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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-24-06 Community & Economic DevelopmentCoa~muni~r and cl~naa~il~ Dae~op i ~ riff. Sat3!l~lsc~~c~C;rniru~or! E~<~~nai;! ~'l~e April 24, 2fla~; n~eeti~~~ E~f the ~'on~»-~urtity, a~~c~ i=;co~~oi1-~ic l~eve~o~~~~e~~t C~;o~~f~~~tte~ r~~s called. to order by its Chairperson, C-oL~ncl Mernher l~ola~~d Kelly at ~?~ }~ p,~-n. ire tl~e Council Ir~for~~al meeting lCOC~~. Perso~~s i~~ attendance inelc~ded C~c~~~ncii Me~x~:~ers Kelly, puzzeilc~, i~Thite, ~1~7ieter, Pfei~i~r, yTa,rner, I<irsits and I~o~.~.se; Co~~~~~unity anal ~cor3o~~;ic I~evelopl~aent Co~~inittee Citizen Men~t~er Mart~r~ ~Nolfson, l~eside~~tial Neighhorl~c~ods Con~p~iittee Citizen Me€n~~er Martha i_,ewis, public ~Nc~rl:s and Property ~ aeation Co~~~nzittee Citizen ~~et~l~e~~ K~z~.t ~Ioul~gs, Mrs. 1{opol~a, ~;ity ~`ittort~ey Charles Leone, l3oh l~ltatk~ia, l~Ilyra IJawson, Paul. Martz, ~an~ie loo of the ~ti'r~zatla I~~~ru~ 7~ih~.rr~e anal IS.athleey~ Ceha~~~slti-~'arrar~d, Council Ai~4~orney. Ce~urtcil 1VIe~l~ber Kelly noted that the cc~~n~liittee consists of ~;ouneil. !lernbers P~.~zzello, Kirsits, [~c~spa Ecnd hi~~sel~ ar~d Citize~~ Mey~l~er Martin Val®lfsor~. ilk loo, tIG-~.l ~ 5-~eaa° ll~e~~cl~~atl~~ ~2e~1 1<'rc~ ae~•t ~~x ~~te~a~er~.~ ~e ~~~t of I~~b~#:~t lEa~~° Council MernE~er Kelly then galled for a presentation on 13111 No. 1}~?-> l which is a request of I-Ial~itat fc~r Ilut~anity of St. 3osel:~i~ Cc~u~~ty for a. eve-yeas residential real property tai abateflnent fc~r the Iaroperttos 4ocated at I I ~2 Sorin, l Ei24 1`]rzrtha~~, 2?? I Smith, ~ l~ a.r~d 6~EI walnut and 1(I5, l (}9 and l 1. ~ Carlisle. 13oh 1`~tatl~ia of the l~epartn~er€t of ~`-o~~!-~~?utaity anti 1-cono~t~ic l~evelop~ner~t reported that tl~e l~etifiioner flans to c;or~strucl single-fancily homes at each of tl-~c~ eight t;S~ listed. add~•esses contained. in the resoltztior~. the cc~nstru.ction would be in-fill constru.ctio?~. The average l~sri.ce of €;ae Douse would lie ~~S;C~t~C~ for a total cost of the project l~ei~ag ~5?~.:C~CjtI. lie stated that the request meets the rec?uirc.rr~ents set forth in stag. and local laws. Myra Lawson of I~ahitttt for Ni~~x'~~nity ol` St..lose~~l~ Cour~t~r t~aade the forr~-al presentatioX~. I€a response to questions fro~x~ Council Me¢r~l7er ~~-'feif~r, 1~11s. La~vsc~r~ stated that they I~a~~ bee~~ E~uilclin~; in the Souti~ Bend area. si~~e;e l ~~~? a~~€l i~~~:,l~.~dc:, sweat. egr~ity in their p~•ograi~. A~te~• successfully rneetir~~~ the criteria for ten f l ~) _years, a ~~~ort~a~e wo~.ld lie Eoryi.yaE~le. Shc stated that sloe could prepare a report going hack to l9'~D wl~iel~ would i~~elude i~~forn~atio~~ on eaclf Douse l.~azilt, how long tl~e persons lived ia7 each house, whether there were any proble3ns after the t.ax abate~~aent pe:rioci expired, etc., and would file this with tl~e Clffice of the City Clerlk, Co~.~ncil Meznher I~~'ei~er stated that su~:.h a report would assist the Council in evaluating th.e overall ef~ec:,tivez~ess of the progra~~f. C:c~uracil l~~ernber Kelly aga'eed. that a report o(~ this type ~~loul.d he eery helpful t.o laoth. the Adn~inistratior~. and the Council. ~,~ -~~~!~t ~ ,~,r ~- ~aral 2~?, ~ G.,.3 t'c~m:~at!nhti' afxl Fie~itt~n~.ic l)evloi~mei~t C'c7az~i~tf3a~;~ M. eetin~. hl.ailtit~s C'otnn~ittee Citizen Me~nher Martin Wolfson s~~ggested that a r-nap of where each house is located also ~~; int•l~.~tled in the report. ~ebt~r~cil l~lle~ulaer belly noted that the discussed held. last Saturday which vas chaired l;?y ~~-~~essor ~lvoifscr~ was exce~len.t. I~3 response to a cl.uestion froth ~.'ou~acil Nie~l~er Puzzello, Professor Wo}~`st~n. stated that he raas received doc~tt~et~ts fro~~t thy: Office of #lte City Clerk of iterrts to lie heard ~~~ the ~or~nt~aittee. Martha Lewis noted that in light of City Plat, she; ~avoulcl hope that =here cc?~Id Vie, design ehangt:s in the types oi`l~otes eronstructed lay I-ta~itat for l~t.~rt~anity. ivls. Dawson stated that they Dave made changes on the porches and wttt~ld. l~se avi.d.li~tg to word with the various neighl~t~rhood associations. Professor Vvoltso~t stated thztt l Ial~ita.t is ~~ good working p~rogra~tt artc~ provides a good benc;i`it tc, the City. ~;c~uncil NIeEt~l~er I~it-sits then made a tt~otion, sect?nded ~iy ~:tteet~cii Me~~aher l'uz~:ello that l3il,E No. ~6-31 l.~e ret'dn7't~YlendeCl #'~vt~ral~ly to Cou~tcil. The ntt}tiott passed. ll;ili Nos X16-;fir 1Nive ~ ~'~as• ~~~-sora~l. P~•t~ ~~-t ~'ax ~~b teertt i&o oast ai' i~i~nc~ `f'ocal ~ ~~ iraeeri~ ~aie.; ~: ettzt~cil 1'~ctnllerr belly tltet~ c~{lled for a rel7ort frea€~ the ~.ity Ae~rnia~€stratie~~~ c~r~ ~i1€ Nc~. d)b-3?. l3oi~ Mati~ia of tl~e l")epart~~~ent of C;oaxatttuttity anc-1 €~c:onontic; I~evel€aptt~ent rep©rted that. the Petitioner plats to <tdd additi.tanal r.~~achinery t® his t;ca~~lpany. Five; ~5~ new ~ol~s tivould he created a~~d 5~ -jobs would ire ~t~aintainee3. The cost of the a~tacltinery is ~S2 it~illion. lie stated that the request meets the reeyuiretrrents set forth. in state and local laws. i'attl I~~artz of Mack Tool. & 1/ngineering, lt~c., located at 2821 Viricliatt Drive made the fortn.a.l presentation. lie nt~ted that this is the 3rd tax. at~atet~te~tt regc€.est of his co~ttpany. Th.e provide parts for tl~e tttediai and aerospace industries. Pacl~ titre they have requested tax a:t~aterr~ent they have exceeded the nuttn~ers set 1`orth in their' applications. "T'he nerve egt.tiptttent and th; tax ahatett~tet~t would allow the company to cotttittue to lie competitive in tl7e ara.rket. Council Nlet~-t€~er Puzzello i.rtquirecl about prooz that overall. duality is ~tp. Mr. Martz stated that. machine and tools shops l.ocatc;d in il~e l;Tnited States react a socially sta1,le society; they reflect good transportatias-~ services; attd also reflect a very skilled wort: force who reettiarly show ttp to work- Their cot~tpa.ny detrands l.