, wel havet the ability to do that and above andl beyond that,i ifwev weret to adda an additional filtration systemt tot that wellfield, we can go as high ass sixteen million gallons a day coming out oft that wellfield tos serve future growth, and keepi in mind thatt the future growth of this areal backi in 2003 when wej jointly did the Capitol Avenue land use plan thats staffk had indicated, wel havel been making utility improvements with thei intent of serving this area so that was jointly done andj jointly planned because very specifically you look ate every community has poor planning examples so we' ve delt with Grapel Road, it's very expensive tof fix things once they have Mrs. Drake: Idon'tknow ifI goti iti right, but did yous say ify you did everything possible you coulds supply upt to 161 million  gone wrong. Iwould use downtown Grangeri int terms oft thej planning ofutilities.  gallons ofv water a day, ist that correct? Mr. Prince: That's correct.  Mrs. Drake: Do youl have any ideal because we' vel heardt that these data centers are such big water users, what their anticipated Mr. Prince: Our understanding ofa garden variety data center would bei int that million gallon a day range: and the: applicant could have more information int thatr regard andl Ithinkt they won't! know specifically util they geti intot that design. Ms. Smith: So all oft the, Ican'ts speak to the specifics oft the circulations within the building, Icans say that anything that would be discharged from this would goi int the: sanitary sewer that would gol back tot the city ofN Mishawaka fort treatment. Mrs. Drake: Do they, Iknow: al kind of controversial: issue within data centers ist they often do not want to disclose how much  need ise especially ifthey not only have one data center but then: as second one.  Mrs. Drake: When that wateri is used, isi it circulated ori isi iti used and dumped?  water they are using and ist therea any plans to track the water usage? Ms. Smith: Ithink most metering will pretty mucht track that.. :  Mr. Prince: They will geta al bill every montht thatt they have top pay based ont their usage.  Mrs. Drake: Good point.  Mr." Thomas: Mr. Danch wet talked about thej power usage andy yous saidy you could answer questions, can you elaborate on that? Mr. Danch: What wel have been told is that the contingent purchaser has been working with AEP ont this particular project and whatt theyl have found from AEPi is that ift this project were to1 move forward, there would bet that substation on Cleveland] Road. They would have direct power from AEP, they are working rightr now to figure out what routing they would do, assuming they wouldi move tot the next step whichy would be the engineering phase, they canl let the AEP engineers figure out oft the two transmission lines that basically (inaudible)t thiss site and runi in a north/south direction which ofthoset they would be ablet to tapt to bring along Cleveland] Road with thei issue right now is they are tryingt to figure out what the separation has tol be for the wires Mrs. Drake: Ifthere was so energy required thatt the company couldn'tsupplyi it, it doesn'treally matter wherei it's coming from, Mr. Danch: Well, it does from ane engineering standpoint. WhenI I work with AEP, when wes sort through aj project with them, thei firstt thing thatt they usually will get after thej project is approved or the zoning, they work with either the architect or whoever is design thel building andt they come up with al load that needst to be fort the particular structure, on data centers like this, they can bes scaled up soi in essence, you arei not! building the entire building at one time, they alsot take al look at what portion ofthat Mrs. Drake: Another concern with these data centers is that al Iot ofrate payers thinkt they are going to end up bearing thel burden of some oft the cost with new transmission lines or whatever your need tob buildi int terms ofi infrastructure, what aboutt thati issue. Ms. Smith: Similar to the extension of water ands sewer, that cost is the responsibility oft the developer, thati is why they are putting a substation on this property, that's already planned and accommodated: int their design and cost estimates. Mr. Danch: Ican telly youi from ane engineering standpoint, AEP wants their money, a lot ofit up front, also.  because those arel high voltage transmission lines sot that's got tol bee engineered.  which direction does it?  building they can buildb based on the usage oft the resources available tot them.    Mr. Thomas: What about monitoring wells, you are capping thei irrigation wells for the farms, are they goingt tol have monitoring Mr. Danch: There wouldn'tbe: any monitoring wells along for any kind of contamination, unless there would be something that comes upi particularly, ifthere were something that showed up onI maybe anl Indiana classification chart ors something thats said that there might! bez a contamination, you don'tneed to do any kind ofr monitoring wells unless there is some kind ofi issue. Mr. Morton: What would you! havet tos say about a lot of comments ont thel loss of prime agriculture. Mr. Danch: Fromt the north ands south! part oft this] property, up by thet toll road, there'sb basically different kinds ofs soilt types, towards that north portion where thel buildings are goingi in, that's why one oft the areas they picked fort this first phase because that's the gravels soils that aret there, the water table: is way downi in the ground so you can buildt there without any majori issues. With those gravel types of soils, youl have erosion problems witht thet top soil because, whent the wind blows, ith has a tendency to get rid ofy your tops soils, froma an agricultural standpoint, ifI: am getting rid ofr my topsoil because ofcertain conditions, ifI Idon't resupply that top: soil, it's costing me money, myp plants that aret there are not going to do as well, my: yieldi is going to go down and what] Ican planti is goingt tos start] probably getting narrower: fort thet types ofp plants that go on, ont the other portions oft the: site where wel have al high water table, whichi is probably closert to. Juday Creek and some ofthea areas down! by Cleveland Road, you have ahighy watert table, the other issue there is when youj put plants in, thats sounds great, but ifthep plants are sitting in water all thet time, my yield will go down because thej plants suffer because they just can'tbei inv water. One oft thet things that was happening here wast that thei farmer was spending more on fertilizersi tot try to overcomet the natural. areas there thaty yous arel having problems with and wheny youp putr more fertilizers on, then wei rani into the secondi issue that Italked about whichi isi nowl Iam getting nitrates and othert things intot the creek and that causes ap problem with the water quality for. Juday Creek. Sol by us doing vegetativel bufferst throughout this site, we can try and: slowt that down sot that those nitrates don't get tot the creek. Ken] Prince, Director of Planning and Community! Development: for the city ofMishawaka, I was here earlier, as a city wanted to present that wes arei in favor oft this project. Mishawaka only grows by about 40 acres ay year over thel last 10 years, we've averaged al little over al hundred million dollars ofr new construction every year, This onej project represents the equivalent of multiple decades ofr new development. Most importantly, itisl large buti it's also al lowi impact development. A data center represents a growing need int the global economyt thati is projected to continue to grow for decades to come. Regarding some of the concerns expressed, thisi isj just from the city perspective so take for whati iti is, from at traffic perspective, three hundred employees likely working threes shiftsa dayi isa a veryl low, Ican'ti imagine ac comparablel lowi impact traffic use for ninel hundred acres for comparable, residential, single familys subdivision ify you're att three units an: acre, that'st twenty seven hundred homes, when you do traffic planning, yout typically count on ten