05-26-41 Council Meeting Minutes

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Be it remembered -that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in regular session in the Council Chambers, Monday, May 26, 1941, at 7:41 P.M. with all members present. President Richardson presided. It was agr to suspend the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. The Clerk read communications from Chapter No.6,Disabled American Veterans and Clyde E. Williams, City Civil Engineer both of which were.grdered placed m file* communication from Mrs. Bessie Mais, 1814 Randolph St., referred to the Council by the Board of Works & Safety, s turned over to the dump committee for their attention. Further communications from the Association of Commerce, regarding the Hoosier Safes City contest, and Mayor J. I. Pavey, regarding the extension of daylight saving time, were ordered placed on file. X . COMMUNICATION Voor, Jackson& Grant May 16, 1941 South Bend, Ind. The Members of the Common Council ` of the City of South Bend South Bend; Indiana. Gentlemen: rsuant to a resolution unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Housing Authority of the City of South Bend held on y 15,.1941, the undersigned has been requested to ask you for a loan of $5,000.00 to cover preliminary expenses of e Authority in organization work and preparation of proposed projects to be constructed in this community. Respectfully yours, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND. By: W. E. VOOR, Chairman This communication was ordered placed on the table to be discussed with the ordinance. PETITION South Bend, Indiana May 13, 1941 To the Common Council City of South Bend, Ind. We the undersigned owners of more than fifty percent of the property described below, respectfully petition your honorable body to amend ordinance #2331 commonly known as the zoning law insofar as it applies to Lots- Numbers - TEAT (10) South Half and TEN (10) North Half, ELEVEN (11) and TWELVE (12) in Bartletts Sub - Division - Five (5) Six (6) Seven (7) and Eight (8) in Rockstroah Bros. Division addition tothe city of South Bend, Indiana, by changing the zoning classification of said lots from B residential zone to C commercial zone. Geo. E. Frederick 617 N. Michigan 10 So. Half M. M. 7?inan Lot 3 and 6 Rockstroah and 10 No. Half So. Bend Central Corp. 627 N. Michigan Lot #12 Bartletts (Notarized) Walter S. Mueller 622 & 628 N. Michigan 7 & 8 Councilman Pulaski made a motion to refer the petition to the City Plan Commission. Councilman McCarthy seconded motion. Motion carried. TITION TO THE HONORABLE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND: The undersigned, as owner of the real estate described, respectfully petitions your Honorable Body for the change of zoning classification of the following property from "a" 4sidential to "C "' Commercial: A tract of land One Hundred Thirty -Four (134) feet East and West by One Hundred Fifty (150) feet North and South, situated at the Southwest corner of the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Logan Street in the City of South Bend, otherwise known as Lots Numbered One (1), Two-(2) and Three (3) as shown on the unrecorded plat of Logan Heights Addition, a proposed addition to the City of South Bend. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION By John M. Stier, Liquidator The undersigned, being the ownersof real estate in the immediate vicinity of said above described real estate, here- by consent to the change of classification of said real estate. Councilman Pulaski made a motion.to have the petition referred to the City Plan Commission. Councilman McCarthy seconded the motion. Motion carried. Councilman McCarthy,as chairman of the Ways & Means Committee,made a report that the Committee had met with the Wage Committee of the Police and Fire Departments but was not ready to give a report of the meeting until they secured further data. Councilman Jordan gave a verbal report that the committee appointed to investigate the dumping situation was not ready to give any definite information but would do so at the next Council meeting. REPORT OF CITY PLAN COW- IISSION May 2, 1941 o the Common Council - City of South Bend, Ind. Gentlemen: You have before you a request for change of zoning classification of a section of the city north of Lincoln Way West, South of California Ave. and west from the alley west of Cushing St. to the railroad. While this request is not in the form of a sufficient petition, it was considered by the City Man Commission at regular meeting May lst.