~€i°.% accuracy anti quality it-~ light of the medial attd aerospace ittdttstries that they serve. Mach atatotnation. and. cot~tputer-cotttt•olled equipt~aent is involved. He stated t:~~at trattufactu.ring o#` this type is trot as glatxaort~~s h~€t it is going strong in. the United States. F3oeirtg plans to make 9(}0 }Manes over a 3()-year period. A~'t~ilZd.2i}I36Conu~titniLyi~nci~°,coix~E~.tic!)ec°elup~ttente:Ut1'~ntill~eivlieEin~a,`~7inu4es -t'a~?e?ot 3 ila~t1~19 ~~ n~~~l~~ iillll~ ?Q~3(i SoL~thl3ci~d Conuno~~C:o~iu3ci T lie April ?~, 2DD6 rr~eeting of the ~onir~~ and !~.a~lnexati€~n C t~ntlxliltee eras called t€~ arder t~~i its Mice-Chairperson, Cel.lncil Me€pber Al `~l~l.,dd~f" ~irsits at 3:3D p.€n. in the Council lrtforl~ral Meeting Roc~~~~. persons in attendal~ce il~clr~ded ~€~ncil I~~en~l~ers l'uzzellc~, i~l~ite; ~arl~er, t'leifer; belly, deter, ~:irsits and douse; ~€tizen Me~~~l~er .~. rdwarc# "1"alley, C it}r Col troller Its. Cat:~~erine Fanello, Mrs. ~opoia, IVlartha i.e~~ris, .Marco Mariam, i~urt Yc~un~s, Michael Janch, Robert l~el~neth, ~tatr~ie L,csE~ of the .~~~~~t1i Ise€a I i•iht~rac~ and l~ath#een C'el{c°i.nski-l~arrand; Cot~l~cil I-~ttc~rn~v.. ~:€~uncil M€:lnber l~irsits nclted That he moped that Co~~~~cil Mei~lber l~rbspa would ~e joining the Co€n~cil in the very near f€at€]rc.. He then stated ti~at tl~e C'o~~»ittee consists of`Council Men~hers l~~spa, Dieter, white and. hila~self; auith ~. ~`dward.'faltey searing as the. ~`itiz.en Me~?~ber on the co~~~nittee. ~~l# l~lo. ~6-;~#)~a'VVd°itte~t li{'iseal il~#a~ 'aa-,~ts~er lac;, Ann~xatm®~ ~€•e~a Cc~uneil Mel~nber Kirsits called #or a pres€:nt.atiorl on Bill N€~. 0~-~~~ wl~icl~ is a. proposed resolution to adopt a written fiscal plan and estahlish a policy for services to tl?e Bolan Ro_y Ar~aae~,ation Area. located its Clay ~c~w-nship. ~'ol.~~~c.il M~?r7~Lr leirs?ts noted that he woti~ld then call for tlae Area Playa l~epcart and a l.sresentation orl tlae col~apanion bill, nan~lely Bill. l~lo. D7-0(i Marco Nlaria7ai csf the %~epart~aaent cif C"c~~~l~~€]nity aa~d l~,cono~~ic ~~trelc~p~~l~l:ot a~~ad~ tl~e presentatitan. ~-le noted that the proposed anl~exation area col~si.sts raf ."r~ acres cif vacant. utain~pr©ved land which is located in Clay Township. Ike tl-leca reviewed thL writte~a Iliscal Plata which is marked. 1'~hil~it A arad is ~rttached to Bill. No. D~-3[l. lie noted that the proposed. area wo€~ld be ira Police Beat. ~ l l ; would rec~;i~.je fire ser~~ices trolaa 1~ire Station ~ 2, and F1V1S services frolaa lire Station # ?. Ile they highlighted i~aforlaaation erl page ~ of tl~e ~:xhibit A, which states that "variation in the planes o#~ e.~:teri€~r walls (~a7assingrproportion~ and or other facade elements that nai~llt adc# ilaterest to the western facade of these four units is strongly rec©~a~tnendcd'°. Cola~lr~ents fi'oin Council. Member t'feifer, h.i.te:, anti la1_azzello suggested that ila light of City Plan that tlae "strongly reco~a~ca3ended" la:aguage bc; considered as a req€~ir~inerat instead. The Council Attorney suggested that if the petitioner agreed anritla this request, that Mr. l~aa°iani. should theca amend ~3i11 Flo. D6-3t~ on the 3rd page in Suction 1l I and add the words "as al:nended°. in the 2d Line ilnnaediately after the reference to "#~;xhibit A". She also recotaarnendecl that on page. ~ of I~;xhibit :~, irl tine last paragj-apl~ in ~ectien 1~ on that page, last lino that. the words ~`stron~ly recomcaa.el~ded" he deleted and that "required" be inserted instead. Slae f€€rther reco~~arrlended that in tlae future, the petiti€aner or the petitioner's representative should recei~~e a copy of the proposed resolution anal exhil~i.t ad.d.ressing the proposed fiscal pl.art so that he or she l'ia.s notice of all. items in those docu~a~ents; and so that they tnay ha~~e fhe opportur~it~7 to discuss them. with the CBD staff prier to the C-ouncil's colx~~aaittee l~teeting. April Zd , 2Cit7b ~.iii~in~ ss~lti A1t~3e~t~~io~~ 'a~tsi~~i#4i:e or ila 2{itiEk tit~ttih I .end Com~n~~s3 t'411nC,;i _~'+Wi; 1 t~'r l.~l response to a ctn.€estir~r~ free C~-itizerl I!~el~~er ~. ;~;dward °t'~lley, NIr. ~anc~l~, tie represc:~-~tcrt~~~e; for :ial~r@ l~€~y, stated t:~at lie warllci ~vark with C~t~~ €~ tine blew recltaire:~~ret~t.. Ilr. ~la.ri.ani added. that the estitx~ated ta~e;s w€~uld. lac ~~,~(?t9 per ~~l~it. dill ~[~. 07-0G 54670'i~lis ,~wer~t,e-.~€>:~ ita~ nn~'x~ti€~n ~re~ ~n ~`I~..y 'l`or~nsi Ral~ert Ne€neth, ~ Planner witl~~ Are<z Pla€~ €~eported that the petitial~er prc~pases t€j co~~str€€ct twa (2) buildings with ia€ar {~-} townhouses its eaci~. ~ lie zat~€irlg wat~is change fray "l~" iZesisential in the eaunty to I~IFi fJrban C€~rri€lar l~!C€titifa~nily in the city. lie added that tl~e ,area plan Ca~~~;~issic3r~ leis a p€il~lic l~eari~lg air tfl€: ref}nest c~~~ i1?iar€;}~ ?l, ?~tt~> and sends the Bill is file Cou«cil with. a favarabl€; recan~€~neltcl~.tian. f~iel~ael l~ancl~ of ~a€~ch, t-larner ~. ~.ssacia,tes; l~~e.. ~~~itl~ c~ftcus at 1~~3 Ca~~l~~e~ree :give i~~ ~€~arth Benc! ~~ade the preser~tatian €~n behalf of Sohn Rohr. He pro~~ided copies of the prc:lirl~inary sit€~ plan t€> the Co~rlinittee (copy attached}. IVir. L)a.nctr stated. tlta.t tine eight ($) townhouses wc~>~ld range in ~ralue from ~1~f),r.~0[6 to ~l ~~,OOCI. ~e adclecl. that there ~vc~uld lie na prallle~n with regard to the <architectr€ral ~;ttidelirtes previtit~sly clisclw€sscd; ana t:~at he ~n7c7~.licl work wiil~ tire. city with e~egarcl to an access ease~~~ent. l~allawin~ discussion, Cat~r~ci! it/fe~~~i~er Mete€- ~~lade a r;lat.i€>~~; seccg~~decl 't7y ~~oc€r~ciE I~el~~t~er White tl~rat Bill Na. Q~-3~ as to lie a~~ended and I3ii1 No.()7-()~ 13e recoi~~rlel3ded favorably to Council. The la~atian passes. Re ues~ fc~r ~ ~antinuance nff an A cal of Denial off .e~°>ti~cate ®~' ~ ~ ro ~~°iateness T~i~. 