cars a day, that would be twenty seven thousand trips at three hundred employees, whaty you aret talking abouti iss something that the equivalent ofGolden Corral onl Main Streeti in terms oft traffic Paul Blum, 52686 Current Road, we are thes sellers oft thej property, we: arei in favoro oft the sale and wel have been buying farm Frank Agostino, 131 S. Taylor Street, South Bend, Iam the attomey for the seller int this case, Iask thaty you vote favorably for this, I would note that this project went before area plan commission, theyt tabledi its so already sat for a1 thirty day period, then that camet tot the council with ai favorablei recommendation: from: area plan, asi it was already stated by the staff, they considered the state requirements: for a rezoning, thati iffitt the comprehensive) plan, there was thel best use for the property, it meets those requirements. Iwould also ask you tor note the restrictions to which have! been agreed to arel listed as special uses under the change ofz zoning, ifthere was as special use change: zoning, you'dh have a separate petition to allow thats special use. Iask you approve that, I commend you councilmembers being considerate ofyour constituents, hearing them out and asking for their Grace. Johnson, 509091 Brownstone Drive, Granger,I I wholeheartedly support this rezoning request and ame eager to be apart of this growth, itis clear development isl headed our way one way or another and) Iask for your vote ofa approval today. Katherine! Lane, 52800 Spring Mill Court, Granger, for 125 years, Holy Cross brothers and sisters worked that farm toj provide food and milk for students, faculty, and the administration of! Notre Dame, anyone who isi familiar with thel history ofSt.] Joe Farml knows that it has provided fort this community again and again, first food then solar energy and now by bringing: a data center to our community, bringing jobs andi improvements tot the area. Isupport this rezoning request. Marguerite Goolian, 17681 Hackberry] Lane, Lakel Forest] IL, Iam favor oft the vote off favorable fori the St.. Joel Farm rezone because. Ilove my family, 1 love my friends, Ilover my community here andI I want them tol have the opportunity to seet the expansion ofj jobs and the expansion oft the economic development. here in South Bend. Derek Dieter, 1740F Portage Ave., South Bend, with everything that's been going on, its very exciting, we are getting morej jobs here, we: are getting more people, there's finally excitement for growth in St.. Joe County and] I think thisi is another opportunity for things to go thei right ways sol Iamt totally inf favor oft this project. Carl) Baxmeyer, 17711 Woodridge Drive, Southl Bend, speaking also as a citizen as well, thisi is the firsti int the series ofs steps that are going to comel before you andIv would urge yout to go ahead and rezone this and continue the process and continue tol listen to  wells around the creek?  comingi in and out ofi it, for ninel hundred acres, that ani incredibly low traffic use. ground and willi investt the money ini more farm ground andIask that everybody vote in favor.  voices tob bel heard, thati isi much appreciated as ai member ofthis community.    the people, as questions come up, details emerge, but there isr more time for that down the road. Thet three ofuss strongly support Cathy Blum, 52682 Current Road, Ijust want to make as small point, we'v ve always tried to serve the community and we'vel been approached different times with other projects that we' 've said no to, veryl lucrative projects because we didn't think, ity wasn't something wet thought would benefit the community, this just seems like: al home runt that's up for yout to decide, you are the ones who are educated] here with all thei information" we: appreciate SOI much all the work that area plan commission. has done andy you Peter. J. Agostino, 131 S. Taylor Street, South Bend, Iam! heret tos speak in support oft the rezoningl here. It'si impossible for a smallb business, andI I: am: as small business operator, to do this anymore inside your office, we don'th have thes security, we don't have the ability tot take: al risk ofo our data crashing, thisi is what data centers andi int this particular case, there isas secondary. gain of expanding water and sewer toward Granger and that iss significant, there are many goodi reasons to dot thist tonight, Ihope and Dan Caruso, 305 Compton Street, New Carlisle, data centers do have their place, iti isi not over top of our fresh water. Emily" Trausch, 10521 Fawn Woods Court, Granger,Io commend Councilman Tanner for stating thati ift thel buyeri is willing to move oni ifv wes sendi it back to committee, that should bes yery telling, and we should pause to question their intentions. Look around the whole county, every parcel oflandt thatl has woods, prairie ori farm landi ist up for the highest bidder and this isn't something tol bep proud of. Iwould like tor remindy yout that your vote: shouldn't bes swayed! by money, tax revenues ori incentives Charlotte Wolf, 21439 Osborne Rd., Lakeville, Idor respectfully disagree witht this particular proposal. My biggest gripe with this whole process ist the comprehensive plan of2002 is not really adequate to address the challenges ofproposals like this. Ido strongly suggest thati itl keeping zoned agricultural. however, Iwould be opent to some discussion about smaller, ist there sucha Pete Colan, 51345 Bittersweet. Rd., representing Othali) LLC, the elephant int the room: ist thei invasion oft the Granger community byal largei industrial complex on 900 acres that will eventually obsolete, alli industries do. Thep problem] Ihave with this zoning andt this plani ist thesel buildings and development: are highly unique, brining in water, sewer, a lot ofe electricity, what happens in Kelly Crevey, 522221 Dorchester Ct, Granger, Ia am asking you not tor rezone. Therei ist tons ofinformation onl linei in different studies thats sayr more than 50% ofglobal enterprises willl have moved to as serverless platformi int the next 10 years, what happens whent this facility has reached its life span? What do we do withi it? Once youg goi thisf far forward, you can'tg go back. The cooling systems, wel knowt thatt those can release harmful pollutants into the air, contributing tos smog and acid rain, do wel know Amy Sanders, 51601 Brighton Ct., Granger, how] long will construction take? Are we looking at Cleveland Road! being down for onel lane for: al long period oft time? Where will these power lines go? That was asked and they said they don' 'tknow that yet,I thinkt that'sa al huge concerni for residents because being under high voltagel lines has shownt thati it does cause cancer. Has the buyer been promised any tax abatements, or will that bec considered: another deal breaker ifthej project is approved for zoning? What are the air pollutions wea are goingt tos see from this? There has tol bea al better option. Be courageous and say: no: for now. Stevel Francis, Juday Lake Drive, wel have to ask questions about what] happensi ifthat diesel spills into the aquifer, what kind of drainage are you going tor makei into. Juday Creek during construction and longt term, you mention the watert table near. Juday Creek where you) plan tol buildi int the futurei is only one foot ins some cases, you' re going tol have to drain that down to build on Mary Sill, 10976 Anderson Rd., Granger, I want tot thank Councilwoman: Drake for acknowledging the fact that there are al lot of concerns here tonight. Iwant tos say, let's back up thel bus, asf farl I'm concered, the comments, I am glad that we are able to speak al littlel bith here ands share our concerns but tor me, it'sl kind ofl like a day late and a dollar shortl because this has been going on as was mentioned earlier, they havel been looking att this for over aj year and we arej just finding this out now. Andrea Hartstein, 50804: Partridge Woods Dr., Granger, we: are not against economic development but wes are concerned: about what's. happening here, thisi is ab big dealt tol us. Granger exists because oft the grange movement, we usedt to alll be farmers, for decades. Whati isl happening here is, we don'tg get av voice, a vote ont thesez zoningl laws. Zoning) laws exist, from my understanding ist toj yes, toj protectt thej property owner but also to] protect thei interest oft the community around: it. How would we Marcial McMillen, 10981 Cougar Dr., Granger, the people of Granger do not want it, we came out] last week tos sayi it, we arel here again, we don't wanti it. It's nott that'si it'sab bad thing tol have data centers, have thems somewhere else, makes sure they don'thave the EMF going out there, they don'tb have the low-grade hum that'sb been causing all the mental problems in' Virginia where  this rezoning request.  