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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 12, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS REGARDING THE SALE OF PROPERTY ON KENDALL <br />Sam Brown, Citizen United for a Better Government, spoke regarding the selling of a strip club <br />for $350,000. He stated that he received a call back just today from David Relos, from <br />Community Investment. He stated that he wanted to get to the truth of the matter. (Inaudible) <br /> <br /> <br />COMMENTS REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS COUNSELOR <br />Jesse Davis, P. O. Box 10205, South Bend, Indiana, stated that he wanted to let the Council <br />know that they has been yet another complaint filed with Public Access Counselor down in <br />Indianapolis. He stated that he attended the Mayor’s Night Out last week and sat for over an <br />hour with a video camera and tri-pod in hand and signed in to talk to the Mayor. After sitting <br />there for that period of time I was approached by Kathryn Roos, Mayor’s Chief of Staff, and was <br />told at that point in time that you cannot record in here and that I needed to take my camera and <br />put it back in your vehicle, that I can’t record. I asked Ms. Roos if she was aware of the open <br />door laws and recording laws in Indiana and told her that she might want to talk to legal counsel <br />about that, because it was an open door in a public venue, on the record meeting, so it should <br />have been perfectly legal to record at least audio. I asked her if I could take my video equipment <br />out and come back with just a digital audio recorder and record the audio for my record in case I <br />may have forgotten the conversation and could go back to review the conversation that I was <br />having with the Mayor. She said no, you cannot record in here. I believe that is a violation of <br />the open door law. He stated that he would like to file a copy of that with the City Clerk/Council <br />and also a copy of the complaint that I have filed with the public access counselor and the letter <br />that was sent to the City and to Ms. Roos and he hopes that she respond back in a timely manner, <br />so that we can resolve this problem and hopefully next time she won’t embarrass me in front of <br />an entire crowd of people and show her what that law is about and what it means. <br /> <br />COMMENTS REGARDING TRANSPO BUS ROUTE <br />Vera Brown, 112 LaPorte, South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, stated that she is disabled and it is <br />hard for her to get around. She stated that she has to walk from her house all the way to Western <br />Avenue or Lincolnway West or all the way downtown to get a bus. He just wanted to know if <br />the Council could help in getting the Bendix Bus route back. <br />COMMENTS REGARDING THE SALE OF PROPERTY ON KENDALL <br />Linda Green, 726 E. Broadway, Beth Franklin, 726 E. Broadway, Larry Franklin, 1509 Kendall, <br />South Bend, stated that they have concerns at 1509 Kendall. We are getting pennies instead of <br />dollars for that property when you guys gave the bar next door $350,000 and they don’t think <br />that’s fair. We have six decades of foster parenting in that house, grandchildren, and a lot of <br />love in that house and don’t think that it fair. They stated that they just want to be treated fairly <br />for their property and ask the Council for some justice. <br />COMMENTS REGARDING THE SALE OF PROPERTY ON KENDALL <br />Isaac Hunt, 138 E. Broadway, South Bend, Indiana, stated that these are his brothers and sisters <br />and he is watching them go through this, his brother is living in the house right now. They <br />would not even get money for relocation, and the City gave the property next door $350,000. He <br />stated that he understands how business works, however the city only offered them $50,000 and <br />gave the strip joint next door $350,000. He questioned where the justice in that, where is the <br />rationale. He asked the Council to be fair and equal to everybody. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br /> <br />