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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-06 Community & Economic DevelopmentCam~nnnit~ and conan~ic ac~clacn caicc ?ij~jG youth 13ei~d Can~nia3.~. C~ot~cicil The March ~ j, 20f)€~, t~ieeting of tl•te C.a~r~i~it,~riit~% a~~d Ccona~~aic Developtnei~t C'oi~`nittee vas called to arder by its ~'hairpersori, Council Meir~ber Iitioland ell.y at 4::37 p.~ri. in the Council. lt~r}r~~aal ~!leetin~ Roor~~. f'ersar~s iii attendance incl~ided Cc':ui~cil Me~~~bers l~el.ly, F'~.~zzello, VtJhite, Dieter, Pfeifer, Varner, I~irsits and house; Cot~~~~unity and l~,cona~xaic Devel€~pir,en4 Citizen Me~~ber Martin ~alfsorr, Martha 1:..~e~vis, Mrs. Kopola, Departn~cnt czf Cat~ir~~~~~ity aid ~~coi~a~~ic Devclopn~er~t 1=`xec~tti.ve .Director Sharon I~e~~dall, I'ttl3lic V~orks Director Gafl-y Gilot, City Controller M. Catherii~€= I'ar~ello, Sgt. laiz-~es ~NaIsI~„ Sgt. l:iclr l~uzor~•slci, Sg~t..lal~r> Sz~.iba, Andv Laurent, City Attorney Charles Leoi~.e, ih.t~-aie Loo ol`tl~e ~~'r1a,d1~ ~3e~~c.~ 1~{if~zrr~~= and Kathleen ~"elcansl~i-.I-~arrancP, Coc~.ncil Attorney. Council Menlt~ei° Kelly noted. ghat the co~n~ryittee consists cif' Cou~lcit Nlei~tisers I'uzzell®, I~irsits, Kuspa at~d hi~~selt-, aertd Citizen Meir~ber Martin ~oliscsr~. Council Me~riber I{elly them galled fc~r a preseaatation €~~~ Bill No. l ~-0~ yvhich would appropriate $22fI,00(I of Build Indiana. Grant Funds withi~~ Fund ~~(.3 for the purpose of facilitating adaptive rc;use of th.e farmer Dre;4~~rys ~3rewery l~acilitics 1.®cated <tt l4[7~ l1'i~vood. A~~enue. Andy Laurent o~ the Depa~#~rient of C:oax~~-nunity 8=r ~,coila~~,ic Deve[ap~-nent t~adc the p~•ese€~tation. l-Ie natecl that the c-ity i~as been wc~rlcing an this pr~jec:t ioY• the past f=ive {5) years `uhicla involves e,r~viron.rnental clean-up and i~~ partia;ular asbestos at~at~i~i~:nt. They are ~hlc~rl~ing with 13rt>ce: Carter ~ Associates on the st~e:cs az~d Sla.t~s. In response to a cltiestiar~ l~ran-~ C:~~~>r~c.il Mei~~ber belly, M.r. Laurent stated that there are sixty a ~i3) acres at the site and that they are looking at re-,rase: of the- area once the buildirsgs arcs tarn. do~~fT~ In respo~~se to a el~iestion irony Dr. Varner, Mr. f;a~~rent Hated that they are wc~rl~ing with City Ceriic~r Associates c>f~ Indianapolis ~vho ~~ay take; it all, with the tunnels being pulled cut. In ~•esponse. tc~ a cfuestic~i~ troix~ Cocrncil I~resisfe~~t I~~~usc, Mr. Laurent stated that tl~e Baard of I~ublic Vejorks is ir! charge of the contracts and fhat invitation letters tc~5-E~ Iocal vendors will gc~ out. In response to cp~~estions ira~~n Cr~uncii Metril:~er- kirsits, Mr. Laurent stated. tl-at 3nost cif the asbestos is iii tl~e boiler building. The pra~eet wcs~ild lie bid or~t ire lallases. There appears to be i~a ground hater pr€~tale~~~s, aid it there are, tE~e~y z~_re minor ir3 nat~rc~. Iri respoa-ise to a cl~.~estion frox C~iincil Ie!lember I~#'~ifcr, Mr.Lattrer~t stated that there litre ~~o problems by I'~uessel G~•rave ~°elated t€a this prc~;ect. ]~a one Ii'a~~ the pdb[ic spctl:e ia~ favor ar i~~ appositian to tl~e Dill. ~~ii~fch i ~. 2~}(}fi 1:n3~7¢x~~~niis' a~nci.crc,~toani~ 1..?c~el«puic~i[ ~ca331n3iticc t~~icc~ting nrLinutcti -3't~~a i c3r ?- Ccr~lnc~~ Me~~l7er .I~irsits ~~ac~e ~r .ta2c~tie~r~, s€;c~~~ ~e~ by C'~une~~ ~/[ela~er t'~~.~ze~~~ ta€ 8~~~ ~~. ~-t7C~ ~e recs~t~rner~ded fa~~€~ra[}~ t~ C€~~11~~~$. Tie 1-~oti®n asy4~. There ~eil~~ ~~ ~'~.~rter i,-snsiraess tc~ ~:c~~ne ~'e~~re ~I:le Cc~~~l.€~.ittee, C,€11.~1~.cii ~~«3~~er ~e€~}r ~c~.jc~~arried tl~e ]neetin~, at ~:5 .rel. s}~efull~u~~rni fed, /~ l ~ / ~ I C~~rrrcil Merrrl~er Rc~lar>c~ 3~elly, C,~~irperse~r~ Cclr-nrT~l.~rrity ar~d ~ccrliarnic 7e4-el.~l~n~er~t C:~rrrn~i~te~; KC`F:k.n~ Nlairch 13, ?t1f16 Ccri~~a~lt~n~h end 1;c~3nn~niu 13c~`elopinct~t Ca~n~mittccAQc~tu~g \l;~ntt~s -Pa~~ 2 ~I' 2- ~I®irat ~1e~tir~~ ~~'t~2~ ~r~bli~ ~r~~~C~• ri~c~ ~'~r~p~rt~' ~rrcrcta~ax ~`~~~~~itte~ cr~~r tl~~ ~ersr~r~r~~~ r~~r~ ~~~~rz~~ ~'r~ntr~~tt~~ -`h~~e 5~crutl~ 13enr~ (.'