have done to1 maket this decision for everyone.  pray: you: approve this: zoning.  but rather the wishes ofy your people.  thing as a small data center, like 20-30 acres upi in that comer? 10 years whent technology causes that tol become obsolete?  what! kind of coolants are going tol beu used? Iwould ask you to call that into consideration.  that] property. Iamo concerned that these questions have not been answered.  votei ifwel had a choice? This ist the nail in our coffin for our identity in the community.  they'vel hadr multiple puti in. Nowt they are complaining abouti it. Puti its somewhere else, vote no.    Candace Edwards, 506801 Pheasant Covel Dr., Granger, I aml here and ami representingi many ofi my neighbors. All ofo our land, that wel love, that wel lovel being int the countryi is going tol be gone and where do we go: after that? Who'ss going tol buyt this property? Nobody wants to answer who isl buying thej property. Isita actually purchased by somebody from a different country? Isi itg going tol bel built or leased by somebodyi ina ac different country? We don'tneed to give up more land to outsiders. Wea are Daniel Schmidt, 50779 Sherwood. Dr., Granger, there'sal lot ofinformation that came out tonight, it'sal littlet frustrating thati it didn't come out earlier, given to usl last Friday and here we are trying tog geta a vote onit. Ithink that's where wer need tot focus on, finding the right spot fort this. All wea are asking for is 301 more days to do our due diligence and do: al little more work. I Katiel Palus, 11988 Bergamot Dr., Granger, II hate tos see this agricultural property rezoned for anything other than agricultural use. Wes asad country are letting allt the farmland bes soldo off, how are wes sustaining ourselves as a country? When are we going toi invest backi into ourselves? Iwould urget this council tot table this vote or to vote not tonight sot that we can further explore all ofthei impact that his going tol have ont the environment, our health and wellbeing oft the residents of Granger and we can come to Rebecca' Tarwacki, 511531 Placid) Pointe Ct., Granger, Ijust want tor makea aj point, all oft thej people who werei in favor oft this were from Southl Bend and] Mishawaka, I'ms sorry, opposing, and everybody that'sinf favorl livei in Granger. This truly affects us dayi in Rex Weade, 13630. Anderson! Rd., Granger, I1 liver really closet tot this. Thep people that arel herel live in this, and are going tol be effectedl by this our whol lives, our property values are going to drop, thisi is premium farm land, you realize whata a gift thati is. These people willl be: filthy rich sellingi iti to: another farmer, thisi is all: aboutb bigr money andy power, has nothing to do with the local people ands serving the local people. Ihope for your vote tos say not this is, think ofa all the thousands ofn millions of! people Mary Countryman,: 529591 Timmothy Rd., New Carlisle, inc question, is there any chance this company will use an existing well ors sink their own well: and not usel Mishawaka water, Idon'tk knowi ift that'sb been mentioned or brought up, there would be no monitoring ofthet usagei ifity was coming out oft their own wateri iftheyt tappedi into one ofthose existing wells. Whyi is St.. Joe County being bulliedi into accepting something or anything when therei ist this pressure oft these exploding offers? Thirty daysi is Cheryl Nix, 17901 Sablel Ridge Dr., Ithink wel have tol be really carefull here soI I would encourage ai no vote today. Nate Kelly, 113551 Nicolel Drivel North, Granger, how often to this many people show up and speak against something and county council, whatever, any government meeting, there'st typically less than 201 people there. You guys need tor represent thej public interest and moving this alongs sof fast justs seems tob be, itj just doesn'ts seemi right. Please,] Dan, Iknow you: are probably not going tol listent tot thej people ofGranger butt the other councilmembers, please take our word: and atl least table, vote noi ifyou can. Jennifer Burks, 51756 Westgate Dr., Granger, Iwould likey you to vote inc opposition for many of the reasons that everyone has said this evening. Iwould especially likei tot thank Amy Drake, shel has been amazingi inl helping me understand this project Fran Backa, 509261 Lexington Glenn Dr., Iwas disappointed thatt there wasi noi mention ofc control for thel HVAC systems which have to1 run 24/7 inc order to cool the equipment and data center) HVACS systems arel knownt to create thel harmfull lowl humming soundt that can travel upt to2 %1 miles away and the pitch andf frequency ofthis] humi is that eveni ifwe don'tactively! heari it,it's still being registered in our brain and can'tbet tuned out andi this sound] has been linked tol harmfull health effectsi including headaches, difficulty sleeping, stress, depression, etc. Idon'tknow if our county has any regulations inp place for HVAC system noises or not, butI Idid want to ask for the need fora a county regulation to exist for that ifneeded and really that sound modification needs tol bet takeni into consideration beforet this landi is approved for this project. Mr. Danch: We did work with the. Juday Creek taskforce on this project and as] part oft that, some oft thet things you: see that we are doing ont this site plan actually came out ofc conversations and discussions witht the. Juday Creek taskforce: so we willl bei taking that and we will actually be working with them on additional thingst that wouldl happen on this particular property for the protection of Juday Creek. That's one oft thei main thingst that we: actually see! here, that wel have brought to the attention oft the contingent purchaser andt they certainly want tol be apart oft that process for protecting the creek so we will be working with. Juday Creek taskforce further as, assuming this gets approved witht the design, we will takei into consideration what they! have asked as welli for this project. Thel HVAC: andi isi inside, as wel hadi mentioned. aboutt the generators, those arei inside, so from the noise standpoint, since they are insidet the building, there would be any kind of lessi noiset that would happen as compared tot the ones sitting outside thel building, wet talked abouti that,t the other issues they were talking about thel low hum that was there, they doa Iot oft noise attenuation: for this data center, the ones they may! bet talking about, those could be older data centers, these! have progressed and basically therel has been evolution on the development: and design oft theseb buildings, so the latest designs willl be takeni into account for this. Rightt to the northi ist the toll road, there'sa constant] hum with the toll road, II liver right close to the tollr roads sol Ican say for sure thati no matter whenl Igo outside ore even ini my house, there's still that hum for thet toll road. That's actually higher than any noise disciples thana any noise disciples that would come: from the data center itself. There weres some questions aboutt the diesel fueli ifthey weres going tol have that type of generator, there is anotheri issue, that goes along with this particular one that] Ineedt tol bring up to council, right tot the north oft this particular site ont thei norths side oft thet toll road, we  stuckb because we don'thavev votes.  