01-28-80 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 28, 1980 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Monday, January 28, 1980, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order and the Pledge to the Flag was given. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Council Members Serge, Szymkowiak, Beck, Kopczynski, Crone Dombrowski, Voorde and McGann ABSENT: Council Member Taylor REPORT FROM THE SUB - COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common:Council of the City of South Bend: Your sub - committee on the inspection and supervision of the minutes would respectfully report that it has inspected the minutes of the January 14, 1980 meeting of the Council and found them correct. The sub - committee, therefore, recommends that the same be approved. /s /Lewis A. McGann /s /Beverlie J. Beck Council Member Serge made a motion that the minutes of the January 14, 1980, meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file, seconded by Council Member Dombrowski. The motion carried. SPECIAL BUSINESS Council President McGann announced that Councilman Kopczynski had been appointed to the MACOG Board, as the Council's representative. He indicated that Gerald Kline had resigned from the Historic Preservation Commission and it was necessary that he be replaced with a Republican appointee. Council Member Dombrowski made'a motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole, seconded by Council Member Kopczynski. The motion carried. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in the Committee of the Whole on Monday, January 28,1980, at 7:05 p.m., with eight members present. Chairman Szymkowiak presiding. BILL NO. 213 -79 A BILL APPROPRIATING $45,000.00 FROM THE ZOO ENDOWMENT FUND, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL WILDLIFE BUILDING AT POTAWATOMI PARK ZOO TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponent: were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. James Seitz, Superintendent of Parks, made the presentation for the bill. He indicated this was the second payment from the Muessel- Clarke Trust Fund for the construction of the Educational Services and Wildlife Building at Powatomi Zoo. He said the trust fund has committed $380,000.00 for the zoo project. Payments will be made on a quarterly basis over the next three years. Council Member Kopczynski made a motion to recommend this bill to the Council favorable, seconded by Council Member Dombrowski. The motion carried. BILL NO. 148 -79 A BILL DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 5565 -73, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND (NORTH PUMPING STATION.) This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponent: were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. John Oxian, Vice President of the Historic Preserva- tion Commission, made the presentation for the bill. He indicated this building had been con- structed in 1912, and the architecture is an unusual style, especially in the construction of a pumping station. He said the City had given approval for the building to become a landmark. Council Member Dombrowski made a motion to recommend this bill to the Council favorable, seconder by Council Member Voorde. The motion carried. BILL NO..149 -79 A BILL DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING AN HISTORIC LANDMARK UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 5565 -73, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND (MORRIS CIVIC.) This bing the time heretofore set for public hearingon the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. John Oxian, Vice President of the Historic Preserva- tion Commission, made the presentation for the bill. He indicated that the Morris Civic was a superior building. He said it was built in 1921 and is one of the most architecturally superior theaters in the City. He indicated that the CIty had given permission for the landmark status. Council Member Kopczynski made a motion to recommend this bill to the Council favorable, seconde by Council Member Dombrowski. The motion carried.