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unique, irreplaceable historic district and our investments within it, that should be a high priority for our city leaders, is protecting this area as stated in the historic district guidelines. Along with activating the expanding homeowner group, we are now collecting petition signatures showing opposition to the project. We have dozens and dozens of signatures. We'll present them in the future. However, not one person has declined to sign this petition that we've encountered. Every single person is angry, and every single person signed it. We previously submitted a report that clearly provided ample specific evidence that this proposal was not consistent with the 2025 Master Plan. I handed that out in the last meeting. Since the historic district design guidelines were used as a partial justification, we will soon submit a similar report showing how the project is in conflict with the goals of the guidelines, and we'll provide very specifics in that. Let me tell you how all the alterations on Butternut have affected me personally and my family. The seller of my house failed to notify me of the coming Great Northern Boulevard. Wonderful. Didn't tell me, and here I am with two young children. I went ahead with the purchase and endured a long construction, which involved cars using my front lawn as the bypass of the intersection. It cost me 13,000 square feet of my yard. My yard was turfed many times. I now get to clean up soiled diapers and other similar items tossed from cars. Then a truck going west on Butternut to south on Great Northern lost its boat trailer, which went diagonal across my entire backyard until it crashed into the property to the east. If someone was in its path, they would have been seriously injured or worse. Again, I had children. Then I was involved in a crash exiting my driveway. There was too much traffic, I couldn't get out. It happened. Then my son was in an accident at Kennedy Ridge in Butternut. Then a truck going from westbound Butternut to south on Great Northern at high speed crashed through my fence there on what I guess I'll call Great Northern or Columbia. It's confusing, but in the back of my house. Crashed through my fence, the wheels spinning, the truck spattered the back of my house with mud and rocks. The truck then smashed into my camper. I have a driveway off Columbia Road also. It smashed into my camper, pushed my camper through my garage door, and then at high speed crashed through the fence again, taking off. If anybody had been in my backyard, they'd be in terrible condition, terrible trouble. It was $14,000 in damage that happened there. Fortunately, no one was in its path. Then my $500 front picture window was shot out. Tempered glass. It was $500. Then a $250 side window was shot out. Would any of this have happened if Butternut hadn't been altered to the extent it was? I doubt it. But that's progress, isn't it? I paid the price, but we need stability now on that street. This is one story, and I'm sure there's many here, very similar. Enough is enough. My daughter grew up in the house. She now lives in a suburb of Indianapolis. When she was told of the plan, she was upset, and she's no history buff. She said the city she lives in now had a historic area, and I remember, with cute buildings, a historic area. This was all demolished, all of it, and replaced with modern generic structures. She said no one can look back at any history in the city, its charm is gone. It's like any other generic city that you drive through with nothing to notice except Wendy's and Taco Bell. There's nothing left there. She said it was a big mistake, and everybody in the city knows it was a big mistake. We have to stabilize Butternut Ridge before it's too late. Too much has happened already. We cherish Butternut Ridge, but we've had enough. We need city support to stop this project from happening. Again, I will be submitting a more detailed report on the historic district guidelines that should be adhered to. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it. 1.1-05-25 Council Meeting Minutes Page 7