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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-27-18 Council Minutes REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND: THE SUB-COMMITTEE HAS INSPECTED THE MINUTES OF THE August 27, 2018 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AND FOUND THEM TO BE CORRECT. THEREFORE,WE RECOMMEND THE SAME BE APPROVED: TI COTT JA ESHIZA APPROVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL ON: September 10, 2018 ATTEST: KA EMAH FO L R, CITY CLERK REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers of the County-City Building on Monday, August 27h, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Tim Scott and the Invocation (Pastor Lee Ross, Greater Holy Temple Church of God) and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Tim Scott 1st District, President Regina Williams-Preston 2nd District Jo M. Broden 4th District Jake Teshka 5th District Oliver J. Davis 6th District, Vice President John Voorde At-Large Gavin Ferlic At-Large, Chairperson Committee of the Whole Karen L. White At-Large COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Sharon L. McBride 3rd District OTHERS PRESENT: Kareemah Fowler City Clerk Jennifer Coffman Chief Deputy Clerk Bianca Tirado Deputy Clerk Graham Sparks Clerk Executive Assistant Bob Palmer Council Attorney Casey Colvin Public Relations Intern Gabriel Murei City Clerk Intern REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion that the minutes of the August 130i, 2018 meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS Council President Tim Scott stated, I want to recognize David Boling. This gentleman is starting a new career and will be leaving us. He interned with us and did a wonderful job. We appreciate all the work you have done. Thank you, David. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES Representing the City Administration: Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Mayor Pete Buttigieg,Mayor of the City of South Bend with offices on the 140i floor of the County- City Building, South Bend, IN, stated, Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to spend just a few minutes on what I promise is a brief presentation (which is available in the City Clerk's Office). It is one (1) that I think will address some questions and some interest that came from i REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Council Members. South Bend has been fortunate to gather more and more visitors and a reputation that we hope will continue to allow us to gain resources from partners who are interested in our story. Of course there is a highly visible example of that underway right now with the presence of Habitat for Humanity with Mishawaka and South Bend participating in the Carter Work Project. I know a number of people in this building have been a part of that. That has drawn hundreds of volunteers from across the community. Mayor Buttigieg continued, At various points over the course of the last few months, we've mentioned in passing one (1) or another example of philanthropic support coming to the City. So much so that I realize there was some measure of confusion about what exactly each project is, which projects they are related to, who it was coming from and what we were doing with it. We wanted to take this opportunity to just briefly walk the Council through about a half dozen examples of this philanthropic support. I will confess that there is somebody else in the Administration with more expertise than I have on every one (1) of these individual projects but I've been very pleased to be involved with them. I want to give you just a quick overview of some of the support coming to our community from outside sources. Some of these do, in some way, come before the Council. For example, in a couple cases you will see the municipal match as something that is part of the budget request to get the full extent of the opportunity. Mayor Buttigieg went on, The first (1St) I would like to highlight is the Community Wins Grant. That comes by way of the US Conference of Mayors. I had the pleasure of collecting one (1) of those big cardboard checks at the US Conference of Mayors National Meeting in Boston. It was not a grant directly to the City government, it was actually a grant that was directed to the NNN with our support for the application. The goal here is to help create a training certification support network for minority and women-owned businesses trying to do business in the community including bidding on and competing for City work. We are now in the process of deploying that $50,000 grant to begin getting that curriculum together to help build up the capacity of those small businesses. We want to invite them to participate in that program. As this develops you will see more information through the NNN about how that is taking shape and how the businesses will be recruited. Again the goal is over time giving them the capacity to compete for City business. Mayor Buttigieg continued, The Cities of Service is a program that is connected to Bloomberg Philanthropies which is one (1) of the organizations that is gaining national notoriety in terms of resources it has to help cities. I'm pleased South Bend has been of interest to many different parts of the Bloomberg Organization. This particular part is a program called Love Your Block and they have committed a $25,000 grant as well as the funding for two (2) AmeriCorps Vista Volunteers for the purpose of helping with small-scale home repairs. This is something that has long been a concern in the community especially in low income neighborhoods. That is one (1) reason why Rebuilding Together, formally known as Christmas in April, is a priority for our Administration. So we are pleased to have some extra dollars and resources from the outside to put toward this work. This does entail the opportunity for a City match that