04-08-40 Council Meeting Minutes

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Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend met in regular session in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Monday, April 8, 1940, at 7:44 P.M.. President McCarthy presided. Councilman Richardson was absent. The minutes of_the previous meeting were waived. COMMUNICATION April 2, 1940 e I We are a representative group of mothers, one hundred and ten in number, who are a member of the South Bend City Council of Parents and Teachers. We are vitally interested in the milk problem which confronts our Health Board in South Bend. If other cities larger than we, can put out a better bottle of milk and sell it for three cents a quart less, what's the matter with South Bend? If we are paying for Grade A milk, why can't we have it? We are not interested either, in changing the cap, to fool ourselves, and we don't want to be fooled either. What we want is Grade A Milk, to conform to the State regulation of Grade A milk. Farmers in other localities, I know, have had the same expense in putting in adequate equipment in other states or had the preference of not being able to sell their milk. It is being done and since we are so proud of our city, I'm sure the civic planning committee would be a big booster for this increased milk quality. We are most sincere in saying, we are anxious to have our children enjoy their milk, and we cannot feel that way, if we know we are giving them an inferior product. Trusting you will consider we are all zealous citizens of South Bend, only too anxious to assist in any way possible, in building a better South Bend. Sincerely, MRS. WM. F. BLACK, Pres.- 1002 W. Milton St. St. Matthews Parent Teacher Assn. Councilman Hull made a motion to accept the communication and place,it on file. Councilman Brannon seconded the motion. Motion carried. COMMUNICATION April 3, 140 THE PROGRESS CLUB 601 W. Colfax Ave. South Bend,Ind. (President City Council South Bend, Ind. Dear Sir: The Board of Directors of the Progress Club are heartily in favor of the U. S. Public Health Ordinance and hope it will be adopted at your next meeting, Monday evening, Apr. 8. The 500 women of our club are extremely anxious to improve the quality of milk sold in So. Bend, for we are always in favor of any sanitary movement that tends to improve health conditions, especially where our children are conce ed.. Very truly yours, PARS. B. D. COON, President Councilman Hull made a motion that the communication be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Pulaski'seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION PETITION TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND We, the undersigned, residents and property owners of the City of South Bend, residing and owning property in River' Park, hereby represent to the Honorable Common Council of the City of South Bend: That we are occupants and owners of residential property adjoining and near certain property owned by the heirs of the late Frederick H. Kops; that the heirs of the late Frederick H. Kops, owners of certain property on Mishawaka Avenue near Twentieth Street in the City of South Bend, directly south of Pottawotomie Park and south east of the new John Adams High School, have leased part of said property to a construction company of Mishawaka, Indiana, and the said construction company has for sometime prior-to April 6, 1940, the exact length of time being to us unknown, been devoting said leased premises to the use and enterprise of excavating and taking therefrom gravel and furnish- ing the same for commercial purposes for the improvement of the streets of the City of Mishawaka. Your petitioners further represent that said use by the construction company has resulted in the creation of a large, dangerous and unsightly and offensive gravel pit on said premises and, if continued, will increase in size, danger and offensiveness all to the detriment of the owners and occupants of the surrounding residential property. That said gravel pit is not only unsightly and detrimental to the beauty of this section of South Bend but also is depressing the value of the property of petitioners herein as residential property. That in addition to depreciating the value of said surrounding property and homes as residential property, in its unguarded state it is a menace to the safety of the children of this section of the City of South Bend and will be increasingly dangerous as the enterprise develops. Your petitioners f urther respectfully represent that in a comparatively short time said gravel pit has been extended and has now become nearly thirty (30) feet deep and two hundred (200) feet long; that unless digging therefrom is immediately stopped it will.result in further irreparable depreciation of the value of petitioners' property, will result in further desecration and devastation of this section of the City adjoining the beautiful Pottatrotomie Park and near the new John Adams High School and will result in further and greater menace to the safety of the children of River Park. Your petitioners further respectfully rrepresent that this deplorable and offensive situation has been brought to the attention of the City Attorney of South Bend and the Building Commissioner of South Bend, but, because of a question as to the scope of the present Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend not yet determined, no action has as yet been taken.