understand. how your handi is forcedt tonight to vote.  some type of agreement int terms of where this data center belongs. and day out andl Ihope you can vote on our behalf.  that are not going tog get fed with this farmland.  not tool longt to wait especially with something thisi huge.  better, appreciate everyone' s1 time.    designed as subdivision that basicallyl has a community well toi it, that community welli isj justl like: a well for any municipality. Anything withini in what we call thet time concentration for certain areas forj public waterk has tol have approvals for anyl kind of uses and that wouldi include diesel fueld or anything like that. There'sat time of concentration that when the residents were talking abouta any! kind ofs spills, that hast tot takei into account they might notl bea ablet to use those, they may actually] havet to use natural gas instead, but that! has to go through ana approvalj process. Ther rural wetlands wel hadt talked about, we willl be doing that protection along Juday Creek, we want to1 makes sure that one oft the gentlemen. stood up and said that) yes, that thes setbacki is basically the drainage boards set back 75 feet, I can tell council rightr now that basically the: farmer was out there, they farmi right up tot the top oft that bank so by us putting thatl 1001 foot on either side oft the creek, that will allow the vegetativel buffer protection and for any nitrates and any siltation to get into the creek itself. That's not happening right now andi ift thisl land were tol be continued tob be farmed, there would still be a degradation of thet type of water quality that theyt talk about for. Juday Creek. That's why wea alsol hadt that as a commitment tor make sure that that's! part of any design development that! happens as part of what we are doing here fort the data center. There were al lot ofc questions about the traffic, wel had talked aboutt that that there wouldl be an impact study that would be done that has tol be approved byt the county engineer department, they talked aboutt the access point ontol Bittersweet Road, the access point on! Bittersweet Road would! have to be approved by county engineering, they takei into account thet traffict that goes downt there so whent they are talking abouts school buses or anyt type of vehicles, that! has to be determined. and theyt take al look at both thei miles per hour that'st there, the site distance from thet top of the hill where the bridge to wheret that drive open is tor meet allt the requirements. What we also talk about doing ont the driveways, Iknow] Italk about when we are doing projects with council that the county/city engineering will take al look att tos seei ifv wel have top put deceleration lanes inj passing! blisters on everything toi increase the safety factor for what happens for anything comingi in and going out oft this particular site, one ofthe questions that had been asked about the air quality, air quality has to meet all bothi not Mr. Danch: WhatIhad said was that it would) have tor meet all thes standards but whatt they alsol have to deal with with this particular çase is that theres aj public wellj justt tot the north ofthet toll road, whatt that means ist that when youy put a welli in andi it's for public usage, therel has tol be: ana areat that we callt time (inaudible) ort time oft travel for aj public well, whether its 1 year, 55 year, or 10y years andi there's only certain] kinds oft uses that can bea allowed andj permitted within that andi ifit'st too closet tot that well then you cannot doi it, that could falla a diesel type ofs situation where someonel has diesel fuel on the site and so theyl have tol have that approved by federal standards before you would be ablet to do itj just because of thej public well that would go there. There are generators that are done for data centers that also are natural gas, wel have natural gas availablet tot thiss site as well. That's part oft thec design standard wet talk about, ifthey decide what type ofg generator they would havei int thel buildings for the backup  only county standards but also federals standards.  Mr. Thomas: Containment ont the diesel fuel generators, can you answer tot that?  supplies andi it stilll has tor meet allt the requirements for federal/state and local standards. Mr. Thomas: Sayt there ist no wellt there, yous still! havet tol have ac containment, don'tyou?  Mr. Danch: Absolutely.  Mr. Catanzarite: How long will construction take, how long willt the roads bet tore up, do wel have any ideal how to estimatet that? Mr. Danch: Fora ai million square foot building, Iam going to assume maybe aj year or sO. There's another partt that goes with that, we'vel hado conversations that with Sky, whent they do anyt type of construction for this project, Skyi is already working to figure out how the construction schedule will work att thisl Iocation tor noti impact any oft thet traffic that's onl Bittersweet Road and Mr. Catanzarite: There was a question about where power lines are going to be extended. and will they! bei near residents? Mr. Danch: There are already two sets oftransmission lines that! bisect thes site, they are ont the western side oft the site, away Mr. Catanzarite: One oft the remonstrators mentioned, Ihavei noticed tool before, a computer a server kind ofs smell ora a computer, wheni it's multiplied structure: is there any evidence that that order cause any problems or does OSHAI regulate? Mr. Danch: Yes, those are allt the standards when wet talk aboutt the air pollution and air quality act from 1970, they have tor meet Mr. Catanzarite: So ont the written commitments that the contingent purchaser has agreed to ort that thej present land owner has agreed to, willt they! be willing tol look ata any other contingencies or commitments like for example, out att the GM/Samsung battery plant, because that's ar new technology to the fire territory out there tol New Carlisle, there was a requirement thatt they would provide quarterly training tot the area fire departments top protect that building as part oft their written commitments, would this developer commiti top providing quarterly training say the 151 year to Clay Fire' Territory, Mishawka Firel Department and] Penn Mr. Danch: We,yeah, think that would, ifit's going tol help the fire department andj protection itself, Ithink that is a doable  on Cleveland: Roads sot there would be aj plan for construction traffici in and out oft this particular site.  from any oft the residential areas.  all those for permitting.  Township? thing.    Ms. Hess: One ofthes speaker said thatt thisj just phase one and thisi isa as slippery slope, when yout talk about phase one and phase Mr. Danch: That's correct. Ift there were tol be another type ofp project wheret they weret talking about moving closer tol Elkhart, they would have to comel back beforet this committee, they would! havet to got to Areal Plan and explain whatever thej projecti is. Mr. Root: Ibelievel Iheard one oft the speaker that said that the utilities andI I believe ity wass sewer and water thati ity was being pushed out tol Buckeye Road andi ift thati ist the case, that does suggest that we arel looking at future growth to the east. Mr.] Danch: No, think andi if Keni iss stilll here or whatever, what they hads said and] I am not part of all the conversations there when they dol Iong term planning for extension ofr mainl lines for water and sewer, they basically do whats called as service area and what they take a) look ati is seet thati ift they are going tos spending moniest tol be ablet to dos something and they are coming from Veterans Parkway, what would bet the extenti ift they were going to extend its sot they have to pick ana area thatt theyt think isa a good location and what you) hadj just mentioned was they saidt that thes service area, potentially hada al limit of] Buckeyel Road: and the reason for thati isi ist thaty probably, ifthey wantedt tol keep on what we çall ag gravity! line for sewer without doinga a lift stations and Mr. Schaetzle: Idid some research, there are 1.91 billion acres of land in the United States, 878.6n million acres oft thatl landi