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tontittittte import Zoning anZy snit xation Qtommttt The February 2, 2004 meeting of the Zoning and Annexation Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Ervin Kuspa at 4:02 p.m. p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Kelly, White, Dieter, Pfeifer, Kirsits, Puzzello, and Kuspa; Area Plan Executive Director Robert Sante, Area Plan Assistant Director John Byorni, Jeff Myers,Brent Bajdek, Bill Schalliol, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Kuspa stated that the Committee is composed of himself as Chairperson, Council Member Ann Puzzello as Vice-Chairperson, and Council Members Kelly and Coleman. Council Member Kuspa noted that this meeting is a continuation of the discussion of the 2nd Substitute Bill No. 81-03, which is the proposed new zoning ordinance. He noted that at last week's committee meeting several items were raised to be further discussed. He noted that the first item was the proposed flag regulations, however no one from the City Administration was available to address this area He then provided copies of the following handouts to the Committee, namely: 1-page list of terms currently defined in the zoning ordinance which do not appear in the new ordinance; 1-page addressing definitions from the Title 9 of the Indiana Code addressing motor vehicle definitions and in particular "bus, recreational vehicle, truck-tractor, and truck-tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer", 1-page setting for the Baker & Daniels web address and listing of neighborhood areas, and the revised proposed language to § 21-01.02 Zoning Districts and Zone Map addressing "Official Zone Map Amendments Incorporated in Geographic Information System (GIS) (copies attached). The Council Attorney noted that the revised handout addressing GIS resulted from a meeting of a representative from the City's GIS Bureau and Council Member Puzzello, noting that the language is similar to that which is in effect in the City of Bloomington for the past 9 years. Robert Sante, Executive Director of Area Plan, then provided an 8-page handout (copy attached). He noted that the Area Plan Commission gives the Area Plan staff its "marching orders". He stated that the staff has worked on the draft ordinance for the past 1 1/2 years. He then reviewed his comments to each of the proposed items from the last Committee meeting and summarized his comments to each proposal which are in italics on each of the pages. He stated that the staff is "willing and anxious to serve"but does not want the proposed amendments in the ordinance. Council President White noted that the guiding principle behind the proposals were to make sure that the latest of technology would be used for informational perspectives. She added that the Council was looking at what other cities were doing and how we can incorporate similar technology. Council Member Pfeifer noted that often times staff members would like to be more creative and far reaching but often a board holds them back. She suggested that techniques to encourage new technologies. She stated that the city and county are lacking in this area and that we must always look at better ways to serve the public. Mr. Sante stated that he would prefer that the requests in the technology area be made by the Council to the Plan Commission for their permission, and if they say no then it cannot be done. He noted that the City of South Bend has five (5) members on the Area Plan Commission. He further noted that Mishawaka and Walkerton. He stated that they are a$200,000 enterprise, with