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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committee Chair Davis stated, We've had to deal with back and forth zoning issues with both sides. Whether it has been the Dave Matthews situation last year that took forever to the pocket neighborhoods. We had that situation with Friendly Confines. You can think about all the tension and you have neighbors coming up who live next to each other. It is amazing. So again, anything that is going to help us get through these things because these are not easy things. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, I thought it was pretty good last year because between Community Investment and Larry's Area Plan, they were coming down and were pointing out some of the outdated ordinance. I think we need to continue looking at that and I would also like them to come to us right now to talk about what could be an issue. I would like an overall report on what does and doesn't work. What I want to understand is DCI's role in Area Plan. I've asked that question a lot of times. We need to know their role.Are they working with businesses between Area Plan to make sure that it is the best fit for the City? What is that partnership and what is that communication process between Area Plan and DCI?We have a lot of zoning and Area Plan issues that are just out of date. Committee Chair Davis stated, The County hasn't updated theirs since 2002 so we are looking at a sixteen (16) year old plan. A couple years ago we had done a resolution regarding us taking a look at the plans that are out of date. Councilmember White stated, All the various plans we have in terms of planning from a community perspective, a lot of work has not been done. We need an update on that as it pertains to zoning and we need to have a conversation. Committee Chair Davis stated, A question raised to me was about the history of being a second class City and having both the Council and the City Executive being able to make decisions on zoning. I would like to get that history because I don't know that. For instance, in the County Commissioners' executive roles,they cannot override the County Council, which I did not know. The Indianapolis Mayor can't do that. There is good and bad in all of that and so I think people need to know where the Mayor stands on different issues and all that and there may be some other rationales regarding that. I don't know but when it was presented to me I told them I would get a response. So zoning, if we could find out the rationale about that. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated,As we begin to look at and revisit some of those plans, we also must overlay all that information we are getting from the Racial Wealth divide and the Disparity Study. We need to recognize how that impacts our decisions. Committeemember John Voorde stated, We need to work more closely with Area Plan. I know they network with other Plan Commissions and maybe something could come of that. Council Attorney Bob Palmer stated,From what I've seen,we definitely need to update the zoning ordinance to eliminate a lot of the rezoning and special exception issues. Ultimately it comes to the Council but it has to go through Area Plan. When Council Members consider these decisions, they must keep in mind the criteria of which they are mandated by statute to try and keep their public comments on those criteria. Committee Chair Davis then opened the floor to members of the public. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION j EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson BvldI South Bend,Indiana 46601 p574.235.9221If574.235.91731TM574.235.55671www.southbendin.gov 2