~~r~irnca~~ _C~c~7sncrl 2(lr1~~- "phe March l3, 206 ,joirst ~~teetirs~ of tl~e; Public Works and 1'xoper~y Vacatio~~ C€rFrl~~ittee and the i'erso~anel and Finance Coa~~~tittee was jointly called. to order ~y i'crblic Works a~7d i'ro~~erty ~'acatiorg Coi~~r;7ittee Chairperso~~, 17r. l~at•=id darnc~x and Cou~-~cil Meng%e~° Charlotte D. PfeiFer, i'ersoxrnel and 1~irrance Con~n~ittee Cl~airpersor> at 3:45 p.r~~. in file Cortncil ix~for~»al Meetifl~~; Roc~~7n. Persons in attendance included Council Me~•nbers l~uz7ello, K~;lly, l'feit'er, White, Rol.rse T3ieter, Kirsits and Varner; IVlayor Stephen 1/uecke, City ~ontxoller :lt~t. Catherine 1;anelt~~, Assistant F1rL Chief` .Rick Switalski, Coin€nunity ~ 1/eono~l~ic• l~evelopn~ent C7irect€rr Sl3ar-o~i Kendall; Public Wo€-ks .l~irec-tor ~aa}, C~ilot, f'axks Superintea~der~t P:hi1 St. Clair, T3uildi~l Co~~n~issioner ion ro~o, I~ersonnel and l~'ir~anc~; C~i~az€ittee C•iti~el~ Me3~tbcr $liltki ~ ltttchi~~son; l'ut`~lic Works and.l3roperty Vacation Co~~~~nittee CitiZLt7 ~I~:~~ber Kurt Yo>~n~s, City Clerk. 1o1~?Y ~Tc3orde, Jamie l~oca of tl~e .~r~~•itlz t3e~ar1 Ia•iha.rxae and. Coxrrrcil Attorney Kathleen C~:ka~~ski-~~ arr~€~~trf Council Met~i~er l~f~iter n®ted that tl:~e ~~~en~l;~c;rs ref the F'ersonl~el and Finance Cat~~-~nittee ir~c,lude Cor~t~cil Me~~t-rers White,-K~tspa, darner, and herseif~_ ar~d Nikki ilutcl~insora, Citizen. Me~rtf~er_ fir. ~~arrter noted that the t~€~en~.isers g.~f the i'ulglic ~rc~rics anal 1'rol~erty ~Jacation C~`on~n-~ittee include Council 11~~:t~l~ers :['tei#e'!•, Dieter. i'uzze;llo and hil~lself:, and Kurt Youngs as Citizen M.e~~nber. It ~~as Further rac~ted that the ;oir~t ~neetin~F of tl~e Cc~~~t~r~ittees was called to i:ontinr~e thy' re~~iew Substitute Bill Nc~. l 1-(}6 ~Whie:l~ is tf~e proposed 2~ff~ capital brld~et, with the co~xtt~~ittees also meeting i~~ ,joint session on Maxei~ 9, 2~(}Li. Mayor Lueckc ~~ated that a s~il~stantial amount of r~aateria[ has 17een l:~ro~~ided tarn tl~e Council a~~d that the discussions of last ~~Teek were bexy good.. lie rioted that a -`squeeze is coning and it is sgarti~~g no~~r" as reffectcd in the reduced a~~ount asked. for capital. xreeds. l~r. Varner nc~te,d that there a~as n.o line-ite~x~ for Cot~~~~csal C~~ur~cil capital ite~~ns i.€~ the sd,E~~t~~tLte b1~1. Mayor l,uecke stated that he does not k~~ow if the t;c~~~ncil was apprised s~f- the prracess when projects were l~eirtg requested by tl~e Ad~~~inistraYion. 1 Ie noted however ghat if th€~re are capital iterr~s which the Cou~~cil !seeds that an additional al~al3rog~riatio~~ ordinance cor~ld address tl~enl at a later clefs. Dr. Varr~.er ncated that he ~~=o~ald like additional inCc~r~riation p~°cavided t~~ the Council on a xegula~~ basis ~vl~ich included a year e~~d ac•ccaunting Foe alI iterr~s addrtWssed ?n the capita] budget. he noted that the Council. will lie better iraForn~ed if such infor~~~ation is routinety larovided ley the Ad~r~in istration. Nl~u-ch 13, ?(}{}f~ hint Ull;eti~~n rff tl~e Pu~~lic ~~'c>rks c~ Prc~pert< ~,'aeatiot~ 6s»~:miCtc~' & tl~e 1'+.~'so~u~el i~, finance C~~n~mifics -~'a~e 1 x~t~ 3- ,Toi~t~ IVl~~ta.aa~ rr~"~hc~ ~~€blic r~r~ r~arc~ ~r~p~at,~ Tlir~rrta~~ ~~r~nr~ad~te>e rs~~.~ ~~i~ I~~rs~~a~~ a~~c~ ~°r'~cr~~~ ~'~a~tr~t~~ --~ ~~~r~ ~~~a~tl~z 13c~~c~ ('c>~~~~r~ar~az ~'«aaracif 2f3(}C~- council Ivieanber Pfeifer a2otec that the ~'ity Clerk's Office should retaaa all of floe ia~aforrnatioa~ provided by the City Controller i~~. h.€;r ea~aail.s with tl~.e capital budget. ~Il, ~;atheria~e Farteiic~, ~:ity Coaltroller, aaoted tl-aat sbe is changing the internal process so :hat there is a better data base. ~s a result irafora~~atioa~ can be provided to the Coaancil in the future. l~r. Varner thaaaked the ~`ontroller for responding tes all of h.is requests t©r ac~ditioa~al aa~forma.tion and. especially the additional line-item detail. I~r. Varner thc;n a~aade a anotion, seconded by Council Nlea~aber V~II'aite t~aat Substitute Bill No. l 3.-U6 be recoa~nn~ended favorably to Coaancil. The t~aotioaa passed. 4 7nder a~aiscellaneous busirae;ss, Patblic Works I~ir°ector ~arej ~'rilot noted. that part of floe ~-step process of providing a `-Cleaa-~ .Diver llealtl~y Neiglibsrhotad" be,gaa~ on Tanuary 1, 2~0~. At the next Co€€nci.l a~aeeting there. ~viil be ara ordiaaance i-or reveazue boa~tds anal a. list of pr€a~ects aa~ad appropriations.. The~l are follo~~iaag last: year's brae print involving $7.6 a~aillion, with $7.~ a~raillioa~ of aaet proceeds being used for preparation of specs and projects. In response to a question from C~or~.ncil President Koa.ase, l~lr. Cilot noted. that local co~~tractors are i•aei.n~~ ientificd ara€~ notified of the upcoaa~ira.g project. Cauracil It.