20(}5-102~~ b fhe lislari~ >P>r'es r~~t~an C'Q~ntn~ssia~r~ ufi tl~e ~:~~~ of Knuth l~en€i l4olr h_e~~e~t„~ located ut 200 Pog•tu6e ~~enue: Tl~e Council. Attorney Dated that she 1?as laeer~ ira carrtact far thr; attorneys representing; the panics in the 1-11~C. appeal. ~acl~ C:au~~cil Nle~~i~}er silcaa.id l.~avc received. carrespand.ence ire their ~;o€€rlcil. Packets fra~n each attorney rec}r-esting a col~tir~uanc~: in light of a~7going disc.l_~ssions and progress involving a tt$ird party. Sl?e recar~~>~~endc:cl that in light of tl~e €°ecl>r€est, that tl~e Co~~~€nittee should consider continuing tl~e Appeal ci€rrently set far April 27t1~ to the ~`cs€€ncii nieetin~ of Tune i?t1~., with ,tune 7th being established, a.s t[~e cut-off' d.ea.dline for the ~hng of legal rnel7aorand.ul~s by legal ca€~nsel. Council I~/letnber White made a n~atio€? to that- effect, wl~i~;h ~,va.s sec€~nded. by ~-auncil iVleta-~t~er f)iete~°. T-~e ~x~otian passed. ~:~scelluneQUS l~usil;~ess: Citizen Me~rl~see- J. Edward Talley s~rrted that he w€?uld have like tc~ Dave ganc oi~ the trolley ride wl~ieh the Calr€jcil recently took tilrongl~€~~lt varia~.~s neigl~barllaads. lie stated that when l~.e intt~rrric:wed i:ar tl~e Citizen IViet~ber position that he stated that he was eery interested ir> neigl~barhoods and believes that invalven~ent ire stlcl~ trips wa>rlid have been beneficial. Council president Rouse stated that sa~n.e of the Citizen. Niel~~bers dial par~~icipate in t[3e pl~lrige. April 2~! ._ 2i).)tz I:n~i~~g au~d l~zv~caafio~}t:o~~ic~3ttee cz;'the't3E1{~ sataih ~3e3~d ~~« izlmon Com'3ci; -P.~~;e 2 of t- ~.r. ~`altey stated that he c~~ntact the city ar~d ~va.s advised fiat tine ~€~u~zci9 preferred that ~r~~y ~`~~lneii 11/~~mbers participate its the .i~itiai pia~~;e. t eras ~~c~ted. teat citi~e~ ~~~e~r~~.~ers wc?«l.ci receive ~crti~:e ~f f~tre trims 5~ ti~at they ~«~,~~j~.i.d have tl~~; c~ppa~~t~~~~ity t€~ participate. ~E,I~ere ~Sein~ ~a ~~rther ~SUSeness t~ cc~~~1e l~setc~re tie C~c~t~~~~~zittee; ~;c~uraci~ e~~~~er I<irsits adjc~~.~~-~~ed tine ~~c~~l`~~~Zittee ~neeti~~~ at':5~ p.~~. 1_~espectfrrlly s~i~~nitted, i, ~r C€~ur~eii 1i~e~~rhe;r Ai "~t~dc~y,R ]~.irsits., ~iceW~ hairp~rsort. :~:c~ni~~b a.~~d ~~~nexati~~~ ~`~a3~~~.ittee: ~~~~:~r~~f' ~ttachr~ents I:~il 2~ , ZE14C~ Lon.i~t~ ~s~d Iwm~ atio~l Comn~i~t'~i {~t~ ih¢ 2(!C3f St?€ith F3er~~l C UkTlll7f117 Counci] -f'ar~ .i nt 3 In response to ~ q€.€estiksn i'rc~€ Professor ~sslfso€~ c~~a ~,ffir€~€ati~~e actio€.~, fir. i--~~irtr st~teci tl-€~t it is hard iii 1~ire sir?c.e there a€-~ €~cs "jc>~ s~a~s`' ~r€ ~~ig~ sc.i~t~~~a€s ar~c~ lie ~civertise~ i~ tie ~~e~~~saper for fo€,€r (4) weeks a.r€d orsty got t~~~c~ ~?} respanses from k€~€alified indavikl>~€als. l ~.e has hec;r~ €~ contact ~vit[~ l:~Jy '€`ecl~, l~o~veve€- lie gets zerk~s assistance 1'ron~ high sel~oal la€°ogra€i~s. He is i€~volved in try'irfg t® get r®botics classes in high scl~ok~ls. tT'aunci113residey~t ~.o€zse also Hated that tl~se ~aturda.~.~ ~varltsl~€~sp caraducted by Presfe:ssor ~alfs€~€~ vas eskcellent. fte ~€,€rtl~er noted that he was retirk~d ~ro~~€ 1-laneyw~;ll ~.nd i~€at cl~€~.li~ted pegs®ns c.orild he lo€;ated ar~d he ~u€ar€1. ii'~€: to taii4 ~~%it~ tcle }~etit;ssner privately o~~ that €i~~tter. ~€a response tc~ a questio€~ from C.cs4~€~€eil I~!le€~her ~i.eter, the l~etitiQner noted that the co€~~a~?}f has l~c~e;~ i~~ ho.€siness fcsr 57 years with tt€e average sala~-~, lei€~<g ~~[?.Ot~~(~ ~t€~grtkally. lzr response to a gt€istion. 1'ro~r€ Cc~l~.r€c;il Mer€-t~er 1'feiter, the petitioner stated t11at ~ of 4~ i€~dividuals an the shop Moor are wo€~ten. l~eper€ding ksn tl~e slkill level, dourly rates range fr°an~ ~1_Cs, `n22 to X26.(30. In €'espc~nse to a question fr~s~x€: P€-ofessor '~~r'c~lfst~€~> tl~e petitia€~k;r stated. that the pri€~a€j~ c}~~iities lie is balking #©€- in en7plt~yees are those that sl~cw up fa~° work o~~ ~ regr€la~- ~€~~ punctual teas€s ar€d who carry o~€t the t~tslk5 they a.re asl~ed to perf~srz~-€. 1~c~lio~ving diset€ssion, Cora€~eil l~le€ni~er I~uzzello t€~ade a a~~otio€~, seconde,d ley Council ~en~ler ~irsits that 13111. lVo. ~~-;? ~e recon~t~aended farft~ralsly to Co;r€ncil. T1ie €notion passed. ~'~isc~t~anco~s >~t'tsin~ss: [t ~~~as sr€ggested that €rtates car a report from l'rofessar ~Ialf'sc~€7`s sen7is~ary lie provided tc~ the Car€ncil. After discussion on this suggestion, Council lVe€~~ber 14.e11}f stated that lie would prefer €l~at s~€ch a report lie given ~t a regular 2d esr 4th. Monday Co€~€~€ittee €~-€eeti.ng, and il' additional t~€eetints wo€aid 1~€ave to 1~c: ca#iec1, that he would do so. ~'l~ere lsei€~g r.€a ~~.€.rther t~usiness to cue; ~;f-ore the Crs€~-€mittee, Ca~~tr€ci1 ~~e€nhe€° belly adjor€t~r~c:d tl7e €neetir~.g at 4:18 p.s~. lie fully sins€nitted, '; Coune.il 1t?len;:€~er Roland Ke1Iy; Chairperstsn Co€x~€~unity and. l=scono€~rzc ~evelc~l3€nent C:c~€~€~ittee Attael~~-ne€~ts I~prii 2~~_ ?f;N~C~ Cun~fnnnit~~ and l:icc~noitlii l~eecloF~me~zt Co~~u»}4Eee Heeling !17inutes -Pa~~ 3 uf~ 3 u~i~tie~ C~m-m~te~ 2t}t)f> 5c>ut1~ l.ic;iid ('on2~~~oat C:ouncil_ -fhe April 7_4, 2(~()~s cif the ~~tilities ~nl?~.~i~ittee vvas eai~~d to €~rder ~y its ~;~airpersQn, C~€lncil lt!1e~~11~er At "eddy°' t~i~-sits at ~:~t} p.n~. ire the C€a€sncil lr~forn:lal Meeting loo€~~. Persons in attendance included council. Mea-nl~ers ~ieter_ Pfeif€;r, Pllz~etlo, Varrber, white, belly, ~irsits and l~orlse; lJtilities ~`oanlnittee Citizen -Nfi~rrrher Gene t~enc~i, Residont;al I~+*igh~~onc~~s~(~s Colnt~.