07-12-04 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 12, 2004 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers of the County-City Building on Monday, July 12, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by President Karen L. White and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS: Present: Derek Dieter 1st District Charlotte Pfeifer 2nd District Roland Kelly 3rd District Vice-President Ann Puzzello 4th District David Varner 5th District Ervin Kuspa 6th District Sean Coleman At-Large Chairperson, Committee of the Whole Al `Buddy"Kirsits At-Large Karen L. White At-Large President OTHERS PRESENT: Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney John Voorde City Clerk Mary Beth Wisniewski Chief Deputy City Clerk Janice I. Talboom Deputy City Clerk REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: The sub-committee has inspected the minutes of the June 28, 2004 meetings of the Council and found them to be correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. Members of the Sub-Committee on Minutes , s/Karen L. White s/David Varner Councilmember Colman made a motion that the minutes of the June 28, 2004,meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Puzzello seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS Council District Updates— 1st District—Councilmember Derek D. Dieter Councilmember Derek D. Dieter gave a report from the City of South Bend Engineering Department regarding Public Works Projects that are currently going on in the 1St District and that will continue throughout the rest of this year and possibly into 2005. The first is the Riverside walk project,which starts at the Angela bridge and will continue to Keller Park and end at the Darden Bridge. This project will allow citizens to walk, run and ride bikes and enjoy the scenery along the St. Joseph River. The next project is a street landscape project on Sherman Avenue from the 1700 - 1800 block running from Riverside to Kinyon, also on Portage Avenue from California Avenue to Angela Boulevard that will consist of new curbs, sidewalks, and tree lawns (removing older trees and replacing with young saplings.) Councilmember Dieter stated that the Northwest Neighborhood in collaboration with other entities will be building two (2)new homes, one will be in the 1000 block of Portage Avenue and the other will be on the corner of California and Leland Avenues. These homes will be built by Weiss Homes and Construction; they will be $100,000.00 homes that will be built. The architecture will be similar to homes in the neighborhood. There will be$20,000.00 in subsidies for people interested in purchasing these homes. The homes will be from 1400 to 1600 square feet. Councilmember Dieter indicated that the roundabouts along Portage Avenue will be started this month and will run from Lathrop all the way to Cleveland Road. There is sewer work that is being done around Huey and Brookfield Streets. There is currently a 1