03-11-02 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 11, 2002 who work hard each day to provide appropriate services to the community. Mayor Luecke stated that this action will not be tolerated and dishonesty in the workplace will mean dismissal. He intends to use all tools that are available to make sure that employees live up to the expectations of the community. In response to a question from President Kelly, Mayor Luecke advised that there are approximately one thousand four hundred (1,400) individuals employed by the City and that fourteen (14) employees have been terminated within the last three (3) months from several different departments. He noted that the problems have not been only in one department but in a number of areas. It is essential that employees know that they are expected to give a full days work for a full days pay. He also noted that there were some issues where theft was taking place, and for those employees, the City will follow up with criminal charges. President Kelly thanked the Mayor for his forthrightness and asked the Mayor to keep the Council posted on the pursuing investigation and his plans for the future to prevent this from happening again. RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE At 7:10 p.m. Councilmember Coleman made a motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. Vice - President Karen White presided in the absence of Chairman Karl King. BILL NO. 117 -01 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3502 LINCOLNWAY WEST, IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Aranowski made a motion to consider the substitute version of this bill as on file with the City Clerk. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. Councilmember Varner reported that the Zoning & Annexation Committee conducted a Public Hearing on substitute Bill No. 117 -01 this afternoon and sends it to the Council with a favorable recommendation subject to the recommendations in the Area Plan Commission report which includes some screening. Mr. Jeff Myers, Staff Planner, Area Plan Commission, Room 1140, County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, presented the report from the Commission. Mr. Myers advised that the petitioners are requesting a zone change from `B" Residential, "A" Height and Area to "C" Commercial, "E" Height and Area to allow a Commercial /Retail /Office development for a Family Dollar or similar store, a Subway eatery or similar store with drive -thru, a financial facility /office or similar uses and including the reuse of the southern existing home for retail /office uses. Mr. Myers further advised that the property currently contains a single - family home. Located to the north are commercial businesses zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area, an office zoned "C" Commercial, "C" Height and Area and single family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area; to the east is an office zoned "C -1" Commercial, "A" Height and Area; to the south are single family homes zoned "A" Residential, "A" Height and Area and to the west is a kennel zoned "C" Commercial, "A" Height and Area. Access to the site is from Lincolnway West. Water and sewer are available to the site. The drainage has been addressed by the petitioner. The total site to be rezoned is 1.5 acres. Of that, the buildings will occupy seventeen per cent (17 %) of the site, the parking and drives will occupy fifty -four per cent (54 %) of the site and twenty -nine per cent (29 %) of the site will remain as open space. A check of the Agency's maps indicates that no public wells, -2- 1 D 1