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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 <br />Councilmember Puzzello stated that she has a problem with that because people who <br />after the game if they want to leave their car on the lawn and go someplace else and <br />sometimes that place is a place to consume alcohol and then come back to remove their <br />car from the neighborhood after they have had too much to drink. She hoped that before <br />the final design for the permit is made up that the Council would have a change to look at <br />it and make sure that homeowners understand their responsibilities on days that they are <br />parking cars. The enforcement date is already a part of the ordinance and referred to <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand for that information. <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand advised that if the Council goes forward <br />with the bill this evening and Mayor Luecke signs it before the advertising deadline it <br />would published in its entirety and then would go into effect on midnight October 5, <br />2007. <br />Councilmember Puzzello stated that when the CCAC meets she thinks that it is very <br />important that they report to the Council and the Council gives a report back to the <br />citizens so that a line of communication remain open. She noted that the identity of the <br />sponsor needs to be known when students have parties that there is a way to find to know <br />who is in charge of the party. This has been a problem for the South Bend Police <br />Department for a long time, when they try to give a ticket, they have a very difficult time <br />in a group of drunks, finding out who the sponsor of the party is. Through the <br />administrative work with Notre Dame and whatever goes on, she hopes that they can find <br />the sponsor of the party. Councilmember Puzzello stated that these are the ideas that she <br />would like to see addressed. She believes that this bill is as good as it can get for now. <br />As far as for both student and neighbors are concerned, she thinks there will be much less <br />raucous with the new understanding of this bill. She stated that by working with Notre <br />Dame and the City and all the partners, she hopes this will be an improvement for lawn <br />parking because there are more responsibilities for people who park cars and she thinks <br />that this is a good thing. <br />Councilmember Varner stated that as long as everyone goes forward excepting the fact <br />that this is about responsibility and not retribution because he thinks that from the first <br />moment certain segments felt that they had been picked upon or singled out, they want to <br />apply this to any circumstance where a party is out of control and as far as the lawn <br />parking is concerned he fully respects the right of person to utilize their property in a <br />reasonable fashion and under certain circumstances but he also respects the right of the <br />neighbors who have some sort of action in the event that someone does damage their <br />property. In that instance this is about responsibility not about retribution and if <br />everybody keeps that in mind, the believes that this can work quite well and thinks that <br />everybody can walk away from it feeling good about it and feeling acceptance of the <br />notion that it is a win for everybody, wouldn't that be nice. <br />Councilmember Rouse stated that he appreciates the comments from all the <br />Councilmember's. One of the functions of the CCAC is that the document is fluid, the <br />process is fluid, those concerns are best addressed when they are coming together <br />collaborating in apro-active way to address the concerns of all of the community. He <br />feels that they have best designed statutory documents but at the same time the willpower <br />lies within those who shall be participating in the process and we are very confident that <br />those concerns timeline on parking can best be addressed with the coalition. He noted <br />that they addressed the mayor's concern about the public access but only after the <br />commission reports back to the Council in a full public hearing. He thanked the Council <br />and all the people who have participated in the many public hearings very deligently. <br />Councilmember White thanked the Council Attorney, City Administration, the University <br />of Notre Dame and all of the other partners who participated atone time appeared to be a <br />very painful process. She is very grateful that as a Council took the time to work out as <br />many of the concerns as possible and she believes that they have a very good ordinance <br />here tonight and as they continued to work collaboratively together and will continue to <br />foster the type of working environment and also the type of City that everyone wants to <br />live in and work proactively with all of the students including the University of Notre <br />