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PAMELA SCHNEIDER <pkshealth@yahoo.com>Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:26 PM
To: Vincent Schneider <lkyfwd@gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 6:54 PM, Bruce Smith <Bruce.Smith@ihsmarkit.com> wrote:
I am writing this email in strong support of Pam and Vince Schneider’s AirBnB on west 131st Street in
Carmel. I urge Carmel to approve the Schneider’s request to continue as an AirBnB location.
I stay with Pam and Vince multiple times per year when I return to Indiana to visit family. Pam and Vince
are the best run of all AirBnB I have stayed with throughout the U.S. (I have stayed at more than 15
different locations using AirBnB.) In addition to great accommodations, Pam and Vince are very careful
about who can stay with them, requiring extra personal identification not required when I stay at other
AirBnB. They make sure that only guests looking for lodging are accepted, and they are very careful in
reading reviews of their guests before they arrive. I have always had great experiences staying with them.
The Schneider ’s AirBnB provides both a lower cost option and closer option when I visit to help with my
aging mother who needs a lot of help and my brother who is being treated for pancreatic cancer. Pam and
Vince’s location is by far easier and more cost effective than hotels that are a long way away.
In summary, please allow Pam and Vince to continue as hosts. Their home is an important part of my visits
to Indiana, making trips more affordable, and also a stress-free place to stay when I spend my days in
stressful situations helping my family.
Thank you,
Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith
Executive Director|Global Content Operations|Energy
15 Inverness Drive East | Englewood, CO 80112 | USA
Vincent Schneider <lkyfwd@gmail.com>
Fw: Bernadette letter of recommendation
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PAMELA SCHNEIDER <pkshealth@yahoo.com>Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:25 PM
To: Vincent Schneider <lkyfwd@gmail.com>
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On Monday, February 24, 2020, 9:34 AM, Bernadette Lopez Donahue <artwallflower1@gmail.com>
wrote:
To Whom it may concern:
I am writing in support of Pam and Vince Schneider in regards to their Airbnb business in Carmel,
Indiana. My husband Bill McCollom and I are from Phoenix, Arizona and work for a printer in Houston,
Texas. From 2013-2018 we traveled the United States following the construction of new preschools
being built (Children's Learning Adventure Centers). For a total of three years, we stayed in hotels. Then
in 2016, we found it frustrating to travel from city to city, making reservations and not knowing the quality
of the hotels where we would stay. Most of the time we would pay higher rates for low budget
accomodations, as was the case with the local hotels in Carmel, Indiana. Finally, we used the Airbnb
App to make a reservation for our very first Airbnb stay with Pam and Vince in their beautiful log cabin
home where we were able to reside in what we coined "The Lincoln Room", a big, clean, and
comfortable bedroom with an adjacent bathroom. We even returned for another long stay when we had
another preschool construction job in Fisher, Indiana in 2017.
Both Pam and Vince “lived in their home” on our numerous visits, and since our first stay in Carmel we
have traveled to other Airbnb homes throughout the country, about twenty in all. On all of these stays,
the owners of the houses also “lived in their homes”, thus eliminating the opportunity for guests to throw
wild parties or vandalize the homes as we tend to read about in current news articles.
Pam and Vince have many returning visitors, several who we met while we stayed in Carmel. Some of
them are working women who travel to Indiana and are uncomfortable staying in questionable hotels,
others stay with them while they come back home to help out with family. Both of the Schneiders are
very good about screening their guests and getting to know them personally.
Bill and I finally completed our work with the construction of the Children's Learning Adventure
preschools, and have been fortunate enough to purchase a second home in the Houston area (August
2018) where most of our work is now. I don't know if this would have been possible without our
wonderful Airbnb stays with friendly hosts who opened their doors to us and made us feel welcomed.
Funny that even though we have a home in Arizona, we were literally homeless while working from 2013
to 2018. We now have such great memories of our stays, especially the times spent in "The Lincoln
Room" at the Schneider's log cabin.
Please allow the Schneiders to continue their Airbnb business that is vital to their family and vital to
many of their regular guests.
Sincerely,
Bernadette Donahue and William McCollom
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Institute for Community and Adolescent Resilience
"Giving youth wings, and the supports to use them Majestically"
February 22, 2020
RE: Vince and Pam Schneider's home and AirBNB
Dear Decision Maker:
I am a traveling child/youth advocate, living on the road over 260 days of the year. AirBNBs as
a concept and a business have allowed me to not feel so alone in the world of professional
travel. When I am in a home, I feel at home.