~ea~aber Kirsits voiced concern abo€at the Michigan Street Bridge pedestrian path. being blocked by vehicles. fir. ~`gilot noted t[~at this was a state highway project, however ivlr. L.ittrel is involved grad lac would tsring it to bis attentioa~. iVir. 'l~}T Bancroft tl~era addressed floe jaia•at coana~aittee regaa°dine~ a noa~-payt~~aent issue on the Chippewa. Street reconstruction pa~€>:ject. fir. ~Tarner noted that this would tie a rraatter float should be addressed by the Board. of Public ~~orks and not tl~e ~'auj~cil since the Board d€:als with such contracts directly. 1!~r. C"rilot stated that l~ae believes this a~aa.y lase a dispute between the general contractor aa~d the sub-contractors; but would :hook ia~t€a it. 'l,laere being a~ao further business tea ccaarte before the joint coa~~rnittee aneeti.ng it alas adjotarned. at 4:06 p.axa. N~z~roh I ~, 201)0 €air~4 Meet.ule nr C}ic P~Ebl~c `4Ugr'~:a c~ i'-ropurtj vACa:ic~n `~ ornmittec ~ ~l,e 1'ersau3el aPL Fiitiat~ce ~`-o~n3sniitec ~ais~~ 1~l~~ta~x,~ ®f t1~e ~'ub~ic: ~3r°ks° ~~~ ~'~®g~~~ty i~r~erct~~~a t'c~r~~~~~t~e ~ye~ ~~t~ ~e~°s~~~el ~~€~ ~'ac~nc~ ~"~~ra~a~it~~~ -~'~G ,~~rutd~ Rc~~cl C:r~r~~r3~3c~n C~'c~~ancil 2f1fi~- I~espeet#i2~i}~ s~h~ni~1~;~5 ~~ ~ounci~ t~Iet~tt~er ~:~~a.r'lotte I). feifer, C'hai~]3er~c~n Pe~so~~ne] a.nc~ Finance ~:a~~~~r~it~ee ,~ ,,~,~ ~- ~~ ~~~r: ~a~~d Var~>er, ~`~~airpers~n I'~~lic 1~JE3r~CS and ~'raperty Vacatit~~ Cc~ia~~it~ee I{~F`:kt~~f ~.ttac~~~~~e~tt~ Nfarch l3; ?fl06 .Ti>int Meeting uI'the 1'uUlio R~or4s R 1?rupertr ~'ac~titin Cottmiittee ~ the Persam~el ~ 1?intance C;urrm~ttec _iy~~~, "~ uP j- Per~Onn~ and ~n~nce n~it~~l~ ?CIf)C st>Ettl~ {3end Conm~im Council The l~Ilarch } ~, ?€1E)b ar~eetin~ taisthc; 1'ers~?r€r€el and i~inarsce Gcarnnlitt.r~e r~~as called tea order by its C:l~airpea'scan, ~.ouncil l~le~nber Char}otte ~. Pfeifer a.t 4:~~ p.~a~. i~~ tl~e ~oL€ncil Infor~~~a} IvIieting Ro©~~_ Persons in attendance: ir€cluded Gear€nci} ~/}e~~bers t~ieter, Pfeifer, ~JVhite, Pu~ze}lo, }~irsits, I2orase, Varner; and. Keligr; director of Public ih~oa=~s Gary ~rilelt, .Nlrs. l~eapola, Residential N~;ivlahcanc~acad.s Citizen iw}e~~her lO~Iartha t,ewis, Gi.ty ~`ierk ,iolan Voorde, ~;`itq~ Ge~ntr®Iter M. Catherine I~anel}o, Attorney I~a.vic} }Vliri:i~€, ;iaa~ie l,oo ~f the ~rya~tla 13cr~~t 7-'~~hur~e and I~at}~}een Cekanski-Farraa~d, Co€€~acil ~ttcarne;~, C:or€nci} ivleanlier Pfeifer ~~otec} that t}ae ~`o~r€~s~ittee l~len~bcrs include Cs~€an.ci.l lYfe~-nber 0~lhite as Vice-C:taai.r, Cc3€~ncii 11~e~nlaers }~€€spa ane3 Vara-~c;r a~asl t:.:iti.2en ~e~r~ber Nikki I-lutelainson. t'oa.u~cif ~/len~ber Pfeifr;r then coiled for a preseaatation oaa 13i1} No. ~6--%?2 sv}~.icla wcaulcl approve the issuance of scrap ~neta~r.}unl~ dealers/transfer siatiora }icenses for ca}ei7dar year Z~06 for ~,-i A~€tca farts, S}-€apiro Sales, Scs~€t.}a. I~c:rtd Scrap ~.: }?rocess, and. c ~~;rtrude Street l~~}etal RecycGing pt€rsa€ant to Sectio€a ~-51 of the ~'oar11~ I3enc~' 1t%ta~l~icipcrl C'c}c~ey. C~a€-y Gil€at; l~irc;ctcar caf Pr~b}ie ~iorl~.s a~$.~acle; the presentatic~~~. 1-le noted t}oat tl.ae fcaur (~) businesses referenr;ed in the resol€,€tion have c:acl~ beea~ inspected 13y floe 1.3epaa-tn~ent of Code l~a~forceir~ent and the i'ire Prevcntio€a Bureau and are 4_'o€.and to l ~e in compliance ~,vith local. laws. I-le: added that today the Board of Public. Wor:k.s .t~ecn.tn.r~a~ende=cl favorably o~~ fc€atr ~~~ a.dditi.oa~al basinesses ~.e~}~o s~vill be actLd upon by the Cou.~rcil at a future C;caaancil ~raeetin~7. Council Nie~~€ber Pfeifer notc;d that most of these businesses are located in Ce~aaneil~[eataber l~aaspa's ~:cau~~ci}rna~~ic District:. T}~ea-e was no prtlilic input in favor or i~a op}acasitioi~ io the Bili. ®r. Varner then aazade a €notion, seco€~ded by Ccararacil l~'1~:~~aber White that Bill No. t)6-~? be reco~xa~~aetaded }°avorabl_y to Council. The ~notiora passed. fJtader tn.i.sc~;l.la€aecaus business, ~"ity Attorney C~ha:rles f.e/one stat~:d that the City Ad€niraistration is revis~wing the proposed licensira~ bill so that it wi}} "~ca as sa~-€caothly as possible". 1-1e' nb~tec~ that lac and C'hicf Assistaa~t City At.tcarr€ey ~el~ose ~~ae:t wit}~ floe C'car~.a~cil Attorne~f to l~e~=in discussir€~ the Bii}. A.ttorrte;~ l~avi.d \/lirkin stated. float 1-ae represents a. scrap ~jard ~at~sirtess avouid.. }ike tra ~vcark with the city on the proposedl re~alatio~~s. The C~u~1ci.