Update on 229 S. Shelby

Update on 229 S. Shelby

By: Richard Campi

As of Monday, Dec. 15, 2009 at 11:57 am, David Kingen (representing the interests of Irish Hill NA and the concerned entities of SE Indy area) contacted Mike Quinn (attorney) representing Joe Collins (owner of the auto savage business). “Mike we were hopeful of hearing from you on Friday, 12/12/08, but as of this time still have not heard from you. Do you intend to proceed with your special exception hearing tomorrow?”
At 3:25 pm, David contacted me, “Sorry that I could not take your call…. I have not been able to sit down with Mr. Collins yet. I would hope that we could continue the case tomorrow and meet with the Irish Hill at their meeting in January. Please let me have your thoughts. Thanks!”
At 4:46 pm, David sent an email to the concerned entities: “It looks as though the special exception hearing on the salvage yard will be continued from 12/16/08 to 1/27/09 at 1 pm. Please mark you calendars accordingly.”
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, at 6:41 pm, David sent “an early Christmas present. The petition for the salvage yard at this address (229 Shelby St.) was withdrawn today. Thanks to everyone for their efforts, from the support of the remonstrating letters from nearby neighborhood organizations to support from the City County Councilors (and many others), I am sure this had a profound influence on their decision. Thanks again.”
My thoughts on the process to defeat this motions is that many cases are dragged out to have concerned neighborhood protest fall by the wayside while waiting for the case to be heard. This tends to work, as neighbors get tired of attending the hearings. It is human nature to give up and move on. Major Clifford Myers and Capt. Greg Stanton of IMPD gave me a personal call of thankfulness for my involvements and activity.