~ittee Ms;~nber Martha Lewis, Pulslic ~i~~rl~s aald l3reslsert}~ Vacation. ~.'on.ln~ittee Me€nber Kart ~'ourlgs, Director of l'ubhc ~V~lrizs mealy Gilot; Rita ~c~paia, .latrsie l,c>€~ of flee ,~'(a2lfrT Nea,~~3 '~a~;~~a~nc~ and Kathleen Cekar~slti-~arrand, ~:oul~cit attorney. Council Men~li~er l~irsits l~c~ted that ~':on~.n~ittee i`~enlbers incl€lde ~`€suncii lVlea~ll~ers I3uzzello, K,€spa, Pfeifer as~d hil~.self~ an.c~ ~'itizei~ lVlerl~~aer ~~ene Pencil. Colsr~cil. Mea~~ber t~irsits stat(:d hay co-sponsored along with I~r. Farrier bill No. l ~-(~~ ~vhicl~ wraul.d arne:nd Chapter i'~, i~rtiel.e 2, r.]ivision S, Section. ~~_`?~ 0l9 the ,~«4.rt;=a ~c~atcf ft,~trr2tei~ac~l C "ou'c~ addressing tl~e auth€~~°i~at.i€~n t€~ er~t~r intro special rats; c€~nt~-aeis fo3- se~~~r se~-vic~. l~r. '~arl~er Heated that in Nc~verrlkaer of`'?UC~S, the Cit}' Adl~~inistration presLnt€:cl alp cal-dinance for a sewer rate increase. t--Ie notetz ti:tat as a part of that preset~tatiol~ the Col.ancil was advise€i that the hoard of Public ~€arks is allowed t€s grant certain entities reduced rates to its users. Ike noted that such action wsauld k~e takela lsy tl~e Foard of Public VJorlcs wl~ieh has li~~ited pt~hlic scrutiny and would ~~e in a Iil~ited public eye or forum. l'le stated that a spc;cial es~ceptis?n for ol~e groins w€~uld result il~ €~thers having to su&~sicfize:. l-le noted that €here are two (`? } entities which cctrrently have: special rates and. ~P~lat he: lselieves that the; fci4[~«~ing would improve the current prescess: l . ~?~ explanation. €sF~vhy a spec;i.al rate is justif€ed ~. l~cco~€ntahility and .l ustificaticsn fesr the special rate ~. ~tesolution of the ~€~uncil so that the pr€~cess v~roulcl see the light €af day. [n light of ~`oulrcil Mea~t7er Kirsits recll~est for copies of t:#rv c~~rrent special rate: contracts, capes of ~~hieh were received taclay, a brief review sl:lcsws that there a€-e roil csver presvis~ons in cacl~ of thel~l ~v:~ic:h would ef~ectivel}T c:ontimle to keep the ~`o~~a~lcsn C~caua~cil oslt of the process. fir. Varner then pr€avided a handout ~c€~py attached} ~~,rith nety proposed language being set forth in fsol.d print to address the new i~gtor~~ation ors the roll over przavisi€sns. Ike noted that the language is rcaugh and: in draft flsra~- and vvorlld probably have t€s he Further ara~endecl. l~)r. Va.rner stated that yearly revie~~~s of current. corstraets ~~ay fee in €~rdt;r and ttsat special rats: ccsntracts should not lie treated any differe~~tly than other rates, ivitlr th.c C~ou3~cil lravir:g tike final authority tea approve car disapprove. Coatncil Mer-nher ftirsits stated. that he believes that the concept addressed in the proposed €srdinance i.s a go€~ci idea and that the council should l`ae involved ire the process when special rate c€antraets are bein<y proposed. 1~e n.oted that originatJ.v, ksig ticket usors s~~ere not going to get the r`~prll ~~(: 2C11J61Jtilitirs Cnm~2rittec oCPi~~ 20(36 tiouth i3ciicl Can~~iin f:otttteil ``~Ia}rr~art Discount" ~rahic~h r~;s~tlted itt a &ar~e oe.€tcry. lie noted that past City ,4d~~inistrations aid laast Cou~~c.ils ~F~ay not l~avc ~~el~t rates ~}~ to deal with needed ~p~rades. C c~~~~~cil. Nle,~~l~er t~irsits stated. that he i7clieves it is in-tportant to the Council to have oversi~l~t on tl~e l~i~s ticl~.et users. A i~io-diesel co:~pany n1a}~ co:4~~e ota line i~~ tl~e f~ctari:, o~- another etha~~ol }ant nay come on line, and the Cors~~r~on ~ `,<sur~cil shot~id be hart o~.: that process. Council l~e~ner ~icte~~ a~,rced that: the Counc.ii shoriid ha~je the Final vote ors special contrz~c;ts current and future,, a~~d that better and ~norc; pc~l"lic process .needs to he i~~sple~ented. Cott~~a;il Nflen~ber Pfeifer stated. that as tax dollars ~l~rink and. expe~~ses ~Frow that tine C~'ity t~~c~st p~€y ~~ZOre attention to ~,~vl~ere city dollars are hei~~~ spent. Cou~lcil president house noted that he telieves that the Couc~cil shop€ld ~~e part of the }.process; after challerr~ing the presen.ters as to v<~hy their believe the process should: tie ehan~ed. Council 1"~teEnber i~.elly stated tl~ai ~,peeial rates or a~~y other types of rates should Dave pu~~lic ci.i.scussi€~n, notificat€on to the Council anal fi~,a:} C-oc~€-~cil approval. He stated. that "ghat ?s oar Jobe ~"wouncil Me~.xak~er 1'u.rae}lo stated that tc~z~ a6aten~ent ret}c~ests are ha~~dled pu~~licly; and that she believes that it ~v~uld only be right to l}e aware o~ special rate rec~€~ests and vote pu~liciy them. Cou~~cil. l•/le~~ber ~l'aite stated. that food t?usiness practices ~vouid keep the CJo~x~rnot~ Council in tl;e loon. ~herfl cc~rnpanies ask 1'or spc~:,ia.l rates, i~~i-or~~~atio~ shc~~lid l~~v shared so that she Ccauncil ca~~ respond tc~ such rec}c~ests. l~r. Var~7er stated that an an~~ual revie.~v ~~~ay lie hest and. t1~at t}~e Cc~t~neil ~t~ay want to make the ordinance retroactive;, si~~ce the [J1~iversity of l~~tre I~a~~e s}~t'cial rate contract is o~rtly three (3} t~or~ths old. `l'he Council sl~ouid tie sent tl~e supporting data- supplied with their request. In response to a q~.Eestion from l~r. ~Iarner, i~ir. pilot stated that Ncitre Da~~e is y3etting a 15"/t credit i-roi~ tine Z~"`o rats; increase. Cot~ncit Nten~her l~irsits stated that a special coi~~~~~ittee t~~eeting a~~ay have to be called l~l7.~~s. l~opola stated that she has re;~eaested information in the past and ti~at. Cou~~cil Nie~rst~er ~irsits did provide it tc3 leer. the; stated that the proposal in th.e ordinance ~~.alc.es her °`ticlclc:d pink" and that it is tike laving "Christmas in April". hurt Youngs stated that iae laelic~ves €he l~rc~posed ordina.+~cc: ~,vorXld. be a good rvay to syste~~~atica]ly reviev~r rvltere tl~e city finances aa-e fir illtTa. str~~et~.are steeds .in the short and lor~;~ ter~ne l~r. Varner and Council N1L~~ber ~irsits stated that they apprc;ciate the efforts of NIr. Gilot in this area, lout believe that tl~e process could he i~t~proved. ~~~tril 2~I, ?t!{?G L?tilil:ie Co».1~ttittee r,I Elte 2~G tiouih isi'nt~ t:i~ittnzuEt Ccx,itw4l -4`e,ge 2 t~P 3 - Fc~ilcs~~irrg E~iSC:E1S51~€~, ~c~c~~~~l ~~a.~aer ~~~~~'e_r ~~~.de ~ ~~a~i®~, sce~c~~:c~ ~?