} Attorney ncat~;d that. s}~e f:a~ed the:. c;.ntir€:. cardizaance anal all attac}an~ents to l~r. Nlirkira anti. t}oat she. Evit} inc}v€de ll.i~7a .in the: disc~assi©r€s with floe I~e;ga} I~epaa~ti~aent, She noted that that Bi}} is not set for public }3earir~7 today and that it has been s~;nt tea t~'o€a.racil IVleabc~r White's l~eaith. and 1'ublie ~iafety C.-cana~nittee for re~~iew arad rec~ar~anendatio~a. Niareh t . ~UU6 Yersom~el ~md I?i€~a~~~;e Cu~~~mitteeiv`~ecinM wliRazites -1'a~cl t,f 2- Cc~ua~cil NCeanher ~Nhi.te stated that s1~e ~~~uld tie e~altin~ a a~aeetia~~ €sa~ that proposed ot~diraua~ce next ~vee~ r~v~ac~i"r woaad ra,ara ~r~ara ~ paw to ~ papa aa~cl that s3~e ~vc~a.a~d a~~ake ware that f~la-. T~i~kira receives notice ~~' it. There eia~ag ~~o furCller ~Sa.asia~.ess tc~ cot~ae hefore the C®ar~ra~ittee, Ca~ua:acil i~ea~nher l'1'eifer adjo€€rned the a~eetiaa~ at ~:~~ p,a~. ~espectfrall}~ sa:t~i~~itted, ~ `~ ~` C°c~uncil 11~Et~al~er Charlotte .~. ~feafer, C~hait-pe~'s~a~ ~'ersc~a~ne~ ancl. ~inaa~ce Coa~~aa~~ittee CF:inf March 13.3{1{)G i'iroimel anci.l~tnancc: Cnnnnittee Ntceing Idfiircttes -Page 2 0l' 2- .I®int 11!~~el~rr~ a7~tfa~ Pu~i~~c G~~r•~~ rararl I'a~rppeat~~ ~caerctir~rr ~;`r~ratrrr~tt~~ carc.c~ the ~er•~®r~rze~ rirta ~`~ra~~rtc•e C'€arnrraittee -1-'>ze .S~zdth Be~~c~ (~"c~r~ainr~n (.:r~ua~cil 2(3(~~~ The ~11arCl~ 13, 2~()6 joint ~~eetin~ of thc: Pailslic Works and 1'ropea-ty Vacatio~r C.o~-urr~ittee a~~d the 1'ersot~nel and 1~inance Goi~~~~~ittee was jointly called. to c~rd.er ley 1'~.~.Islic Works and :Property `v'acation Co~nn~itte;e ~-l~airperso~~, fir. David Varner and Council Me~n~ser Charlotte D. l~~eifer, :Personnel a.nd .l~ir~anee Corr~~nittee Claairperse~n at 3:~5 p.~~. ire the Co~:tncil Inl'or~na.l l~ee:ti~~~ Roo~~~. l~ersoras in atterAd.ance included Council ~e~nt~ers 1'uzzellt~, Kelly, Pfeil`er, Wl~.€te, IZo€~se Dieter, l~irsits and Varner, l~layor Stephen Li~eck~:, City ~'ontroller l~. Catherinr-; Fan~llo., ~ssistar~t `ire C~hie~ Rick Switalski; Co~n~r~unity ~ 1-~;coa~o~~ic l~evelop~ne~~t Director Sh~,roir l~endall, l~r~l~iic W€~rks 17ire,ctcar Crary C~ilot, Parks `~uperinter~de~tt Phil St. Clair; Building; Co~~an.~issioner lion bozo, 1?er4c~nr~el and I~inance Coiaa~z~ittee C•iti7e'~'~ l~l~~r~l~er Ni.kltii l~:utcl~i~~.sort, 1'~at?lic Works and Property Vacatiar~ Cc~~~~~r~ittee Citizen Ii~et~l~er IC.urt You~~~s, City Clerk. Icahn Voorde, Janie g,€~o of the ~~3artf7 ?~errc~ f'~•il~u~re a~~acl CoG.tncil ~€torne~~ Kat~aleen Cekat~ski-F arra~ld. Co~.~noil Ivle~~l~er 1'1'eiaer noted tl~~r€ the tr~e~l~ers €.~f the l~erss~nnel and Finance Co~~~nittee include C.o~,~ncil Iv~e~~il'rers White, Kuspa, V a~-~~er, ar~d herself; ar~d Nikki l~utehinsor~, Citizen IVle~nl~er. Dr. Varner noted that the ~~~e~~lters off' t6~e Pul7lic W s~rl~s and. 1'rope;rty Vacation C;a~~r~~ittee incl~rde C-o~~ncil l~~et~hers f'feiter, Dieter, 1'~tzze;llo and l~i~~seli`_, and Kart ~®ran~s as Citizen Meniher. It ~Raars further noted that the ~c)ir?t ~~eetin~ ol'tl~e Cr~i~~~~ittees was called tc~ c:~ntinr;e the review Sul,stitute Bi111~Io. 11-C1E~ which is the: proposed 2~()~ capital b~id~;et„ with the ec~2n~~~ittec~s also a~~eetir~~ ita joint sessioia on l~~a.rch 9. 2L[Ib. lVlayor L.uecke noted that a substantial a~~lo~ant of- ~~ateria:[ has been ~ro~,ieled tee the Council and that tl~e discussions ol. last week ~~rere ve.~T food, lie noted that a "squeeze is con~in~ arFd it is starting nc~~tir" as rctlee:tcd. i~~ tl~e reduced a.~x~ount asked i'or capital needs. l~r. Varr~€~r noted. that there vas no line-ite~~~ fs~r Co~x~.~~c~n Cc~unc:il capital. ile;tns in tl~e substit.~~te IiI..C. ~/layor I~ueclte stated. that he does reot Iva~ow if' the Cea~.bncil ~~-as apprised c~t~ the process wl•~en p~•pgeets mere 1-~eir~~ requested by tl~e Adn~inistratic~n. Ike noted I~Qwever tl~a.t it there are capital iteans which the Cc~r~~~cif needs that an additional appreapriatio~~ ordinance co€cld address the~?