08-10-70 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING_- RECONVENED Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, reconvened in the Council Chambers in the County -City Building on Monday, August 10, 1970, at 8:37 p.m. all members present. The meeting was called to order by Council- President Robert 0. Laven, who presided. REPORT FROM COMMITTEE ON MINUTES The report from the Committee on Minutes will be reviewed at the meeting of August 24, 1970. CITIZENS REQUESTS - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS Miss Virginia Guthrie, executive secretary of the Civic Planning Association asked members of the Council to continue their serious study of the proposed civil city budget between now and the public hearings on August 31, 1970. Councilman Laven announced that under the chairmanship of Councilman Craven, the Council finance committee will meet with the Civic Planning Associa- tion for an informal budget study, on Monday, August 17, 1970. He said the Council is making every effort to be reasonable in the review of the budget. Mr. Aaron Rainwater of Crown Point, Indiana, and field representative for the Northern Indiana Service Station Association, asked the Council to take immediate steps to see that the City Sign Ordinance (Ord. #4303 -60) is enforced and to amend the ordinance to provide :for fines when signs do not comply with the ordinance. He presented a petition to the Clerk asking for immediat action on enforcing the sign ordinance. He said his group wants to eliminate "junk cars" from the areas around filling stations and is conducting an effort to do,away with "stamps, games, and gimmicks" in gasoline merchandise and he also promised to be in attendance at the next meeting to see what action the Council has taken on the problem. Several residents from the 900 and 1000 block of Evergreen Lane asked that the Council help in obtaining repairs to their street. They said they had not been given any results from the Street or Engineering Departments. The matter was referred to the City's engineering department for a determination if the street is classed as an "improved street" and eligible for city maintenance. Council- President Robert 0. Laven appointed Councilman Zielinski, in whose district the street is located, to work with the engineering and street departments and the residents in an effort to resolve the problem. Mr. Wells, of the City's Engineering department, spoke on behalf of City Engineer Lloyd Taylor, assuring the Councilmen that the matter would be investigat