is farmland as of2023. Last year in 2023, wel lost 1.81 million acres ofthati farmland to development. Can wes still feed the American population based on what wel have, Ilooked ats several different sources and came up witha an average ofas statistic from the sources, itt takes 1.8: acres tof feedt the average American, 1.8t times 340r million people is 612 million acres, wel have 878.6 million acres off farmland, therefore wec can feed ourselves and 20% ofUS farm products by value are exported, those statistics helped met tof feel better aboutt the: fact that we are, across the country using 1.81 million acres ofl land that was: farmland: for other uses, we arei inj pretty goods shapet there, my question is,) think we: are ing good shape but I think we need tol be careful, ifthisi is rezoned, ist there any plan tor rezone any oft the contiguous properties? Especially thei farm properties, ifthis 900 acres isI rezoned. Mr. Danch: No, the deal that thel Blums have isj just for the 900-904: acres, thisi is for single ownership only. Mr. Root: Therei iss something called a spotz zoning, and generally when you dos spot zoning you do open up the additional parcels, iti makes itr much easier, this has been a concern. I'vel heard about for my 20 years! here and this does look like a spot zoningi inc one sense soi it does in crease the likelihoodi that additional parcels adjoining will eventually becomei industrial. Mr. Danch: Notr necessarily industrial but they would have tol have, ifs somebody were to come back, again, youl have that corridor study for Capitol Avenue and thet uses that are there soi ifyout take al look att that corridor study, its showst that there are areas here that were acceptable fori this type of development: and actually. going farther to the south, so for that standpoint, obviously that corridor study took into account that the agl land probably along the bypass going up tor maybe 23, there could be Mr. Root: Ijust findi it deeply ironic when] If first came on the counçil many years ago we were doing a commercial rezoning on State Road 23: andi ity was a spot: zoning and wel heardj justt tonight that State Road 231 has almost gone completely commercial and Mr. Schaetzle: One oft the questions Igot was, whati isi int thisf for our community and of course thej jobs, Ididt take thet time to look ats some ofthej jobsi in a data center pay, let mej just name a few real quick, data center engineer, $102,000.00: a year, project managers, $119,000.00: aj year, clouda architect, $123,000.00, electrical engineers, $111,000.00, data engineers with 1-4 years experience $89, ,000.00, network engineers, $140,000.00: sot those ares some pretty) high paying jobst that would bei involved, Ialso looked at whati iss some oft ther residual wealth for each million dollars spent on dataj processing, ito creates an additional. .51 million in direct/indirect. andi induced jobsi in the areas so you! have the residual jobs, you mentioned to me that there'sap possibility that the company: interested would be willing to work witht the community on projects and sol Ilook at Granger andj people talk to about thet things I want, the fire protection of course is one oft thet things ifthet new facility does come, money for schools, the. Anderson Roadp park, paths, other green spaces like wes seei int thes south east corner oft that property, thej potential for the revitalizinga a wetlands area, are theset things you! believet that this buyer would bei interested in! helping the community with? Mr. Schaetzle: To this] point wel have not had any conversations yet about development agreements, incentive models anything like that, Iwill tell you from the other projects we've done, wel have introduçed other fees, other revenue sources tol help with schools, help with green space development, tol help with other things, fire equipment, sos yeah, absolutely,I believe this is the type of company that, from a community engagement standpoint willl be very involved with the school andi not just PHM: schools but allt thei reginal schools will be veryi involved with greens space, opens spacet typet things. Ido want to address something Mr. Catanzarite said, the fire training on the GMI project, that'si int the development agreement sot that'sac quarterly requirement to do firet training, same with the monitoring wells, those two provisions are also going to apart oft the. AWS project in the development agreement, those aret things that would be more appropriate int the development agreement verses written commitments and Mr. Catanzarite: Can you answer that the onej person raised abouti infrastructure, that probablyi is a development agreement, are  two, that was just for the 900 acres, ist that correct?  other things that get very very expensive that that would probably bet thel limit of what they do.  pressure for that to change later but again, somebody's got tol have the abilityt to do that.  thati is thej problem wheny you do the spotz zoningi is that itr really does open up the adjoining parcels.  something we would certainly encourage.  they going to ask for an: abatement, would a' TIFF district pay for thei infrastructure improvements?    Mr. Schalliol: Right now, therei is no eçonomic development area that would encompass the St.. Joel Farms site, the redevelopment commission: is authorized: funds tos study the existing AM General economic development area, the opportunity perhaps to extend up Capital Avenue and to capture the site, we would work inc coordination with the city ofMishawaka, what aj potential EDA wouldi look likei fort that area, Iwould telly yout that GM deal, the. AWS deal, very different on how infrastructure were dealtv with, what we would doi int this case, again from day one, wet toldt the developer as Mr.] Danchl hass said, utility extension costs are your costs, Ithink hea also did mention that therei isap potential to do oversizing of pipes, things liket that, that's probably something wheret the community gets involved in, whether itisa apart oft tax revenue collection ors some type ofother funding that goes into Mr. Schalliol: We actually have four different studies going on right now, first one isas study with] Lawson) Fisher and Associates, it's tos study Douglas Road from! Mishawaka cityl limitst to Capital Avenue tol look ati improving the roadway, right now, that section ofr roadwayi is still very underdeveloped section of] Douglas, twol lanes, no center turn lane, nos shoulder, no Mr. Schalliol: Thati is apart oft thats study, we would actually, we arel looking ata an overpass, we! have to go over because the ground water isl high so wec can'tg go under, and therei isi noj positive outlett to drain that wateri ifv we were tos go under, we are actually, as apart oft thel LFA design, we don'tknow where the utilities are going tos go, ift they are going to go: alongt thel Douglas Road corridor to Clevelandl Roado corridor tos go east tot thisp project but any utilities would built outside oft that footprint. The: second study we are doingi is another one with LFA to do a utility study for sewer, Ken] Princel had mentionedi ite earlier, the Daisy) Road] lifts stationt that's near. Jefferson and Capital, looking ata as sewer study to extend sewer north along Capital Avenue through a series oflifts stations, forced mains toj provide sewer tot that service area, that service area would go potentially could go all the way eastt tol Buckeye for thes sewers service study area, the third study we are doingi is an update with. Antero ont the Capital Avenue master plan, that was started maybe six months ago, maybe a little longer, thisi isat two phase study is tol look atp power, look at wheret the utilities are, take all thoses studiesi in and really do an update tot that 2003 study that was donel I think originally by Cole Associates orl DLZ, sot that'sas study that'sg going on: and then the fourth studyi is a grant application studyi inj partnership with Elkhart and' Western Railroad orl Patriot Rail tol look att the rail corridor along McKinley Avenue, that's north ofl McKinley Avenue and) how rail couldy