~ at a later date. Dr. Varner noted that he a~~ould like additional in~or~nation pro~~ided to tl~.e Cc~~r-~cil on a re~ula~- hasis which included a year end accc?ut~tinb for all iten3s addre,sscd in the capital l~ad~et. he Hated that the C;ou~~cil will ire 13ctter i~~fora~led i~ such it~~onnati©~~ is routinely provided try the Ad~~inistratioz~. March 13, ~UOG .loiut Meeting uf~ Ci]C ~'t~hfic LI'er~:.v c~; T'rc~~rerty Vacazinn Ca~nmz,i?c*t: ~ the i'eas~~~.e! & Fi~xia~~ ~~~!;~~~~ittet _t~.4ee t ~~ 3- ~€ar€~t t~~e€ia~~- ~~'~~ ~'t~b~i~ €~~°ks c~racl I'~c~~er°ty ~c~c€z~te~~t ~'~~n€rtrttee €rg~c~ tie ~'~~~~nne~ €aaa~ ~'t~t€€r~c~~ C~rr~~f~~ ~~1~~ 5'c~idt~a 1~~au~ ~'f~rn~nyrt Cc,zrt~eil 2~)d)~- Council Ivle~nber Pfeifer rooted twat the C~itg~ Clerk's Office should retain ail of tbe: i~~far-rsatiara ~ravided by tl~e City Cc~rtE-©ller in leer e~~~ails with tl~e capital budget. Nl. Catherine Fanello, Cit}1 Controller, noted that she is changing the internal process so that there is a getter data base. f-~s a result inforn~oatio~~ can be provided to the Council it tl~e futaa~-e. Dr. Varner thanl~ed the Cartrt~ller for responding tc~ all of his requests for additional infon~ation ar~d especial)}~ the additional line-ite~~ detail. Dr. Varner then ~-nade a motion, seconded by Council Member ~7+Il~ite that Substitute 13111 Nc~. I I-OCR be recom~~ended favaral~ly to Coa~;~cil. Tl~e ~notioi~ passed. ~_lyder rniscellat~eous business, Public ~~orks Director C~ar_y C=alc~t noted. that part of tl~e ~-step process of providing a "C,lcar River l~eaitl~y Neighborhood" began on Jan~ra~~ l , 20C1~. ~t the next Council t~eeti=~~ there will tie an ord.inanee for revenue bo~~ds and a list ~~f projects and app~-apriatiors.. They are following last year's blue p:rirt involving ~7.~ ~nillior, with ~7. ~~nillian of r~et proceeds being used. for preparati.o7~ c~l'specs and projects. Ire response to a question fra~a~ Cc~L~nci1 President pause, hiir. Clilot noted that local c;~~ntractors are being ide~~tified and ratified ~~f the ufieotning project. Courcii N4ei~ber l~irsits vs~iccd concern about the N[ichigan Street. Bridge pedestria~~ path being blocked by vehicles. ~v~r. (pilot voted that this was a state, f~igl~way praject, however Evir. Littrcl is irvaived anal. he waa~ld bring it tc~ his attention. i!t[r. `i'y Bancroft tl~e;n addressed the jt~ia~t cotnir~ittee regardit~.g a non-p~ay~nent issue on. the Chippewa Street recanstruetia~a project. Dr-. Varner noted that this wt~uld be a utter that slacsuld be addressed by the 13aard of Public t~Jarks and riot tl~e Council since the Board deals with such contracts directly. IV[r. Crilat stated that lie beiieves t8~i.s nay be a dispute between the generai contractor a~~d. the sub-contractors, but would look iota it. "l--'here being na further business to cc~~ne b~fc~re the joint ca~x~rnittee tr~eeting it was adjourned at 4_~G p.~~~. ~1aes;1~ [:,, 21}E)G loins i~~te~tz~~g ofthr: 1'tai~lie Wnrks ~ 1=7c~}iert3- : <ic~Etion ~`t~miniiicc ~ ~~e 1'krsoibncl ~ F'i~~at}ee Co~nmi~tee _E.>~i'_L ? ~t y_ e~®i~~t lly~~~tfn~ ~f ~1ae ~'r~b~it. Wr~rks ~~ee~ Pr®p~rt,~ ~rr~~ti~~~ C"r~~rtit~~~ ~r~~ tdZ~ ~~~:~~~zxae~d ~~c~ ~~r~c~~t~e ~`~rn~r~i~t~~ -~Izc ~~'~~utlz Bcncl f"r~m~~c~n Council ?~1[)F~ I~espectf~lly s~~i~~ittec~, ~~ C~u.rrcil tglienaber Ct~arlcstte L3, feifer, Cl~ai~•}~erson I~erso~~nel and Finance ~ot~~~itte~: ~. -~3r:-a~;~id darner, l~air~erson 1?i~blic works and Property ~Tacation ~oa~-~r~ittee l~C~':lc~nf Attacl~ae$s March 13, 2t3U6 Saint Meet~S~g of thePut~lio Works ~ I'ropert}+ ~`an~tion Conunitte~ ~ the P~h'scriu~ol cti I'iziance Cuiru~~iEEee _L'aQe 3 c~f'3- Pare eea~>~nB ltr ~ ~ranen A~ ~~te~ -2tIUG S<7itth Rei~ci Connncz~~ (;ouncil- The March l3, ?l~~; ~~seeting of the l~arl<s, arts, 1~ecreation and Ctisitttre ~#'~RC) Cosnsnittee t~fas called to order by C;ouncii Mes~sber l~nrs Pt~zzello at 3: t 5 p,sn. in the Crauncil l.nfors~sal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance isaclts.ded Council. M:eiaabers White, 1'uzzello, Rouse, Kelly and Vam.er; t'ARC Citizen Mei~her Char:yes A. Shocl~, Mayor Stephen l..;ueclce, City Controller .M.. Katherine t~anello, Executive Director of tl~e L3epartnlent of C:os~~nunity and. llconos~sie 1'3evelop~nent Depart~~nent Sharon l~endall, Residesstial Neighborhoods Citizen Mes~nber Maflrtha t~ewis, Mars. ~opola, City Clerlt iohn. Voorde, .la~nie l,oo of the ~~ourda 13c~~acd Ii•ih2rne and l~athleen Cekanski-f~arrand, Council ~.ttorney. Council Ivlesnl~er Puzzel.lo noted. that the men~.hers of the Cosr~mittee isaclude its C:hairpersos~, Council Member Dieter who is cosn~nitted doing his police duties; Vice-Chairperson, Council Member Kuspa, ~nrho is recovering from recent surgery; Council Mednl-sei- Kirsits and herseli~, along with citizen member Charles A. Shock. Courscil