~~ ~:c~ursc;~ IVI~~~i~er ~~z~E;~i~ t~~~t ~3i1~ ~c~. ~.-~~{~ ~~: rr;c,c~~-~~T~~~.c~~c~ ~c~ e c~7~~~i:~t~ed i:c~ ~~~e". ~a~j f~'t~~. ~.~~.~a~~c>~ C~~t~a~c~i a~~~~~t~~zg. "~'~ ~ncfti.c~ta ~ass~c~. ~°~~:r~: ~~~~~, fl3.~ ~ur~1a.~~ ~~.~.siness ~c~ c~~~'ze; '~e~c~r~ t:l~e Co~~~~nittee, ~.€~u~~cil Nle~~i~~r ~rsits ~c~,~c~ur~~ted ~~~; ~~~e~ti~g a~ ~:t~(1 ~~.x~~, 2, ~.c~~znc-~~ ..~~~~1~~~-~3 ~`~t>dc~~~"` i.~s~ts, 17ai~-~~.¢sc~~~ ~ Ttilit.ies ~;c-~rs~r~iitee ~~tzt~fata~ents ~l_~'iriE ~4; 2{)E75 l,;iil;iics ~ an3n~.itEee of tI)c 2[3L6 Sou412 Mend Cc?ra~~nci3 C:~~t~i~.cil -~'t~ge 3 a1-3 - P~S0~1~e~ ~~d ~~~11C~ CO~Iftlllt~G~ =GG6 South 33end Co~n~non Ciutncil '1."lie April ~~, ~[l(}~ meeting E>f the 1'ersonn~:l grad Fina~~ce Cos~>1-nittee ~~~as called to order by its Chairperson, Council Me1~1l7er Charlatte 17. Pfeifer at 4:53 p.l-n. in the Council lnforl~aal Meeting l~aor~. ,'ersons in attendance included Ct)ua~cit Members Puzzello, White, Varner, Pfeifer, Kelly, 17ieter, Kirsits a~~d Rouse; City Controller M. C.aiherine Fa~~lella, Mrs. Kopala, Martha Lewis, Director ~~~ P~~bl.ic Works Mary Ghat, .f~aarlie L.ao of the ,5nut12 l3ene~ T~~ihzcne and Kathleen Cekan.ski-lµarrand, Council Attorney. Council Me~nl<aer Pfeifer .Hated that the Calnlrlittec 1Vle.~t~.bers include C'au~~cil M.e.n~ll~c;r 4Vl~itc as Vice-Clair, Cou~~lcil Members iluspa and Varl~er and Citizen ~Ile~~~l~er ~likki l~utcl~insc~rl. 13111 Noo ti6-33v irlce~se li,ec~uest of `I',•eadstone Il,ll~;~ C~`ouncil Men-~ber Pfeifer tl~:en called far a presel~tation €~n Bill .No. (~6-33 which is a resalutio~~l which would approve the issuance €~f a scrap l~etalr'jlznl: deatersltransfer station license far 21}Ub for `Freadstone L1.C pursuant to ,youth ]3e~zc~ ~~~~taic~i~~a1 (,~(~G Sectio~~ 4-5 i.. Director of Public Works, ~gary Ciilot, ??~atle tefarli7al presentation. lie rlatecl that Code El~forcelrlent a17d the Fire Depal~n~el~t hay°e l~~lade inspectio~is of the facility, and that Water Warl:s reviewed. the ~t~rater well protection fields in the area. All recon~lr?end tl~e request favorably, C:atlncil l~lernher White ~~ade a motion, seconded 1?~I f}r. Varner -that 13111 ~~. fl6-33 be re~:on~~~ea~ded fatforably to Council. rl'l~e lnc~tion 1}assed. 1st uarte~• ZOOb ~'gfla~nclal lie ar't ~®s• tine ~.lt~uf ~€~uth ~e~[~: City Controller lE/t. Catherine 1~aneilo then revie`4~teC1 tl~e April 1 ~, 2~Ot~ tl-le 1 ~~-page report ~cczpy attached) ~~ll~ich is the first Fill.ancial Deport e~fer filed on tl~e ~'ity of South. fiend ~vifli the ~;®n~~rlor~ ~:c~~.lncil, lr/ls. 'i~`anella aloted that it was divided into flee following sectiol~s: page cover letter dated April. 1.9, ?flt~6 2. P;xec~ztive Sut~llr~a~r 3. Sulrllnary of Revenges ley Fund 1 ype 4-. Sul"n~~ary of ~~penditures br, Fund. € ypc; 5. 1/xpenditL~res by Departlr~e€~t'by :fund She noted that she t~+rc~lrtld lie 1lappt1 tc~ address any other itel~~s the Council wolrlld like i~~c.luded i~-~ f>~ture financia} reports wllicl~ would be filed on a quarterly asi.s. ~Vl~ decreases 1~lay result in possible cuts. 11,1 respanse tt3 a questian tt~o~~~ Dr. Varner, Ms. Fanello stated. that the 11~1VI 1 funds wol.dd reflect a decrease i~ anticipated revel~r~es and that tl~e; city wa~lld be recei~.ring less i`unds than last year. April Z~, 20OG F'essonnel anti 1.:=.n~nce C;oE~n~ittec McCin~ 1~linutes -Page 1 of ;- Sloe added that she leas asked matt ~hlel_~owski, director ot~ C~`entral Services, t€~r a co~prehensive report on gasoline usage in l.igl~t cif such chaa-ges c€~ntinuin~; tc~ il~crea.se. She uc~tec€ the following charges to tl~e city for t;asolir?e: ~~.22 us~ieaded gasoline as of (14-1 ~ -t?~ f. i ciiesei gas€~di~~e as of C)~-~ ~ -()~ ~2.~1 ~.tnleaded nasoline as of ~-2 €-(3~ ~~.3~ diesel gasoline as €~f•C~~-2~-(fib far. idartler il~cluired. ab€~ut the payl~ent €`_~` a su~•cl~arge on gasoline p~~rchases, arld the C"itgr ~ontrolle~• stated she was n.ot s~rr:e and ~vcruld checi: into that. with lU[att Chlebourski. ~,l~e ~.ouncat Attornev noted. that at an earlier ~o~€ncil ~or~'~~nittee ntee.tirrg the Ad~~~inistrati€~a~ stated that there they were calcrri~rti€~~ the savil~gs to the city :n overtirn.e costs, salt, etc., in Ci:ght c>f the war~~~ ~~tinter n~o~~ths to tl~e al~ourats budgeted fir each of these items. ~€~€tncil Me~~~ber Pfeifer inquired ~vE~ether ~Tll''s and C~I~'s were bein~~ asked to cclrtail their c~rivir~g in li~;l~t of the increased costs of gasoline; as well as asking the Pc~Iic:e l:~epart~~ent to ecrt hack on usage oi•take horse cars on otf=d>rrty hcs~zrs. 1l~ls. l^anc;tto stated that at last Priday,s l~c:partr~ent lead meeting, alt clepart~-~~ents were asked tc~ took at their budgets ar~d in particular loci costs tc? see ~~~here they cocrld cart costs. t~,oumcii l~~er~ber Dieter noted that the ~ ~"~'s get City ears and get ~ ity gas and then are. paid 13y l~otre Marne daring the foatba6l season. ~ouncii Nte~~l~er ~hitc; i.ncluired al7t>ut tl~e ?°ia circuit l~realce;r state la~~~ recently passed. ley tl~e state legislatttrc, and the potential impact wl~ieh it wc~~tld have on tl~e ~,ity's l~urlget. lVls. 1^anello stated that the 2'~io circlv~it lareaker would he l~andator}~ i'€;'r alt residential property ire ?f)(}8 and. urill. represent a €~hallenge. It c~lutd rnet~rr an .~8 t~illi.on red€€ction in property taxes far 20(17 payable in 200, but hopefully tl~e state legislature will address alternative funding sources f€`,r 1€acal ~;csvern~nents. 'Tl~e Adaa~inistration anticipates ~.ising tax anticipation warrants irr ii~ht of 4he tax hilts being delayed ita going out this Spring and tl~e payrrrent date being tielayecl. l~r. darner stated that he tselieves that there will tie stl~er rnechanisr~ to 17riarg in revenue or s~ther stop-gap ~~easures; however President Rouse cl~allengc:d this state~r~ent and stated that: the City should prepare no~v for the worse ease scenario. le!s. l~annelio added that there, ~~~ay lie a devastating effect on rl'l~ districts and rl`1F del~~ts. In response to a ctuestior~ trorr~ Council President Roy.