work extending fromi it's current location on Current up to capture some potential property along Mrs. Drake: My questioni is, ifv we are payingl Ia assume large amounts ofc dollars for the studies, does itt make senset that we are Mr. Schalliol: The update study for the. Antero group inj particular reallyi informs, its based off the 2003 Capital Avenues study so using that ast the model reallys stays ins syncy with that, it's really) justa an updated, the technical utility issuesi in that area, the other studies too, thes sewer study we're doing really aligns with this project soi it's nice we are ahead oft the curve much] like withint the IEC, wes spent al lot oft up front money to gett to ap point where we new conditions andr real conditions, that's whatt these studies are Mr. Catanzarite: Whether or not wep passt this zoning tonight, those studies arel beneficial to us no matter what, right? Mr. Schallio!: Absolutely, andI Iwills say, Mishawaka. has been ai fantastic partner ina all those, wes see thisi is an opportunity,Iwill say while Mishawaka! has been ai in this, conversations we'ves started having with Ken Lyndsey, Harris Township trustee asi it relates to fire territory issues asi itr relates toj parks and open: space,I I thinkt those: are going tol be an additional pieces we can plug Ar motion to amend) Billl No. 33-24 toi include the written commitments ast they were presented tot the council was madel by Mr.' Tanner: My colleges were very thorough int the questions they sought for clarification this evening, as were the publics sol am going tol limit myselft to comments, Studebaker, Singer, Oliver, Ballband, Uniroyal, Dodge, Wheelabrator andt thel list goes on, this community exists and was built upon by industry, firsti ity wasi initial settlements and Gregorian farming just tos sow thel land, then was the presence ofbogi iron andj power generated by the! St.. Joseph) River, then ity was considered. advanced: manufacturing att the time forj plows, carriages and sewing machines, we continue tot be ani industrious community with AM General, Cleveland Cliffs, Lippert and wes started evolving with] Mullen. Automotive, GM/Samsungi joint venture battery plant andi now thej potential ori ins some cases the reality of data centers. Our community cannot and will not survive alone onl Notrel Dame, medical centers and government. agencies. Our cannot and willi not survive alone ont the retail, commercial andi restaurant: industry. Wel hearda lot about notl being against this project orI notl being against the Blum family but being against this particular project int this particular location. This location was carefully and comprehensively identified for: ai mix ofindustrial: and or office use as part of the capital: avenue corridor land use plan completed in 2003, including with cooperation from the county, city, community: stake holders, involvement by thej public, availablei tot the community for review and comment: for thel last 20 years, it was produced by  that to dot that. Ithink there are al lot of pieces on the table that we discuss how we get from A toB. Mrs. Drake: Iheard: rumors, ist there some other study going on with Antero?  drainage, so we arei int the middle oft the study there.  Mr. Root: At onet time wev weret toldt there was going tob be an underpass put in atl Douglas.  Capital Avenue.  moving forward beforet thes studies have reallyt told usi information that we need tol know.  doing sO we: are right at aj perfect nexusi for all these things coming together.  into this model.  Ar motion tot table. Billl No. 33-24 was madeb by Mrs. Drake. Motion failed fora al lack ofas second. Mr. Schaetzle and seconded by Mr. Morton. The motion to amend) Billl No. 33-24 was passed  to-wit; 9-0    DLZ, justt to confirm what] Mr. Schalliol mentioned. Wel heard al lot about not wanting tob bel Mishawka ort to be annexedi into Mishawaka, that, as you! heards several times tonightt thati it's alsob been the standard across the state wouldi require voluntary effort byb both the city and thel lando owners which hasb been the case with all annexations within the last 30-40 yearsi including the portions of Granger along Gumwood: and would! bet the case int this areai ifevert there was a desire to annexi it. Wel heard al lot about wanting tol livei in a quiet country lifestyle and thati is why people chose Granger, wel hearda al lot about choosing not tol bei in at municipal government some 40 years ago, Iask, do you usel Mishawka: roads? Dos you use Southl Bendi roads? Doy you use wither municipalities park amenities? Dos you work at! businesses industrial or otherwisei inl Mishawaka or South Bend, for that matter, let's addl Roseland, Walkerton, New Carlisle or Osceola tot the list, Your preference for a quite country scape lifestylei is only made possible by thei industries andj jobc centers which acta as force multipliers to support numerous other service industries in our community, your preferencet to evade ai municipal government abdicates your representation to a single vote on the county council,t that may be: ant unfair and undue pressure onl Mr. Schaetzle who isy your: representative int this particular area but iti ist the truth, good, bado or otherwise, that was ana active choice some years ago andi itis aj passive choicel by: anyone pursuing thei natural social contract that comes along with choosing tol live eitheri in or outside ofar municipal boundary. All that said, we'vel hearda lot ofi information. here this evening and gained considerable context, the preliminary information meeting] helda at St. Pius could have and should have been] handled very differently. Similar happened: inl New Carlisle with al new dayl homeless intake centeri in South Bend and nowt this] project, we asl local representation as government: representatives must do a betterj job of proactively engaging with our constituencies with thep people that we: serve andi for that, whether it's my district ori not, whether ity was my initiative ori not,] Iapologize, we need to do better. Tonight, we'vel heard al lot of questions, we'vel heard al lot ofa answers tot those questions, some whichi may or may notl bes satisfactory to what you require. Those answers by the petitioner, the extensive research I've personally committed over thel lastf few weeks along with the assurances bys stakeholders such ast the city of Mishawaka who clarified: and confirmed their level ofc commitment: meets my expectations for the appropriate due diligence and confidence for thes net benefit this type ofproject this type ofproject provides to this community and I doj plan on approving the Mr. O'Brien: Igota ai message from. Abby that] I want tor make clear to1 make: sure thatt the additional written commitments. are clear, aml I correctt that the motiont to amendt to: addt the written commitments were toi include the written commitments from the Mr. Catanzarite: Ithink) got a verbal assurancei from! Mr. Danch, but Ithinkl he verbally acknowledged that more thanl likely in the development: agreement and that's what Bill eluded tot toIthink, asi far ast thei fire service training for areai fire departments (inaudible) to respond tot that location, monitoring wells, ift they would! happen tol be diesel power generators and consideration of Mr. O'Brien: Those would be addressed in the development agreement, the written commitments that are] part ofv what you are  zoning change.  areaj plan commission: and then the additional ones that Mr. Catanzarite elicited. the. Judy Creek buffer being extended would be negotiatedi in as separate.... voting on arej justt the written commitments that came from the area plan commission.  Mr. Morton: Correct.  Mr. O'Brien: Ijust wantedi to make sure and Abbyi isi fari more. knowledgeable than Iami int this area, thank you. Mr. Tanner: IfImay, Mark, ify youy wouldy probably prefer tor reword your motion, Iwoulds suggest that wej pass its subject to the  written commitments: rather than as amended. Mr. Root: That's usually how we doit.  