Me»ber Puzzeilo doted that the a-nc;eting was called far receive an s.apdate fros~ the City ~tdsninistration on tine Director €~(` Centuxy Center/Morris/Palms Royale and. a~~ update frogs the City Adt~sinistration on the C-oilege t~ootball Hall ofFas~se eontrac#. May®r Luec,lce stated that. he would address both topics. Ire his State of the City Address he stated that he ~~rould be i~~terestecl €n looking at coirsl~ining the lead.ershi.p positions t®r the C entu~~y C'enteriMor~-islPalais Royale and tha# tl-sere have been disc~~ssions ~,~~itla the Cents.ss~y Center Board of Managers. Tl~es-e s~~ay be son7e "good things" ~vlsich cone out o9' such. a consolidation, however they are not currently ready to take that step. The Mayor noted that Sandy L,ee has also resigsled. l~s-. Varner noted. that olte~~ peolale locsk at "protecting each person's tort", and. that there is concern about fewer ~ositioris if there wosild be a coml~inatio~~. Tl~e 1l~layor stated that there is an opportunity for the city and laving the sales forces avorki.ng together as opposed. to being in eos~spetition i~rith one another would be beneficial. City Cierlf ~~hn Voorde noted that the Indiana league of tVfunicipal Clerks and "freassarers convention ill be in South fiend this Spring and that all ttsree (.3) facilities will be ~~sed to show off South 13e~d. Council I~!ieiriher Wi~itc. inquired about the ti.n~e fras~ne: for the search and whether it s~~ill be national i~~ scope. Manor f:uecl~e stated that it will be a national search howe~fer he did not kno~~r tl~e tine fras~se. Ike stated in response to a question fi-osrs ~`ouncil Me:~~nber Puzzello that then are also looking ~~t an interim directorship. i'riPtC ~;onvili![~c iv3arch 13; ?Of)f -1'a~r. i ut ~- Council President Rouse stated that it is exciting to lie looking at all. options, especially in light of the Council's fiduciary duties old finding creative ways to reduce costs of operations ~vithartt sacri~ci.ng quality. ?~/Iayor L~€ecke stated that lie received the last draft of the inturi.ra~ ag~ree~nent far the College Faatba.Il I~al1 of Fame last Friday. They axe looking at. the ptablic contribution for operations expenses being reduced fro~~n ~b0~,00~ to eventually ~a'S00,~OC}; they are also looking at floe capital reserve I`und. to Dave a ge>aI of ~l million in reserve. At this point, Council 11~leanber I3ieter•joined the meeting. The Mayor stated that he was "sorry that the process has taken so long f7r. Vara~er noted that tlae second agreement had a provision that if the Hall left that the; City world be obligated to return. X1.9 million, and ingr~ired whether a similar provision would be in the new agree~r-ent. lie also inquired. what guarantees there are fi-on~ tl3e N~`F on an annual. basis. 1`vlavor l~uecke stated that the~~~ have included similar language if the Fall ceases operations. he added that there are no guarantees. l~Iaycrs- Luecice stated that the priorities are t~~r capital such as r-aaf; heating, air-conditionitrg, structural damage; and the; 'Zd draw woedd be far exhibitory such as new exhibits ar expansion of existing exhibits. Aranuai upgrades of exhibitory evould not 17~e eligible far a draw fro~xr the professional developrrze~~t funds. I~r. Varner inquired whether t~TSB, Inc. made a financial contribution to the I-fall Mayor Luecke stated that they did contribute far the Rc~ckne statute. f.~r. ~arrrer stated that "the devi.I i.s in the details". Ike noted that contracts have never been approved by the South Bend Cor~~r~an Council; and Ire questioned the funding related to the contracts. I-]e is drafting questions fo~~ tfae Indiana Attorney Creneral to address ia. tlri.s area, and once he receives a response he will share that infar~nation with the Ceauncil_. -kie voiced e€~nce;rrtas about M:r. Fallon's corninents in the past that he _just sees thc~ C'outreil as paying the bills. 