04-22-74 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 22, 1974 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) ORDINANCE (CONTINUED) CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. This ordinance had first reading. Councilman Newburn made a motion to refer the ordinance to the Human Resources Committee, seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried. 'ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $40,500.00 FROM THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND AND $4,500.00 FROM THE CUMULATIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR PROJECT R & S 64, MISHAWAKA AVENUE AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF IRONWOOD DRIVE, 26TH STREET AND 30TH STREET. This ordinance had first reading. Councilman Miller made a motion to set the ordinance for public hearing and second reading on May 13, 1974, at 7:00 p.m., seconded by Councilman Taylor. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $81,000.00 FROM THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND AND $9,000.00 FROM THE CUMULATIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR R & S 52(A), ANGELA BOULEVARD AT THE INTERSECTION OF MICHIGAN STREET (U.S. 31). This ordinance had first reading. Councilman Miller made a motion to set the ordinance for public hearing and second reading on May 13, 1974, at 7:00 p.m., seconded by Councilman Taylor. The moti carried. Mr. Rollin Farrand, Director of the Department of Public Works, indicated that negotia- tions for the intersection have been completed with the University of Notre Dame and the results were very favorable to the city. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, CHAPTER 40 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 3702 (LINDEN AVENUE). This ordinance had first reading. Councilman Taylor made a motion to set the ordinance for public hearing and second reading on May 13, 1974, at 7:00 p.m., seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Mr. Charles Howell, 1118 Duey Street, spoke regarding the problems had recently at the Potowatomi Zoo with the dogs killing the deer. He hoped the Mayor would come before the Council and request that no more funds be given to the Humane Society and that the city take care of the problem itsel He felt the problem would not be taken care of until this was done. Councilman Parent indicated that the Public Safety Committee was conducting a meeting on April 25, 1974, at 4:00 p.m., in the Council Caucus Room, for discussion on a proposed dog control ordinance. He invited anyone interested in the problem to attend and voice their.opinions and suggestions. Mrs. Leona Wolfe, 57045 Mayflower Road, indicated that she was representing 232 families residing in the mobile home park on Mayflower Road. She stated that she had a paper signed by 78 residents of the mobile home park. She complained about the area being excessively taxed and the residents of the park were not getting street cleaning, city lights, snowplowing in the winter, etc. She stated that the park had been paying the city taxes for three years, and she felt something should be done about the situation. Councilman Kopczynski stated that the mobile home park was located in his district. He indicated that this was a case of annexing a piece of land with the streets not being dedicated and the city being fully aware that it would not provide services. Councilman Parent stated that this was true of many areas that did not have dedicated streets. He suggested that this matter be referred to a committee for study. Council President Nemeth requested the Cit Engineer to check into the situation. A representative of Brentwood Mobile Homes stated that he agreed with Mrs. Wolfe and that the assessment on the mobile homes was very unfair. Council President Nemeth suggested that the Assessor's Office be contacted, and the gentleman from Brentwo Mobile Homes indicated that that had been done; however, it had not done any good. He felt the Assessor's Office was "off base" in assessing the mobile homes. He talked about the reduction of 20% and stated that nothing has been done about that. Councilman Szymkowiak also indicated that the matter of assessing was in the hands of the Assessor's Office. He could not see what the Council could do about the situation. Councilman Kopczynski wondered who had been contacted in the Assessor's Office, and Mrs. Wolfe stated that she had received letters from Mr. Baldoni; how- ever, nothing had done any good. Mrs. Glenda Ray Hernandez, 702 East South Street, protested the action of the Council to refer the two proposed housing ordinances to committee. She indicated that the residents of the Southeast side were becoming very impatient and had been waiting for a long time for some action. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Mrs. Irene Gammon, City Clerk, indicated that she had received an official veto from Mayor Jerry J. Miller regarding the salary ordinance passed by the Council at the April 8th meeting. Council President Nemeth asked Mrs. Gammon to read the veto message. After reading of the veto, Council President Nemeth stated that he had felt the matter was a serious enough matter for him to leave th hospital where he had been confined and come to the Council meeting to vote against the veto. He did not feel that the Council was stating it wanted control of fixing the salaries. He stated that this was the power of the Mayor and the Council did not dispute this. He stated that Mr. James Roemer, the City Attorney, had stated at the public hearing that he could find no legality that would prevent passage of the ordinance. He objected to certain comments made by some persons that the salaries of certain officials would be reduced if the Council had control and that qualified