Mr. Catanzarite: Mr. Chair, Iv would like tov withdraw my motion. Mr. Root: The problem is we'vez already passed the amendment. Mr. O'Brien: Someone who voted for it cani make ai motion tor reconsider that.  Mr. Root: That was any oft ther nine ofus. amendment was passed bya a unanimous voice vote. Against: Mr. Figg, Mrs. Drake: and] Mr. Root  Mr. Tanner made a motion tor reconsider the amendment and was seconded by Mr. Catanzarite. Thei motion tor reconsider the Mr. Catanzarite made aj motion toj pass Billl No. 33-24 subject tot the written commitments that came from the areaj plan commission and wass seconded1 by Mr. Tanner. Ar motion toj pass Bill No.3 33-24 subject to written commitments from the area  plan was passed 6-3    Unfinished Business: Mr. Morton made a motion to approve the April 9, 20241 minutes and was seconded by Mr. Figg. The  vote passed 8-1. Against: Mr. Schaetzle  New] Business:  Review/Approval. ofLegal Services April 2024- O'Brien tot the county. Whyi is this one chargedt tot the county? hadt to analyze ani issue withi regard to the variance.  Mr. O'Brien: On 4-2 yous say: you! had al brief communication with councilman concerning land usei issues associated with variance, looks likei it was 151 minutes, I've had al Iot ofbrief conversations with yout that were 151 minutes that were not charged Mr. O'Brien: So that would havel been withl Mr. Thomas about variance: issues with regard tol Kuert, the concrete company andI Mr. Schaetzle: Iam! kind ofs shocked when) Iseet these 151 minute charges, as a professional, Idol lots oft things for 151 minutes that Idon'to charge people for, was this the case with council under thej previous council, did the attorney charge us for 151 minute Mr. O'Brien: Ihaven'treviewed his bills, Iknowi int the aggregate that Mr. Murphy saidt that prior councill had charge maybe $42,000.0011 thinki in 2022, Ithinkl lasty year my total charges werei int the 20's, I've triedt to provideal loti more detail rather than just saying reviewed, worked on etc. because actually you! had asked fora al lot more detail, sometimes they'ret teleconferences sometimes they are face to face, sometimes there is extrai research an analysis andIf feel likel Ia am conservative withr regardt tor my  conversations.  time.  Mr. Schaetzle: Basically what you are doing herei ist trying tol be more detailed. Mr. O'Brien: Yes, andl Ithought that yous specifically wanted more detail.  Mr. Schaetzle: Well, Idid, but, still charging fora 151 minute conversation: seems al bit absurdt tor me.  Mr. O'Brien: Ido myl best tol be...  Mr. Schaetzle: There are other protessionals who don't charge for 15 minute conversations, maybe alll lawyers do. Mr. Thoms: Ihavel been in business for 35 years, yeah, Ihavel been charged for 15 minutes, I don'tk know whaty you aret talking about buti it's pretty common practice. I'vel been charged for 151 minutes, I'veb been charged for 101 minutes, Idon't! know what you aret talking about, that'sl howi it worksi int the business world. Ijust want tor maket that clear. Mr. Schaetzle: I'dl like to rebut that, I'vei hadi màny conversations withl lawyers, accountants. and other people and Ihaven'tbeen Mr. Thomas: Nothingi isal hundred percent, Mr. Schaetzle, you think everything'sa al hundred percent, black and white. Mr. Schaetzle: Idol havet the right as the representative. from my districtt to challengel Mr. O'Brien'sbill.  charged for 15 minutes.  Mr. Thomas: So dol,Iunderstand that. Mr. Schaetzle: Your understand that? Mr. Thomas: Yes, Iamj justr rebutting you. Mr. Schaetzle: Iam glad you understand, you can rebut away.  Mr. O'Brien: Iwould also note Dan in referencei to youi in asking me toj provide more detail some time ago andi ify youl look at my billy you will also note that Ihad on April 24h and April 25th and April 26h some additional workl Idid thatId didn'tcharge forl but Iput the detail on there because youl had specifically askedi mei int thep past, Iwantt tos see even ifyoua are not charged fori time, keep track oft time, eveni ifyou're not charging, Ia am sincerely trying tol be a goods steward oft the fiscal dollar. Mr. Catanzarite: Ijust! had discussions tol Mr. Schaetzle, just ane example onl Dan,i in 2022, our previous council attomey billed us,I Ilooked onl Indiana gateway, in 2022, our previous council attorney billed us, so wes spend $28,959.00. Iwas going toj pull up 2023,Ithink: it's considerably more what we: arej payingi now than we used tob but that's due to an agreement that was negotiated Mr.] Root: Ify your remember wel budgeted differently, itu used tob bet the attorneys fees were kind of! hidden, I don't want to use the word] hidden but hidden, other than their salaries and one oft thet things that we'veb been working oni is trying to1 maket those  that Ididn'thave transparent.    Mr. Morton: When you: say hidden, what do you mean byt that? Mr. Root: Thati is whatI Iwas hoping you woulds say.  Mr. Root: Ithink we didn'te even realize asa a council, in our case, Mr. Trippel was billing us beyond his salary. Mr. Root: We discovered that last year during the budget process when wel began tol looki intol legal fees. Mr. Morton: Who was approving those, the commissioners, without our knowledge?  Mr.] Root: Correct, Ibelieve that tol bet the case.  Mr. Morton: That'sbull*hit, that's total! bull*hit, Iam glad yous said that,] Iam glad your madei it clear because. Jamie, when you saidt that' Trippel charge $22,000.00, Iwas aboutt to say you: are a damn liar andI Iam gladIdidn'tbecause; youj just clarifiedi ita and  ift the commissioner did that without our knowledge, in case you didn't hear me, that's bul*hit. Mr. O'Brien: Iami not trying tol be critical ofMr. Trippel, so please don'tinterpreti itt that way.  Mr.] Root: Idon'tknowi ifwe....  Mr. Catanzarite: Would the (inaudible) report bei inaccurate because in' '21 hei made the same amount, that wasl his annual salary.  Mr. Root: Ithink we arej justi reporting the salarics: for those years. Mr. Root: It was coming out ofac different fund, all oft thei individual billings. lead county attorney, Jamie would come tol him ands say. :  Mr. Tanner: No, it's separate billings.  Mr. Catanzarite: But what was explained tor mei ini thej previous attorney, what was explained to mei ist that, because. Jamie was the Mr. Root: Ithink it was thel lead county attorney who was approving those and wet tried tos start changing thatl lasty year int the Mr. Catanzarite: Judge' Woods would ask him, he'ds say, I've got ani issue with a county govemnment ona a legal issue, would you Mr. Catanzarite: Ithink Mr. Trippel putt those on a case by case basis for Mr. Woods but they weren't: for council issues. Mr. Morton: Extra charges didi noti involvei issues with the county council, that's whatI It thoughtI I heard: and that'sab big Mr. Figg made the motiont to accept Attorney O'Brien's Aprili invoice and was seconded by Mrs. Drake. Ther motion passed by a  budget....  bev willing tot takei itc on, itd does noti involve the county council. Mr. Morton: That's what) I am getting to, that'st the difference....  difference from what's going ont now. Iams sorry. unanimous voice vote 9-0. Old) Business: Privilege of the floor: gam Auditor, St. Joseph County  Adjournment) Mr. Root statedt thatt thei meeting was adjourned 10:15p.m.  President, MhR St.Joseph  County Council    AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ST.JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL May 14, 2024 6:00 P.M.  This meeting will bel held inj person with the option of Zoom  County Council Public Hearing Link 2024 Meeting ID: 891 94678 8395 Passcode:: 354199 Phone: 13126 6266 6799 1. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Pledge of Allegiance  4. Petitions, Communications and Miscellaneous Matters 5. St. Joseph County Council Board Appointments: Barly Intervention Board: Rafael Morton and John Ferrettie Thomas England and Pamela Tredway Northern! Indiana Historical Society Board: Diana Hess Michiana Area Council for Governments (MACOG) Board: Bryan Tanner 6.1 Report from the County Auditor 7.1 Report from the County Commissioners 8. Report from Council Special Committee  St. Joseph County Housing. Authority Board: Terri Buckmaster, Phil Buckmaster William DeLuca,  9. First Readings:  BILLI NO. 49-24: AN ORDINANCE OF THE ST.JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL AMENDING TITLE: XV,CHAPTER 154: LAND USAGE OF ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE TO. ADDRESS LEGALLY ESTABLISHED NONCONFORMING USES IN THEI INDIANA ENTERPRISE CENTER BILL: NO. 50-24: ANORDINANCE AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE. XV, LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR: PROPEKIYIOCATED AT24400 FILMORE ROAD FROM C: COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (FINAL SITE PLAN SPECIFIC) AND R: SINGLE: FAMILY DISTRICT' TO. R: SINGLE BILLI NO. 51-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE: XV,I LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND: ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR: PROPERIYLOCATED AT 932] E. MCKINLEY AVE, FROM C: COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND: R: SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTTO C: COMMERCIAL, DISTRICT PETITIONER: CAURRO R DOMINIC & MAUREETA: M. JOINTI REVOCABLE TRUST BILLNO.: 52-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE: XV,LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF1 THE: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR PROPERTY. LOCATED AT: 30500 US HIGHWAY, UNADDRESSED 40-+/- ACRE PARCEL ABUTTING 305001 US 201 HIGHWAY TO THE SOUTH & EAST, UNADDRESSED 11+/- ACRE: PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID 40+/- ACRE: PARCEL TOTHE WEST, & ADDRESSED 35+/- ACRE: PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID 40+/- ACRE: PARCEL TO THEI EASTI FROM. A: AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TOE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PETITIONER: ILLINOIS INDIANA. DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC  OVERLAY DISTRICT  PETITIONER: ST.JOSEPH COUNTY AREA PLAN COMMISSION  FAMILY DISTRICT  PETITIONER: AREVALO GUADALUPE. J AND] ROSA M    BILL NO. 53-24: AN ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE PETITION FOR. A SPECIAL USE: FILED BY ILLINOIS INDIANA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC & CHICAGO: SOUTH SHORE. AND SOUTH! BEND: RAILROAD1 TO ALLOW: RAILROAD SWITCHING. AND CLASSIFICATION YARD PER SECTION 154.319, PROPERIYLOCATED AT 305001 US HIGHWAY, UNADDRESSED 40+/- ACRE: PARCEL. ABUTTING: 30500 US 20 HIGHWAY1 TO' THE SOUTH & EAST, UNADDRESSED 11 +-. ACRE PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID 40 +/- ACRE: PARCEL TO1 THE WEST, UNADDRESSED 35 +- ACRES PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID 40 +- ACRE. PARCEL TO' THE: EAST, UNADDRESSED 2 +/- ACREI PARCEL. ABUTTING SAID: 35 +/- ACRE PARCEL TO THE EAST, 54231 SMILAX ROAD, AND 301001 US: 201 HIGHWAY: PETITIONER: ILLINOIS INDIANA DEVELOPMENT BILL: NO. 54-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARING A PORTION OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA, PURSUANT1 TO BILL: NO.55-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE ST.JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARINGA PORTION OF ST.JOSEPH COUNTY ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA, PURSUANTTO BILL: NO. 56-24: ANORDINANCE. REQUIRING A100-II APARTMENTS LPTOMAKE PAYMENTS INLIEU OF TAXES ON LOTI I OF THEI PROPOSED PLAT OF AHEPA -100  COMPANY. LLC  IC.6-1.I-12.1-IET: SEQ(CONFIRMING) PETITIONER: HP OLDCLEVELAND: PARTNERSLLC  IC.6-1.I-12.1-IBT SEQ (CONFIRMING) PETITIONER: LCISERVICES CORPORATION  GENERATIONS DR. MINOR SUBDIVISION, PARCELNO. TBD  PETITIONER: A100-II. APARTMENTS 10. Salary Amendment(s):  BILL: NO.37-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 107-23, THE SAME: BEING AN ORDINANCE: ESTABLISHING SALARIES AND: FIXING THE: NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES OFST.  JOSEPH COUNTY FOR' THE YEAR: 2024  PETITIONER: Ducomb Center (Combined with. Bill No.48-24E) 11. Public Hearing/Public Comments: Fiscal Matter  BILL NO. 48-24: ANORDINANCE APPROPRIATING, ANDTRANSPERRING MONEYS FOR THEI PURPOSE. HEREIN SPECIFIED FOR THE: SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HEREINI LISTED OF  ST.JOSEPH COUNTY GOVERNMENT: A. Clerk HAVA Election Security Grant 8153-32072-0000-0001 B. Auditor County Rainy Day 950-4010.0000040 C. General Svc. American Rescue Plan 950-42010.0000040  Technology and Innovations  $10,906.82 TOTAL: $10,906.82  Equipment  $1,000,000.00 TOTAL: $1.000.000.00  Buildings & Structures  $404,976.33 TOTAL: $404,976.33    D. IPG Local Roads & Streets 1169-43508-00000-0060 E. Community Corrections Ducomb Comm Based Corrections 9178-121-000.080 9178-14810-0000080 9178-1480.0000.080 12.1 Land Use Planning:  Pierce Road Corridor  $4,047.61 TOTAL: $4,047.61  Financial Coordinator PERF FICA  $24,796.00 $5,728.00 $3,912.00 TOTAL: $34,436.00  BILL NO. 40-24: AI RESOLUTION OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARINGA PORTION OF ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA, PURSUANTTO BILLI NO. 41-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY COUNCIL DECLARING A PORTION OFS ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY ANI ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA, PURSUANTTO BILLNO. 43-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING. AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE: XV, LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FORI PROPERIYLOCATED AT +/-3.46. ACRES. AT 15546 STATE: ROAD: 23HWY BILLNO. .44-24: AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE. XV,LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF THE: ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR: PROPERTIES LOCATED. AT5 50430 BITTERSWEET TRAIL, 12349; STATE ROAD23,4 AND VACANT +/- 6.79 ACRE. PARCEL WEST OF AND ABUTTING 12349; STATE ROAD: 231 FROM C: COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND OB: OFFICE BUFFER DISTRICT TOR-2: BILLI NO. 45-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE XV, LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF THE ST.. JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR: PROPERTIES LOCATED. AT 17106 CLEVELAND RD.. AND VACANTLOT ABUTTING TO' THE EAST. AT 17044 CLEVELAND RD. FROM: R: SINGLE) FAMILYI DISTRICT PETITIONERS: CHRISTIAN LIFE. ASSEMBLY OF GOD INC: D/B/A JOURNEY CHURCH BILLNO. 46-24: AN ORDINANCE, APPROVING THE PETITION FOR. A SPECIAL USE FILED BYI KAMINSKI7 TODD L AND KAMINSKI ITIM V. AND OUDHUIS JILL FOR PROPERTY BEING  IC.6-1.I-12.1-IET SEQ (DECLARATORY) PETITIONER: HP OLDCLEVELAND: PARTNERS LLC  IC.6-1.I-12.1-IET SEQ (DECLARATORY) PETITIONER: LCISERVICES CORPORATION  FROM R: SINGLEI FAMILY DISTRICTTOC: COMMERCIAL, DISTRICT PETITIONERS: PATEL BHARATKUMAR KS SR & SHITAL, BHW  RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND C: COMMERCIAL, DISTRICT PETITIONERS: BOHN SHARONL2 20111 REVTRUST & BOHN KEVIN  TOO: OFFICE DISTRICT  LOCATED. AT 56180: LARRISON! BOULEVARD  PETITIONER: TODDI LK KAMINSKI, TIM VI KAMINSKI AND. JILL OUDHUIS    BILL NO.33-24: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING TITLE XV,LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 154, PLANNING AND ZONING, OF THE ST.JOSEPH COUNTY CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR: PROPEKIYLOCATED AT THE 180 +/- ACRE: PORTION OF 12000 CLEVELAND ROAD TO THE WEST OF BITTERSWEET ROAD. AND' THE 375+/- ACRE: PARCEL WEST OF AND ABUTTING 12000 CLEVELAND, ROAD, 12501 CLEVELAND: ROAD. AND THE 17 +/- ACRE. AND: 39+/- ACRE PARCELS EAST OF AND. ABUTTING 12501 CLEVELAND ROAD, AND. AI PORTION OF 52682 CURRANT: ROAD. AND. Al PORTION OF THE 180+/-] PARCEL ABUTTING 52682 CURRANT ROAD' TO' THE: NORTH, SOUTH, AND: EAST FROM A: AGRICULTRUAL DISTRICT & PUD: PLANNED UNITI DEVELOPMENIDSTRICT  TOI I: INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT 13. Unfinished Business: 14. New Business: 15. Old Business: 17. Adjournment Notes:  PETITIONER: ST.. JOE. FARM: LIMITED! LIABILITY COMPANY  Review/Approval ofMr. O'Brien Legal Services. April 2024 16. Privilege of the floor: Limit of31 minutes to items not on this agenda  May 28, 2024- Committee. Meeting 5:30j p.m. June 11, 2024 - Public Hearing 6:00 p.m.