11-11-02 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 11, 2002 Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 51 -02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND HAVING A STREET ADDRESS OF 809 N. MICHIGAN STREET BILL NO. 52 -02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 615 NORTH MICHIGAN STREET IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA BILL NO. 53 -02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 802 NORTH LAFAYETTE STREET IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA NEW BUSINESS There was no new business to come before the Council at this time. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR CONCERNS OF MR. JOHN SWANSON Mr. John Swanson, 1321 West Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana, informed the Council that he is a disabled veteran and that he attends the Council meetings to exercise his constitutional rights. Mr. Swanson further stated that he wanted the Council to know that they are doing a good job and to keep on doing what they are doing because he will be watching them if no one else is. COMMENTS BY MR. JIM CIERZNIAK CONCERNING COVELESKI STADIUM AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME Mr. Jim Cierzniak, 1156 East Victoria Street, South Bend, Indiana, submitted to the Council some history as it relates to what happened last summer when it was discovered that the ball club that plays at Coveleski was two hundred eighty six thousand dollars ($286,000) behind in lease payments. He noted that he just ran across an audit report for the year 1993 in which there were some surprising similarities to what was found out last summer. Mr. Cierzniak reviewed some of the figures and information contained in his handout and asked how good the supervision of this facility is in making sure that the City of South Bend gets all the money due to the Park Board. He noted that based on what happened last summer and from this report he would guess that the record has not been good. He suggested better scrutiny of Coveleski Stadium. Mr. Cierzniak noted that one of the problems has been that the City never got a year by year operating statement showing income and outgo for the facility. He noted that there is a budget but he does not believe that the City gets the kind of financial report that they receive for the Blackthorn Golf Course which is very clear and detailed. In regards to the College Football Hall of Fame, the City sees the same thing happening. The reports are becoming skimpier and skimpier. He noted that when the City was running the Hall of Fame, very detailed accounts were prepared of what was being spent. He further noted that in reviewing the nine (9) months report which was just received, he noticed that there was no line item for marketing so the City does not know what the NFF is spending for marketing which was the basis for the one per cent (1 %) hotel motel tax money that was supposed to be used for marketing. Mr. Cierzniak informed the Council that the City is -22- L i 1