€se, Ms. ltannello stated that tl~e t/-ity goes out for quotes for gasoline fro~ra ?-~ vendors so that there ~njould lie eor~petitive pacing. NIr_ C~~ilot stated that they go cut for quotes on a weekly laasis. iVis. l~anello noted that insurance costs have increased. in tl~e first quarter a~ad that the ~'ity is wa~rking with Gibson Insurance. ;tpFil ? 3, Zf?06 I'ers!~~Ai~cl anil Finance C'on~mittee i~Itee ing 3Ut~~3utes -Pale ~ of 3 C€s~~t~ci) Memi"Sers white, deter and 'fei~:er corr~pii~}crgted thc;~ g~ ity C€~ntroiter €sn the ist €ir:!arter i~irt.anciai €~e~~c~rt-t.. iescell~~aeotas ~us~~e~s: C`~~anci.l: I~et~~er ~i.etc:r n€sted that fire ~'~t~ncit has sti~i. not received. a copy or the l~}st €i~arter report on the Colie~~e }~ooti,~ali a~fl c~i~Fa~~}e. €~r€n.cii Me$~her ~icter also r~ote€~ that the C€~€}ncil has a~ot received a.n ~.ipdate on the contract r~e~otiations between the ~'ity and thy; Coile~e Foot~~ali i~a~i oi~ Fa}tee since he caked the last ~'A~C ~=o~~€x€~ittee t~c:eti~~~. C.t~~~ncil Me~xtber I3ieter stated. that it ,vas ax~azin~; that tine City Controtier c€?uld. prepare an€~. ale a detailed ~°inanciai Report i`or all city f€~nds and ~~le it ~`or t~}e Cot.~t~cil io review; t3}~# that a sin~ie ©peration 1i~e the C€~1~e~e Footha~l Mall of Fame cc7~id not. ~e stated that he ,saes this Iac~ o~'re~}alar ~ilin~ as being ridic~.~io},is. there ~~ei.ng no t~}rther i~~E.sir~ess to cc~t-ne ei'ore the C;o~~~~~}ittee, Cor}ncii iviot~~k~er PFoii'er adjo~}rned the }neeting ai ~:1~ p-~~~. ~espectfi~}Iy sr~.h~nitted, -~~: ~..- Cot~ncil Nte~nber Charlotte L~. P~'eife , C1~airpersoz~ Personnel and Finance Crsn~~nittee I;C,F:kn~ ~ttael~tnents f~~rii 24, 2f.1t)6 hc-rsonnel ainti. Fi~t.~nac Cez~turiitt'ee- Nlecut~~ Mi~7ute-s -Pa~c 3 ai- ~- Ne~~th ~d alp ~~e ~ 2C7[1C~ 5t~~ui7tI3e3tCi~~orra'tto~~t«~~aic3.~ Tlae .April ?~. 2i?[1t~ aneeting of the l--Iealtl~ and I'tlt7lic Safety C,olna~-littee avas callt:cl to order cat 5:i)t:) p.a.~a. by its Chairperson C`olxrlcil M.earaber Karen I:. White in the Council's Informal Meeting Roolrl. ?~ersor~s ita atteradal~c~: included ~`ouncil. Mel~a~aers l?feifer, l'li~zelto, White, Varner, Kirsits, Kelly, Dieter, and Rousc;; l'tbblic Works aid E rt~pert,j Vacation Comi~aittee Ci.ti ren Member l~;.~lrt Youngs, Residential Neig'hbol-hoods Cotn~nittee Citizen Mernlaer Martha l~ewis, l~epartn~ent of Code Enforcet~-~ent I~irectoa- Catlzeritae rl'ol~pel, 1~ike Morris, Kevin Voui~~;, Cary Levin, Cit~r attorney Charles I.,eone, I3avici Mirkin, Robert estop: ~aanie Loo of the .~ra?tt)2 F~c~~acl `C~•il~arne and. I~:athleea~ C`el.anslti-Fari-and; Council Attorney. Council Fv'[el~her White: aaoted that the Coa~an~ittee anembers inci€1de Cot.l.aaeil Ivlerr~bers Varner, T~uspa, Ptarrello and herael~,. and Citizers I~:eMber Christie M. Mc~txll~~. Bill i4Ton ~2-~Ca ~`'e~~•tarl'or~ t~~c `I'1>!e~t at'~lu~iit;:~ ~'ca per ~rerl ll~etalecl llt~so Co>xncil l~en~l~t~r Wl-aite noted that first itel.~a ora tl~e agenda vas Bill Nc~. l Z-t)h which woa.~ld regulate scrap metall~lrank dealers and provide additional regulations to help curtail the theft of alut~linun~ and copper wl-cici~ is occ;ura-ing il~rol~gia.out tine city. She noted that the Comn:aittee teas discussed this Bill at its meetings taf March 2`~nd, March 27t1~, and April 1{~tl~a; noting that two of t97ose meetings were special C`o~~la~ittee Meetings. C`oul~cil Mel~ll~er Wllite tlae~? called fo.r ~. a~~otion to accept the sb~bstitE.ate version al~d cover letter which has beea~ filed with tl~e C7fiice o#` tha: City Clerl<. C.ot€tacii :~ca~7l~er l'l,arzello made a motion to that effect, se:coa~ded by I~r. Varner. '¢'he motion passed. Council Men~~-aer L3ieter then provided a l~an.€ioi~t: dated April 2~, 200 ~~~ltich inc;ltddes a ~~~~~- substitute page ~ to the Substitute Bill. l-le stated that the Bill has received inpti~t from the City 1°attorr[ey's ~z~ice, Code l/nforcea~rent, the ~t~lice Department, the County Prosecutors and the dealers rvlao vv«rl: in this area. Last Friday, tae and Council Member l~irsits and tFae Ccalrrracil Attoa~~e_y visited three ~;} Businesses; Caertrude Street Metal Recycling Inc.., Industrial Disposal ~ Recyclin.g i_.f.C., and. South Bend. Scrap c~; l3rocessirrg I~ivisioal of Stl.l_a-gis Iron and. Metal Con~par~y, lr~c. ~e then i~r-ieBy sutnl~~arized sor~le of the l:aictures o,~ the haradoaat of those operations. lie noted that the Gertrude and. lradustrial Disposal operations have video cameras operating 1~oth in the interior and exterior parts of tl~aeir l~usia~esses. ~iertrude peeps a rolodex with copies of driver's licenses of those verho wish to serail and receive money for their itetaas. tie believes that alt3t of good infora~~atiora was shared with. ~ther~t about ii~eir business operations. 't'he Colzncil ~1.ttorne}~ noted. that tll.e proposed. ar~~et~dr~~ent set Forth ora page ~ wot~id. ree~uire, as part of tl~e licensing l~roeeda~l-e for• such busia~esses, a holdi~ag period of ferrous and non-ferrous ra~etals (exclrtding a€ul~lirrui~a c;ars~ olily if a btisi~~ess ~~~as forlnd to have v?olated. a provision. tlf tl~e. city ordi~~ancs: ill this prior calendar y~ai. la:l t%at event, none-day hold woutcl be iaraplea~lented if the l~>rsiness has colrapatit~le snfl;;rare with the SBl't7, trr a two-day hold if the-y do not. She added that based ora the extensive regulations of II~E~ a.nd l~l~A as noted i.rE the ~~hril ~'~l.'t1{1fr I-[ee~lEh anti r~ttl>lit S~si.'un° t~'onunittee of the?[;t1{> 5~7t~tlt 13et~ci Cnn~nlcm C'ouneil -Pa~,e 1 of .5 - cover letter to the st.ti~stt€~tc~ dill, that ~ounc-il Me~~~rs t-~i~ter, a~vhit~ =o~ci i'€~~~~lia, t?