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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK from that standpoint and looking at the implications with that. And so,those are the kind of things that I want us to do. We don't have to do that all right here but it's just the fact that I would like to see some more of the zoning issues. Let's have a discussion of the nine (9) members. Right now, none of us can really sit here and say what the State Law is. Everybody here is supposed to be the Zoning Committee and our attorney can sit there and say these are what the nine (9) members are and this is what State Law says and we know that. Especially when it's put in the paper this is where we are with that.That is all I'm saying for this issue and the same time with the parks. There are a lot of things that are being said. The City is doing this, the City is doing this and the City is doing this, and yet,we are catching up. Dr. Mueller stated, (referencing a slide in a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office) So that is the State law there at the bottom. Committee Chair Davis replied, That's fine. That is good. And so that is why we have to sit back and look at those kinds of things from that standpoint. Dr. Mueller stated, We will answer any questions, we'll come to any Committee meetings, we'll do a resolution if you would like to do that. I'm just trying to tell you that our understanding of the process was that there won't be a lot of moving pieces in the actual ordinance. We really wanted to get the bandwidth of the staff ensured through the transition.That is why we did it.We apologize if there was any issue. Committee Chair Davis replied, I appreciate it.No problem. I'm at peace. Councilmember Teshka stated, Thank you, Dr. Mueller, for clearing some of that stuff up and for this information. I think this is important. So,say the budget moves forward as is and Council finds this appropriate, is the plan for DCI to hire staff to get them up to speed right away and then establish it later on? Is that what you are saying the plan is? Dr. Mueller replied,The plan would be to try to,in the beginning of the year,hire staff up and then really go over the implementation details with Area Plan to ensure a smooth transition. We've punted on full discussions on exact timelines and exact processes and handing over data and all that stuff until we have a signal of support from Council. Councilmember Teshka followed up, So you're front-loading on the budget so you hit the ground running? So if we are to pass this ordinance, that would put us out as soon as it's adopted and signed by the Mayor? Dr. Mueller replied, Right. We could put an implementation date in that but we don't even have that nailed down yet. We are aiming for the second half of next year. Committee Chair Davis interjected,An ordinance can, in my opinion, it depends on how that is all written out from our legal standpoint. That ordinance would not necessarily be a negative thing to have done first (Is)l. Even more so than an ordinance from that standpoint is even to have had the discussion placed on our agenda. I will make sure we have that. These kinds of things, and I saw that with some of the other things last year, to have these things first (1'r) discussed in a budget meeting without coming to Committees, to me, is not good. Especially we have three (3) or four (4) items on a lot of our budget meetings and we have to go through, one (1) hour here, one (1) EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227W.Jefferson Bvld 1 South Bend,Indiana 46601:p 574.235.9221If 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov 9