would help us,we think,add resources to this program. If approved, that would bring the total commitment here to $75,000. We have been working with Lincolnway Area Neighborhood Association as well as LaSalle Park,Kennedy Park and the Far Northwest Side to build on this because we think this dovetails very nicely with the work that those organizations have already been doing. We envision bringing on the Vista Volunteers to help work and determine the areas and residents of greatest need. For further information on both this and the Community Wins Program, Alkeyna Aldridge in the Department of Community Investment has the lead and that will continue to develop. Mayor Buttigieg went on, This one (1) (referencing a slide in the presentation) is bigger in scale but perhaps not visibility. I'm not sure how much awareness there is about this but we mentioned it and I want to be sure the Council is fully aware that through Serve Indiana, South Bend has attracted a sizable six (6) figure sub-grant that will allow us, given the City's commitment if approved in the budget,to add as many as ten(10) full-time AmeriCorps volunteers. This has a lot to do with weatherization. We know low-income residents often face an outsized proportion of their income going to utility bills. Weatherization work is seemingly small things like thermostats or insulation. It can make a big difference on their bills. Of course it also helps benefit our sustainability goals as a community in terms of our overall carbon footprint. We will office this program out of the O'Brien Center and we look forward to bringing on a Program Director and 2 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 supporting these volunteers. We look to begin the work as soon as we get the approval for the funding there with support from the South Bend Sustainability Office and Therese Dorau. Mayor Buttigieg continued, Next and, again, a very substantial commitment in dollar terms, in partnership with the Drucker Institute,we've received a major commitment from the philanthropic arms of Google and Walmart which amounts to $500,000 coming to South Bend. This is really about the cradle to career and beyond needs of our community. So we are asking what we can do above and beyond supporting the K through twelve (12) system here to support life-long learning. The goal, as ambitious as it is, is to create a platform that can house people's educational certifications including non-traditional skills. This will help allow these individuals to be recognized by employers and will help encourage that type of learning. We will continue to partner with the Drucker Institute on this and we hope to get a platform up by 2020 that can serve as an example to other communities attempting to help their residents with life-learning. Mayor Buttigieg went on, There are also a couple grants from Smart Growth America. First(1S)I want to recap some technical support that has already come our way. This is what lead to the pilot projects you have seen. There are a handful of them and they are different traffic calming designs that we hope meet needs of residents. Instead of spending huge amounts on engineering and then putting it into the ground,we are first (1St)piloting these opportunities. That is in the hands of our planning and engineering teams to try and look at which, if any, of these should be replicated in a more permanent sense. Smart Growth America is going to be supporting us again. We are able to announce the offering of technical assistance for small scale manufacturing. There is an extraordinary group called Sew Love. They help women develop skills in sewing and not only in just, for the lack of a better term recreational,but actually what they call industrial sewing. That is something there is a lot of demand for and that is a fine example of non-University-related skills development that we think will help people become qualified for jobs that are actually growing. We will be getting a site visit free of charge who will spend a four (4) month technical assistance period working with us to help us support this plan. Mayor Buttigieg continued, Last but not least, earlier this ye we received $100,000 from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The problem we are trying to solve with this grant has to do with the difficulty that many low income individuals face trying to get to work. If your pattern of getting to work is perhaps not supported by the existing transit system, we don't want people falling through the cracks. So we have been establishing this pilot program for rideshare credits that subsidize people's ability to get to work. What we've found is very promising initial results in terms of reduced absences, improved job stability and less turnover. This is actually benefitting not just the employees but the employers. We've been our own guinea pig in this. Some of the folks in the Venues, Parks&Arts who are on the lower end of the pay scale have been eligible for this. We've partnered with Beacon Health Systems,The University of Notre Dame and Senior One (1) Care. Again,this is specific to the lower wage segment of their workforce to help engage them on piloting this approach. The view is that, really,the employer carries a large part of the load but then it would come back to the employer in terms of the saving from reduced turnover. We think this is very promising and will be taking this back to Bloomberg. We were one (1) of thirty (30) of three hundred(300) cities overall to get this opportunity. We will now be competing with those other twenty-nine (29) cities for a shot at$1 million or even $5 million. This might serve a model for other cities in similar situations with their low income employees getting to work. We've put in our application and are now waiting for news in October. You will hear right away from us on that. Mayor Buttigieg went on, I wanted to be brief