~e codspo~rars of the Bill, have recorrr~nend~~d that transfer stations he delet€;d frcr~n tl~e licensing p€-~acess. ~~ added drat transi~r stations ~voE~ic~ i~c~~ve~~r soil t:~c; rectieireei. to ~o~1~p~.y with tie 6:ity's zani~~g regulations; »oa.se regr~l~rtic~ns and. rather health and safety° regr~iatiaa~s. ~;~uncil Me~~l~er Pfeifer stated that fibs proposed an~endn~er~t regardin<~7 =,he 1-~oldin4~ period would rerv~ard gt~od hehav~ior.. In the prsblic portion, Catltc;rirre. "l-oppel, Depat°tt~aent ~~f Ccde I~~farce;nent, spuk.e in favor rsf the sr~l~stite~te dill. She noted that she lras lead tine oppot~t~~~ity to lra~~e i~-~pr~i into tl7e 1°egulatioi~s, ar~c~ that the affected businesses lave also. ~l'hefis zaf Metals is a proF~le~n in ~?~~r ~€~snn~uniiy and c~ti~er co~~r~~ri~nities and believes tl~e ne~v regulatiar5s would assist the ~itv. Sipe n.czteci that she had arc. concern regarding the deletion of transfer sta€ic~ns fro~~ the I-3i.ll and. it involves screeningifencing require~-r€ents tivhici~ she. believes are needed. M1e sr~w~gested that sa~n~e tit~~e in the: future sloe would like to discuss that topic: a€~d the effect on neigl~l~oring properties. She concluded leer remarks by stating that. she believes that the additional regulatiUns are necessary. ;urt Yc~ur~gs stated that his Lusi.~~ess has had a lot of metals stolen f~°o~r~ it. 1-Ie stated that the ~-et;ard keeping which is prcrlx~sed, tl~e office liaoks arad the videtr surveillance are all ~=oad business practices and encouraged the C'o€tt~cil to approve the reg€alatic-ns. Spealters in opposition to tl~e I3iIl i;rcluded David Mirl~iri. the attarne,~~ far Sauth Fiend Scrap l~rt~cessing Bt.i~isian cif Sfiurgis Iran & Metal Cc?~npany, Inc. Mx. Niirl~in thanked thc: Ca€~ncil for listening to tha:~~ and ~uas gratefr.~l for the c~ppartunities to dc~ scr_ IFe Hated hc~wevc~r that. Ira does net agree with the palice investigati~~r~, the different forms, the phato FIB and the thurrrbprint recluireinents. lie stated that th.e video surveillance requiretr~ents are doable. He, stated. that he ~vts~~.[d. prefer that the Gau~acil "mirror thy; state statute". IZob~t-t l~esiop, tl~e C~peratio~a Manager fE~r Soutlr fiend Scralr ~:.I~racessing .l~ivisiot~ of Stnrgis iron & Metal C,a~-npany, lnc., located at i ~(}5 E'rairie avenue in Sc3r~th Fend; and f~avi.ng a residential address in Granger stated that he would prefer that tl3e ;'council l~ernrit the businesses to irrrple-nent a "Metal Theft alert Network", i~~stead of changing tl•~e ordinance. i"le stated that if tl~e ordirrant~e is 'passed the peaple will just go elsewhere. ~Ie noted. that when the Courrcii Me~r~bers ca~~,e out on F'_riday that l~~~siness was slow, and il~at on a typical Satt~rdav they have al~ac~fi _70C~ metal transactions, with abaut 2~`~io of those being alt~n~i~3un~ cams which would l-re exc,nlpt. Ne suggested living tl~e ~jrdinance as it is or dust include tl~e vi.cle« surveillance pravisi€a~~s. in respc~n.se to a question fro~~~r Council MG~nber .i?feifer, Mr. Mirkin stated ti~at peaple see the thurnhprint recluiren~c~nt ~~s a "huge invasion of privac~~" Mic:l~.ael Morris of l:ndustrial F)isposal ~ recycling I~~C located at 14?~ ~c~€~th 4~Ialnut stated: that he appreciates having the transfer stations deleted. Fle noted that state regulations reclt~ire extensive screening/fencing. I-Fe suggested tl~a.t pc;rhaps 13ay Scouts aa7d Girl Scouts be e~clu.ded. Fie noted that the theft alert concept was used last `l"l~ursday ~ui~en lie was a vici:i;~~ of a theft and that Sturgis Fron called and said. that they had the item which vas stolen. Ile noted. that (here were diftt~t~lties with caunty/city jt~risdictiar~s ~vhicl~ he haped cor~ld be addressed. its the filature. Ire l~-l~craa.rs they ware a~ila; to get the st~rlera praperty addressed. ~~155~ ~~~, ?USJ6 ~~a~lijLjS ~.l31~ }~13~S~SC ~0r~}' x.073111'14#lt^1- Ok ~~lu `~f{lil ~t1L~~L}l ~L'lId Z.017I1pi3ll ~,Oll13G1~ -~.'~tES;t'. ' Ot ? - Kevin ~'arrng of Sotrt:h Be~a.d Sc;ra.p ~, Processing .~iuisit~Ba c}t' ~t~~rgis ~ror~ ~/?et2~~ Cc~~~pag~!y, inc., located ~~ ~3~5 Prairie Avenue ira SoiEth p3end, suggested that the ~-ra~.rncil ~raonitt~r~ tlae. trr~liraag?ce if i.t iS passed and revi.e~v it again i.tr ninety (~7) days. lie sre.g~;est~d first at that tixrre the Ctrrrnci3 ~votild hd.ve tac:ts and ntrt just eaa~E~tions to review.. fir. Varner rrotc:d that there could he a lack of rept~rting during tlae 9~-day pcric~,tl which vvo~rid affect srrctr a revie~~~. Cacy Levin s~f youth B~;.nd. fit`-rap ~c l~rocessiraw ~ivist~n cat' Sturgis Iran ~ TVi:etat Ctr~aapa~~y, lnc.; located at l3(3S Prairie Avenue itr St~r~tl~ Bend and r°esidin€~ its Cira~a~;er s#atecl that the er~rretat. version c>f the bill is far less punitive Haan the cane carigirially prt~posed, however ire v~Jas stile aga~rrst ~t. ~: u.rt Youngs stated that hofla the theft alert system and the proposed ordinance could ~vtark, hrrt rvhr,ra there is a call only the ordir€ance ~uorrld resr.~lt ira enfarcerrrerat penalties. ~.aunt~il 1~11ernt?er Pfeifer strgested that she appreciates the response t~f the hrrsir€essLS in li~lat of the ehallerabe provided to them at the; last Co~tat~iitteu lneetin~;. Slae sraggcsted that dialogue ct~ntinue ~~•ith the Ca-~nty, Elkhart and Mies str that similar regulations i.7e i~a place. She noted that at prior ~aaeetings the Co~a~nlittee had heard fro~-n tlae Palic;e as to wlay they believe tlae ne.~n~ regutati.ons arc needed, and that a listing of thefts has been. filed. avh.ich ~hoevs an increase of thefts in this area. C€arrrrcil IVle~aiber Kelp stated that tare Cc~urrcil has studied this issue slat aver the past see~eral ~~onths and believes it slrarrld ~i~ov~; forward. C.ou.a.rcil Nte~~r7kaer Whig thanked the Council for working aWith the b~.rsinesses tan this ordinance. ~'auncil Mer~her Itiirsis thar-ked the three. (3 } h€asiness operatioaas wht~ shoved tlaeia~r tht~ir o~aerations last Friday with. Ctruncil iVlernher l~ic;ter, hi~aaself and the CoLrr~eil attorney. lie stated that they all learned slat and u1as t~verail irrspressed with what l7e saw. lie noted drat ~~~~era the C.outrcil did their nei~hl?orhaod plunge that they saw spick-up trtrelt filled with metals which looked slrspiciorrs. l~ollo~vit~g discussion, Dr. ~Tarner naad:e a tt~atiora, seconded by Council 1!