08-28-00 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28, 2000 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, August 28, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Charlotte Pfeifer and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL Present: James Aranowski Charlotte Pfeifer Roland Kelly Karl King David Varner Andrew Ujdak Sean Coleman Al "Buddy" Kirsits Karen L. White Absent: None 1" District Vice - President 2nd District President 3rd District 4t'' District 5t'' District 6`'' District Chairperson, Committee of the Whole At -Large At -Large At -Large 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 August 14, 2000 and August 17, 2000 meetings of the Council and found them correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. s /Charlotte Pfeifer s/David Varner Councilmember Coleman made a motion that the minutes of the August 14, 2000 and August 17, 2000 meetings of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Kelly seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS: RESOLUTION NO. 2915-00 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, SUPPORTING THE SUBMISSION OF THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR AN INDIANA BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANT WHEREAS, the City of South Bend has determined that it should continue to be pro- active in attracting and maintaining new and current businesses which provide job opportunities; and WHEREAS, the Indiana Development Finance Authority provides grants to Indiana local governments for the assessment of environmentally contaminated properties; and WHEREAS, it has been determined that a unified administrative /legislative effort would be in the City's best interests when applying for Brownfield Assessment. Grants; and WHEREAS, the property located at 1408 Elwood Avenue located in the First Councilmanic District, Portage Township was formerly owned by Drewry's Limited USA, Inc. and G. Heileman Brewing Company of Indiana and is now owned by Charles Derr; and WHEREAS, the former Drewry brewing property should be designated as a priority for identification and remediation of possible adverse environmental factors, so that it can be used for future development and once again provide quality employment opportunities.