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3 the City Council could take final action this evening by accepting the substitute bill downgrading the height and area to an "E" designation and by attaching the preliminary site plan as an exhibit to the substitute bill. That documentation would then be sent to the staff of the Area Plan Commission so that they would be apprised of the final action taken by the Common Council. Councilman Zakrzewski noted that bill no. 110-87 which is a rezoning ordinance for the property located at the intersection of Portage and Cleveland Road would be fo rmally continued at the Council's meeting this evening since notice was given to the residents in the area that the public hearing would not go forward. The bill was initiated by the Area Plan Commission since it was dealing with annexed property into the city of South Bend. The Committee then reviewed bill no. 131-87 which would created a new section 2-124 entitled "Retiring Police Officers and Service Revolvers. " Councilman Zakrzewski, the sponsor of the bill, then briefly reviewed the overall purpose and background of it. He noted that he had been in contact with Chief Hurley as well as various police officers who were in favor of the proposed bill. He requested the Council Attorney last fall to do the research for the bill and to draft it. Councilman Zakrzewski noted that several communities have had a similar bill in effect. Those communities included: Mishawaka since 1971, Elkhart since 1980, Seymour since 1984, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Berrien County, Allen County, the Indiana State Police, as well as the Park Department of the State of Indiana. He noted that Fort Wayne requires that a retiring officer pay $1 for a receipt of his or her service revolver. The Council Attorney noted that once the city would declare through the proper board that the service revolver is no longer useful and obsolete to the city and upon transfer of ownership to the retiring officer, that there would be no liability on the part of the city thereafter for said service revolver. She also noted that if a question of whether the officer is in fact retiring in good standing, that this would not be a role for the Common Council but instead the proper board involving the Board of Public Safety and or the Police Pension Board. Councilman Niezgodski stated that currently the South Bend Police Department is using a Smith & Wesson 38 Magnum model 66 stainless steel with a 2 and 1/2" barrel and an adjustable sight. A new issue was made in 1982 of all service revolvers. He noted that typically if a service revolver is maintained in good condition it will last at least twenty years. He further noted that the South Bend Police Department requires at least "six shoots" per year. He also noted that in talking with members of the Fire