Pam and Vince have become part of my PHamily. (Meaning they've become real friends.) And I
am confident that I am one of many.
understand the concern of neighbors and neighborhoods of knowing "who is driving, visiting,
and staying near our children, friends, and homes." And, I can assure you that Pam and Vince
are extraordinarily diligent in whom they accept into their home.
I use AirBNB extensively when I can not stay at a friend's home. Vince and Pam are
extraordinary in how they treat their guests, how they protect their neighbors and
neighborhood, and how they run their business.
I trust that you'll find that out for yourselves, as you do your due diligence.
I trust that you'll allow them to continue to operate their business and enable me to stay with
them for years to come.
Si
International ChildNouth Advocate
Vdgerwood, ND
derek@icar-us.com
cell: 480-22 -- 7477
CC: email: pkshealth@yahoo.com
February 25, 2020
RE: Letter of Recommendation of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Schneider
Dear Sir or Madam,
It is with great enthusiasm that I most strongly recommend Vince and Pam Schneider as
AirBnB hosts to the City of Carmel. I have known Vince and Pam for about five years, primarily as
their AirBnB guest during the month of May and have also gotten to know them personally in that
time. They are a truly magnificent couple and a positive reflection on Carmel, exemplifying in both
spirit and deed all the good things about the city of Carmel, the state of Indiana, and the good people
who call both their home.
The City of Carmel website About Us page states Carmel is "...a place where companies
want to locate, where employees want to live and where families want to raise their children." That
phrase should also include "a place where people want to visit and experience the enjoyment of
Carmel's community amenities such as arts, culture, parks and recreational opportunities." My
family and I are aware of Carmel's positive community attributes solely because of Vince and Pam
Schneider.
If you have never been hosted by them, allow me to provide a short description. From the
minute you arrive until the minute you depart, Vince and Pam greet and treat you as old, family
friends. Extremely welcoming and warm, full of information about Carmel and the local area, the
Schneider's are exceptionally gracious with their beautiful log home. Their home is comfortable,
and the setting is quiet and relaxing; one is astounded to learn that they are located just a short 25-
minute drive to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or the airport, and only a few minutes more to
downtown Indianapolis.
If you are looking for local sites to visit or things to do, Vince and Pam are happy to suggest
a number of options to occupy your time and show off all that Carmel has to offer. They are very
respectful of their guests' privacy and if you just want to relax in the living room or catch a nap on
their super -comfortable beds, you can do so and be left alone with your thoughts or a good book. In
the evening, after returning home from an enjoyable day out in Carmel, they always welcome their
guests, inquire if they had a good day, and invite you to join them and other guests on their back
patio and deck for refreshments and good conversation. In short, you cannot ask for better hosts, nor
could Carmel find better ambassadors than Vince and Pam Schneider!
Over the years my family and I have returned to Carmel a number of times. Each time we
eagerly look forward to our next stay with Vince and Pam in their amazing Carmel home. They set
the gold standard as AirBnB hosts and are excellent citizens and superlative representatives of the
city of Carmel. They exude everything good about the Hoosier State and your local community. I
am happy to give my wholehearted endorsement of them to you.
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly at (808)342-4201 or by email at
john.brughelli@gmail.com with any questions concerning Mr. and Mrs. Schneider.
i ALLOT SHEET) FINDINGS OF FACT - SPECIAL EXCEPTION
CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Carmel, Indiana
(Petitioner only fills out first 2 blanks)
Docket No.: PZ-2020-00017SE
Petitioner: Vincent & Pamela Schneider
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3.
DATED THIS DAY OF 20
Board Member
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FINDINGS OF FACT - SPECIAL EXCEPTION
CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
(Petitioner fills out 9-3 + first 2 blanks)
Docket No.: PZ-2020-00017SE
Petitioner: Vincent & Pamela Schneider
The approval of this Special Exception will not negatively affect surrounding property values because.
We are always upgrading our home and the surrounding landscape to be compatible
with the neighboor hood so as to maintain a pleasant place for our clients to stay.
2. This Special Exception will be compatible with existing land uses in the neighborhood because:
The clientele that we welcome expect to see our location equal to or greater than the
surrounding properties.
3. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the premises will not be substantially affected by this Special Exception
because: There is ample parking space for our clients as seen on our ovehead picture view
of the property.
DECISION
Yes [DNo: The Board has reviewed the requirements of UDO, Section 5.72 as they relate to this Special Exception, and does
not find that those criteria prevent the granting of the Special Exception.
IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals that Special Exception Docket No.
granted, subject to any conditions stated in the minutes of this Board, which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof.
Adopted this day of
CHAIRPERSON, Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
SECRETARY, Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
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Conditions of approval of the Board, if any, are listed on the Letter of Grant.
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