1-le; noted that it has bee~~ fifteen (l 5 }years, and lzzelieves that there are cerntractual issues which geed to be addressed. l0~layor auec;ke stated that tl~e Nl~l~ leas raised ~nanc,y through the Legend .l;uncheons and perhaps they have not shared ezrough information with the Council. an those types of activities. Ike stated that they have a good working relationship with Rick: ~al.l.s and. with. the r~ew _Nl't~' 1'r€~si~Ien.t. The Mayor stated that they are trying tri relieve the tax burden. I~r. Varner stated that I~.e betieve;s that they situation needs to Ise clarified and that is ~vl~.y irc. i.s going- to the ACs's office, since Council approval rsf tl~e contract and. its Fr~ancial corx~~nitr~ler~t leas never been. sought. He added that he l~e;lieve:s that the ~FI~ needs to play a larger financial role. Y~h}2C C~x~nnittc~ `l[~?'ch I3,'(3(}6 -1't~;~e 2 of 3- ~~'here ~~eir~g ~.o f~~~er ~S~~siness ~~ ~:.o9~e ~efc~r~; the ~:~s~~3-~i.ttee, ~~~rncil i\rle~z~~e~° k~uzzeiic~ ad~~~~3eci the ~neetir~g ~€t 3:39 p.~a~. Re ectf~tl.l~, s initteci., ,~~ Ntet~her !~ ~ ~z~eli~ E~ARC ~o ~nittee ~e~nt~ "`~. ~o€~r~eil li~etnber Derek t3. Dieter, ~'h~i.~ers~~~ i'~.~C' E'c~~n~n~ttee P~RC Co~nsni[tee .March 13, 2U{l6 -~'~'~,e ' oP -~- ~ea~tb and nb~ Sate Com~ttee ~{1()f) 50t1[~z «GIEE1 ~ OC1111E<](t L.C1Ll11Cli The iVlarch ~ 3, ;~€IOb ~a~eetin~ o~ the l-leatth aa~d Pub;ie Safety Cc»nn~ittee ~~~as called to order at 4:1.5 p.t~. by its ~i.ce-C-liairpet•son, ~.o~~cil E~IIe~~i~er .~~ut~ l~~~z~eiio in the ~oun.eil's ,raforEnal 1\/Ieetin~ Room. Persons in att.endarrce included ~:our=,eii lVlerr€l~ers l~iete:r, Rouse, f':.rzzelio, White, !~irsits, Pfeifer, Kelly, arEd Varr~.er; health ar~d l~ul~li=~ Safety Citizen iV[errrlaer Christie I~, Ivie~rrll}~, ~!layor Stephen 1.ueeke, ~;ity Contrc~ltc;r ~. Catherine 1"ar~.ellc~, Public Works Director teary t:ri.lt~t, Parks Sorperinte.t~dent Phil St. Clair, ~t~lic;e Cl~iet i l~o~nas Fautz; Residential Nei~hborl~ood C:c~~~rnittee Citizen t~Ier~ril~er Ntartha l~ewis, ~xecaz.tive t~. hector o~ the Depa.rt.at~errt o:l~Ccr~x~n~un.ity. and ~cortor~nic Develop~~nent. Sharon l~endall; lv7rs. ~ol7ola, Sit. John Scuba, ~~~.:iaaes Walsh, S~~t. Ricic t2icit l~u~~:o~~~ski, C:carntnurtity ~ tct~notnie .i_3e~~elol?l~aerat C~~ar~r~~tttec ~'.it~zet~ lvte~-nber I~.a.rtirr Woltscrt~, .ia~~ie l.oo ol`t~i~e .`~c~~~~'~r ~rzr2c~ '~'~~i~r~3~~~ anal I~athleer~ Cel:anski-~~arrand, Cat~~cil ~Ottorney. C:ottneil. ~Ie~.t~ber Puzzello ,•~c?ted that tt~e Cha.i.rperson crf the: Con-rn~ittc;e; Cocrnc.il iVtcmber White was on tl-~e tc;le}~hone and that she world coed€~e.t tl~e t~eetiz~~ until she ~~ias available. She noted tl~?at tl~e ~".c~n•otxrittee ~~nernbers i~~~ti€cl~ Cc~~~.rac~il.1~'i:e~n~sers v~arner, i~~spa, `Vaihite and l~~rsell',. ar~d ~.itizer~ n~e~r~l~er ~;hristie ~. .Mc~:~~ll~f. 'Tl~e topic listed. orE the C€~rrcrnittee agenda was "Discussion c~r~ Police `Fake l~o~~e C,ar 1'olie}i-James Walsh". St..iarr~es Walsh noted that lie had er~~tailed Council Mer~l3er White re~ardin~ the discussion with the ~dz~i~listration tl~a.t the ~ ounc;il ~Iernl~ers ~~ay b~: clisc,ussi~~~ taki;~~ away the ponce take han~e cars. lie stated that. the take l~o~~e car pro~~ra~r~. is very valuable to the city in light of it providing increased. ponce l~resenee, and. that they wou'td Eike th }~rca~ran~ eor~tinued. Police Cl~iel` "~"f1~~n~as F`autz stated that a ineeti~~€~ iva4 hold the ~C7t' after June of last year whe~~ ~~ascalinc; prices bean to spike. ~ Noted. that Ise i~~et with the Police xeccrtive Hoard to locale at the prol~lcrr~ and see il~there is a s©lutiorr, aa~d that 5~~t, Walsh was unable to attend that n~e~tin~. ale noted that the 1•~[)P ineml~ership dicfi voluntarily cr>t back org pri~?~te usage a3't.he tale lio~nc: cars last year; however usage is "startir~t; to coYr~e up a~air~". ~;csuncil l~era~l.ser Pfeifer ~~oted that tour 4,'t~ reside~~ts have asked.laer al:r«ut the police take-hon~>e ear pro~~ra~, especially i~~ l:i~ht o['cars ~oir~g outside oft:he city a.r~d real estate tars increasing. She stated that perhaps there s4rould lie a re-evaluation c~tthe ~~ro~ran•-, and t'r~at if it vas witl-rin her power anyone w°tic~ ~~•orlcs for the city would have b€: '~ivin~ ~~~thi~~ the city. ~i~~t. `alsh stated that state Iaw does €~e~t reclttire ptiblie sal:ety c>tficers to live withi.ta. the cit4f. Often, South 13er~d police Officers baclk-cEl~ l~isl~awaka a:rrd St. Joseph. Corit~ty Police ~fiic:ers c?n their way hoir~e. lie added that them is increased v~isi:t~ility ~~~i~l~ serves tote public safety. ]ntek'eSts. C;auncil IVletnber l~.elly stated. That h.e is strongly in favor oi~ tl~.e police take-~o~-ne car prc~€~ra~~, Ele stated that there increased poker; visibility in neighborhoods, and he k~elieves it is "a ~~at M<uuh i 3, Zt~G6 i leallh ~ane~ Public S~afetY Cc>n~n1i[ie~ t;~~ the ~{)f1C Sotztt~ Yaetiu i~r~i~~n~o~~ C;t~~#nci]' -Wage 1 oi' 3 - progra~~". 