10-14-74 Council Meeting Minutes

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RRQUT AR MPPTTNC' OCTOBER 14, 1974 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS (CONTINUED) Your special Committee on Claims would respectfully report that it has inspected the claims which have been submitted since the last regular meeting of the Council, and recommend that said claims be approved. The following claims are not approved: None. Peter J. Nemeth Chairman Council President Nemeth indicated that the committee had had some questions concerning a few of the claims submitted for payment; however, Mr. Lantz had provided answers to the committee's questions. Councilman Taylor made a motion that the report be accepted as read and placed on file and the claims be approved for payment, seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried. REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Mr. James Barcome, City Controller, made his quarterly report to the Council. He introduced Mr. Ron Finnigan, a new employee in the Personnel Department. He stated that Mr. Finnigan was employe through the Manpower Program and had already designed a new application for the program. He then explained that the Personnel Department was involved in three current projects. The first project dealt with a major revision of the city's employment application forms because of federal and stat regulations and the need for more comprehensive information on prospective employees. The second project would provide for an update of all current employees' personnel records, thus following the standards established by the Intergovernmental Personnel Management Association. The last project dealt with the recodification and editing of city personnel rules and regulations. Mr. Barcome stated that future operations were also being planned and were very broad in scope; the objective of the department being to coordinate a program of employee evaluation, training and career development. Council President Nemeth thanked Mr. Barcome for his presentation. PETITIONS TO AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE I (We), the undersigned, do hereby respectfully make application and petition the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as hereinafter requested, and in support of this application, the following facts are shown: 1. The property sought to be rezoned is located behind (to the south) of The Downunder, 900 East Ireland Road, South Bend, Indiana. wife. 2. The property is owned by Robert R. Allen and Dorothy A. Allen, husband and 3. A legal description of the property is as follows: Part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty -five (25)1, Township Thirty -seven (37) North, Range Two (2) East, situate in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a masonry nail in the pavement on the North line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty -five (25), said point being nine hundred thirty -six and three tenths (936.3) feet West of an iron pin monumenting the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter.(1 /4) of said Section Twenty -five (25); thence Westwardly along the North line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty -five (25) at a distance of eighteen (18) feet to a point; thence Southwardly with a deflection angle of eighty -eight (88) degrees thirty -eight (38) minutes fifty (50) seconds to the left, and parallel with the East line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) -of said Section Twenty -five (25), a distance of five hundred fifty -six and forty -five hundredths (556.45) feet to an iron stake; thence Eastwardly parallel with the North line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty- five.(25), a distance of one hundred fourteen (114) feet to an iron stake; thence Northwardly parallel with the East line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty -five (25) a distance of three hundred twenty -six (326) feet to a point; thence Westwardly parallel with the North line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty -five (25), a distance of ninety -six (96) feet to a point; thence Northwardly parallel with the East line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section Twenty -five (25), a distance of two hundred thirty and forty -five hundredths (230.45) feet to the place of beginning of this description. Containing 0.95 of an acre of land. Subject to legal highway. 4. It is desired and requested that the foregoing property be rezoned from "A" Residence Use and "A" Height and Area District, to 11C -1" Commercial Use and "A" Height and Area district. 5. It is proposed that the property will be put to the following use and the following building(s) will be constructed: new parking lot so as to provide additional parking for commercial uses now existing immediately to the North of the new parking lot. 6. Number of off - street parking spaces to be provided: 52.