~enaher Puzzallo that Stahstitute Bill ~Jo. 12-0" witia tl-re crew l3age 9 tie recoirrnaended favorably to Council. The €alotian passed. Caunci.l. Member White thanked everyone ftrr their input acrd work. llrila~~~li~raec~€~s B~~ir~es~d Council Met~?ber ~Nhite noted that she would like t® su-aan~arize the tolaics ~vh.ich are pending before tl3e C'otrncil which have public health. and safety conrpo~~rerats, and rvotrld like to l~t~gira srhedr~.li_ng rxr~eti.n~s €rr the near fi~.ture to continue d.is~ussicat~s tan ~acla. ol~ ti~ez~1. rl~lre tapirs iaaclude: Ak~ril .:~, f1i16 t~e~,talih aiF~d }~uhlin S~il•etti' ~'nn711tlttce of tlf~ 2000 stnitl~ B~nCI ~~O11~I7I1OF1 C=i~ut~nt3 -'Y`e~re > ~>f 5 t . ~ror€t a?~d. side-yarn parking ira cooperation avith the ~r~ni~~g ~'z fyt€r~exati€~s€ ~:~.~~~.t~ittee ~. Pahlie safety iss€€es invol.vi.€~~~ y~~~tl~ €~f oa€?° ~:.o~~n€€~.i.ty in coop~rat.ion avitl~ the So~~tt~ l3e;nd Cc€€nmur~ity Sch~gol C`~~rporntir~n ~~. t'ui~iic, safet~~ isstr~:s related to vacant homes ~. ~.~otYI1~1.Linlty ViC3le~LC~ ail g~~3er~.l C~~€.€neil .Me~rti~er i~iete€- agreed that contir~aiec~ discussioa~s and action p:iaris €r~€.€st ire i~acie. :fie noted that avitl~ a~~ar~~~ aveatl~er eo€~1ing that there already is an increase of rids avith dangerous dogs; gangs, etc. ar~d Doped that thy; Cit}r Attorn~;y's C3fi~c;e; Code lrynforce€~nent a~~d the Police ~et~art~nent avould 1€e pres-active with ti€eir s€t{,~gestions i~~ working avith the Cou~~cil.. C'o€.€aZCil Me~~nber Whatc stated ti~at we r~ee~l tine for a.31 €~~ these iss€€es and that tl~ev cc€~.~ld ire addressed thro~~gh ti€e health and Priblic Safety Coi~tnittee ~€r thro€a.gh the ~'€€€r.Fnittee of ti€e t~Vhole;. Connell President RoE€se stated- that iii ~;itl~er case, ~'ouncil I~!lerr!1~er White would. l-~e chairi~~g the ~~eetings ai~ci discussions si€~ce she chairs moth cc~n~€-nittees. Council lVle€nl~er White s€~.ggested everyone tc~ email her with. additional. tt~pics ar€d proposed strategies to address the safety topics. fir. Varner apologized ik~r €x~issing the nei~borhood I?l.€znge, l~~€t he is well aava~~e of tlae prahlc~€ns and especially the pui~lic safet~r issuLS. l-ie ahrill do whatever is ~€e€;essa~~%. Co€~t€ciI Merr€her deter announced that to~~ight at l() pin (here will ire a "I31~€e l.,ight Escort" 'fro€~ the old `t'ai°get lot on M.c~inley to tl-~e So€~tl~ Bend Police depart€~~ent ire n~€en~o€y of Corporal Scott l,ee Severns. ~'he ~'or~r~cil :LLttorney suggested. that: the C-o~~ncil €nay wish tc~ s;onsider s~~spe:E~ding the rules so that a special co€~€ne-~€orative resolution co€.€1d ire adopted tizr Corporal Severns. Council President l~o~~:se stated that he agreed. and authorised the Council Attor~~ey to dra:~t such a resol€€tion. 1'€€i~l.ic Works director £~arv ~~itot noted that he, the Cr~Ea.nty Engineer and the Mishawaka city l;r€ginee.r have 1€eer~ asked to present infont~ation tt~ tl~e County Co€€ncil of their projections €~f public works dollars and projects [or tl~e ~aext ten (1~1 years. in resporas~; to a question fro€~ l~€°. Varner, Mr. ~ila~t stated that the inforn~atio€€ wt~uld ire €€pdated from that provided to MI~C;~CI. Mr. pilot stated. that he would pravidc~ this ir€forn~ation also to tl~e Coi~~n~on Co€€t~cil. Council Me€ni~cr White thanked evcryon.e for their inforrnagion, and then adjortrned the Co€n€~nittee meeting at ~:~~ p.3~n. 1~~71 ?~1, ~i~~iC, 7Ict~3th. si~d 4?ii~l~c 5;~tlch~ Ci~mn~ilECe oi~t'hc ZOtlb Sni.iil'~ T;~i~d i'~~irE3~2i>n C«iu~cil -la~~c ~ oi' ? - ~e~pec~f~-~Ily s~~~ra~ittec~, Co€~~ci~ M~~~~i~er~~rerE ~,. 1Nl~ite, ~`h~ir~~,sc~;a Eeatt~a ~nc~ P~a:~1ic ~a~`ety Cc~~t~rnittec ~t~t~c~~ts h~~ri1 ?~; ~t7f~6 Heult~h an.t~ 1'u~lic Safen~ Com~nattau of the 2430t~ Sou4#5 Bend Convnc~i2 Cot~cil -i'~agc ~ at ~ C®u~C~! Rules CQ~mitt~~ 2006 South ;3e~~d C~otiut~c~r.~ t~otm~7~ The A~~ri1 2.4, 2406 t?~eeting of the Ca~~nci`t Rues ~a~nt~ittee eras called to order ~,y its ".l-rair~ersot~, ~©utlcil President `i,it~lat~y A. .©use at 4:3~ P.~~-~. its tt~e ~a~~rtci9 I~fart~a~ fVeetit~~ Rt~on-t. Persons in attendance incltt.ded ~ortracil I~Iet-nhers deter, Pfeifer, C~ell.y, Puzzella, ~Iarner, Kuspa, Rouse, t~i.rsits and V~Ihite; Rita. I~opala, Ian~ie l;oa of the ,~c~~~~% 13e~~i~ 7~~°i~z~r~c~ a.nd ~.'o~tncil Attar~~ey Kathleen ~'elCat~s~i-Farrand. ~`at~ncil President l2ause Hated that dill l~t~. ~~-U6 r~hich -proposes praxy pracecltares far the ~c~ttncil tivas the only abenda i.tetxt. He noted tl~~t lie ~~ottld life t€.~is dill to tie tai"Sleci indeiit~itely to peri~~t additi€~ttal work ata the ~-~ral~ased regulatian~:. The ~auncil Attartae}- noted that sht; has had additional d_isc:ussiarts ~~ith ~:~~rtncil President Rouse, sins.e the last C~attrscil RttleS ~'an~rnittee. der research is fc~cusirtg an hc~th the praeed~tral ~:c~~~cer~~s raised as ~~ell as t~~€e types c?i't~~cht~c~logy ~~1licit cor~ld e utilized as part s~f the pxc?cess. fir, ~art~er made a n~atian, seconded l~v ~at~rtcil Presid+~ni I~c?t~se that Bill lea. ?4-76 ~e recot~r?~et~d.ed to lie tabled itacleflnitefy at th.e recl~test oftlae Peitir~tac~r. 'The t-notian passed. 'There being tea further husittess to cc>rne E~efore the Contn~ittee, C:attncil P~°esident Rouse adjourned the t-neeti~tg at ~:~Q p-tom. Respectfully stitht~ fitted, r--~ ~~ ~: i Ca~tncit Presi e it~iathy A, Rouse Sat.tth lend C`ot~~~tort ~att~~cil ,+\~~ri) 2~. ?605 Council 1ttt3cs C onvmiEtee -1?age I oi' 1-