1-le co~~€n€;nded tl~e FAT' far tal:irpg the initiative on their sewn to sa~~e ~~c~ne~r and gasoline; and with gasaiine price-s increasing that .is what is upsetting the People. S~.:ioh.n Szuba stated that the FC31? has pL~t together a spreadsheet avl~icli shcstivs that they are cutting back- on usage. lie: does not believe that there was a "spike" in Tanuary ~C)~C~ since their figures show that there r~ras ®nly an increase of tI'3 of 1 gallon per car per day. ~'~e ~'~}P v€~lu~~tary prngran~ resulted in a cut back. at 2,5€3 gallal~s. -ie added t3~at officers are otter recli~ired to attend classes which are held or~tside at: tl~e citgr; and that the PAP 11as been prc~-active in this area. tar. ~far~er noted that st-atistics aver t:im.e will. slow the overall. usage. l-le noted that it appears tl--at the Police C~epartrr~ent was a:~~le tc~ stay ~vithi~~ the budget 1`€~r this line-item. He added that the ~o~~~n~ora ~:otttacil cannot take away this progra~.~~. 1-le also added that the (;ou.ncil leas been reviewing the capital l~ttdget for the past several weeks, and that t'nat also reflects a red~~ctia~~. ate, stated that ive must all l~l' pro-active and he crrnmended tl~e l~t1P for their ettc~rts. Sgt. Rick R~~zkowsiti noted that they se~lci the wage package which only inclr~cied a 2a% wage i~~creasc; in light of tl~ac on-going police tal:e_h®n~e car lsrogra~.7~. Fle €~t~ted ti~at Eye sits on lath the gage Ca~~n~ittee a.nd tl~e l,abr~rll~anage~nent tti~`an~~~n~ttee. Prior to 1~~1~ when tl7e take-hc~t~€~: car program began, tl~e police depai~t~nent w°as not as cost-effective. tIe stated that response times have ~n~proved a~1d drat tl~€; ove€-aii wear and tea.€~ on the vehicles has dropped. Ile then asi~ed the ~;ouncil ii' it ores ca~~sid.ering i.tnpcssing a sure}urge far eaclss ponce ott~cer whc~ had- a take hoirte car. Ccsan.cii ~le9~l~er V~hite and ter. darner b©t stated that there has been no discussion Ley the council 1lile~rt.bers with regard to any type cal` surcharge. ~'c~uncii Nlet~al.~er 'hire added that there is a. need. tar co~nir~unication with.. tl~e LabarlNlanage~r~ent ~:an~nBittee a~~d the Adtninistratit~t~. 't'here 1•tas beer na discussion by tl~e council or by the 1-lealtlt and Pul~l.ic Safety Con~~~ittee tc> curtail tl:~e tame-~~-an-~.e car program. ~`auncil l~le3~lber l~,irsits noted that he revic;rvs the information provided tc~ tl~~: C:-o~tncil an the ci.tv's cn.ti~•e vehicle fleet a.s part of leis duties of €1laking the cit;j safer. Ile voiced concern. a.l~®ut approximately 75°~0 of tl~e laolice deparnnent Living outside of the city cis "critical e~~~iloyees". }.le l~nrsws that state Ia~v per~~~its this and. he i:r€c~ws that there is better eat.e at tl~e veh.ic;les, however they 4hould always laok at ways a~ being snare efficient. l;~r. darner noted that the pro-active ~nea.sures of the rOl' are great and that he d~rc~uld be interested in seeing their data, as well as any ether intor~~ation w~l~ich may have been filed with tl~e: board of 1'ubl.ic Safety ~vl~ich is releva~~t. ~a~E.t7c.il i~e~nber ~lhite zaoted that there have been a series ok articles in tl~e ~~~zE~lr f3c>>ac~ 13•a13~1~~~~. al~ot~t vacant i~o~nes. She noted €.h.a.t this topic has been discussed at the ~ortncil's retreat, and drat she will. die canon€~ing to discuss it ley 1€~ol~ing at the shirt al` poprtlatio~~s in the cotr~rn~~nity anal tl~e treed to rvorl~ closely with the pity t~.d-t~inistratic~n in cr~•der tc~ adcl~-ess it. Sloe naffed that tl~e city needs tc~ look. at the data a.nd look at why these trends are developing. ivlarch 13, ~tJf1G Hc~31t1~ at~d Pi~1~1ic ~a[2[S` ~-onu~~itt~;a of the-?OOG tiuiati~ I3~c3C~3~rv?'~ou t:oc~i3cil ~o~ncii IVIe>~nt~er deter ~n.~i. ~e~.y ~~reed that cs~ntir~uir~~ ~iz~.~a~~.-e an the incre~.se at ~~ac~nt han~es needs to t~:~ce puce. There ~~eing tin f~rtl~er ~t~si~~ess to cane t~efare the C:a~n~nittee, ~o>.Pnci~ Me>nher ViJh.i.te ~cijourned the E-"o>n~x~ittee ~~eetn~ at ~:37p,~-n. Pespectfully sul~i~itte~, ~~< jam- ~" ~,/~..._ ~cn~ncil Nferni~er:~.aren ~.. White, ~:~~airpersc~n C th a~~d P~ ~c ~~fety ~.a>nrni ee ~~ auncil l~e~-nber A ~ zze~lc~, ~J~cc-~'hairpers€~s~ ~ea~th a>ad I~o.~.l~~ic Safety Carnir~ittee Ma~cctz 13, 2QO6 1 ieaslEh and ~'ublic 5afctr~ C`orri~lvttee o}'. i:he ZU06 ~Eiut3~ F3ei3d Ccrmnxa7 Counci} -Fade 3 oY 3