and these are only philanthropic grants. You will also see a great number of other grants we rely on through the Federal Government and through State partners.I am happy to answer any questions and thank you for the opportunity to run through this. Council President Tim Scott then opened the floor to questions from Council Members. Councilmember Karen White stated,Thank you for your presentation. I would also like to add that the Grant Revenue Summary was handed out to us(and is available in the City Clerk's Office)and I've been working with City Controller Hockenhull to see if we can put together all of that information. We want to know the number of grants that are coming in, who they are serving,the 3 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 amount, and we will probably spend some more time in the budget process to go through. This is a great beginning for that conversation. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic stated, Thank you for the presentation. Councilmember John Voorde stated, This is all encouraging. Keep up the good work. What do Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, It is encouraging. you think makes South Bend the y most marketable when competing against the other cities for these grant opportunities? Mayor Buttigieg replied, I think there are two (2) things going on at once that make us interesting to the philanthropic world. One (1) is that we have this remarkable trajectory. We are a City that is growing again after being in the situation we were in. We are a City known for innovation and we have been able to work nimbly and have solved problems in a very ambitious way. On the other hand, we still remain a low income City. We face tremendous challenges in making sure our trajectory of economic growth is inclusive. I think many people are surprised to learn that to this day our per capita personal income in this City is below $20,000. So when a philanthropic organization is asking how they can make the biggest difference in people's lives, they look for a City and a community that seems strong enough to innovate and responsibly use those resources. My sense is that is why we attract so much attention and interest. Councilmember Oliver Davis followed up, How can other neighborhood associations, like on the South Side, get involved with some of these activities? I know a lot of it is the NNN. They are an active group. But what other kind of things are there so we can spearhead that? And then the last thing is, what is the role with TRANSPO? Mayor Buttigieg replied, I will take your second (2nd) question first (1St). We really think of that pilot as a supplement. So either a last mile supplement when they are just beyond the reach of the existing network or when people are outside of the range of time or frequency that TRANSPO operates. In the end, we can't succeed in getting any people to work if there isn't a healthy transit system. We need to find other tools and we hope it continues being regarded as a both-and- scenario. In terms of neighborhood groups, we rely heavily on vibrant neighborhood groups to help get the job done. Candidly, some great grant opportunities aren't found by us but by that neighborhood group. They come to us and ask for a letter of support. We certainly welcome that. I think the best way to engage a neighborhood group that perhaps has not yet had the experience of working on one (1) of these is to invite them to present their two (2) or three (3)biggest issues or problems they are trying to solve. They should discuss those with our neighborhood planning team and then we can work together to see if there is any philanthropic interest out there for that particular challenge or problem. Councilmember Jake Teshka stated, Thank you, mayor, for the information. I think beyond the philanthropic piece, which is fantastic, the broader piece on the grant funding is going to be very helpful as we wade through this.The City has a number of different funding sources and sometimes it is difficult to keep it straight. Thank you for the information. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, Thank you for your presentation. You identified four (4) groups involved in that pilot. What was the fourth(4th)? Mayor Buttigieg replied, That would be The University of Notre Dame. Councilmember Jo M. Broden followed up, And then in terms of the on-demand transportation, what is the mode of that? Mayor Buttigieg replied, Right now it is a partnership with Uber. It is based on that kind of rideshare. It could be built out. Councilmember Jo M. Broden followed up, So LimeBikes could be a possibility as well? Mayor Buttigieg replied, This is really more focused on vehicular transportation but, yes, if the model works I supposed you could also see it work in terms of LimeBike credits. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, This is very exciting to look at if it works here, it would be great to scale it out. 4 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Mayor Buttigieg replied, Yes we have high hopes for it because we think there are a lot of other cities with low to medium density that would be in the same boat. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, And then two (2) of the three (3) are in health care as well. That is a great sector as well. Overall, I love the reports. It is great information and thank you so much. Councilmebmer Regina Williams-Preston stated, I just want to thank you. It is wonderful. It is exciting to see how you are engaging neighborhoods, particularly some of the neighborhoods that have felt left out namely LaSalle, Kennedy Park and the Far Northwest. Thank you for that. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, You mentioned a couple things that make us right for receiving grants. I want to follow up on that. I think the other thing is people. Not only in South Bend but the staff you have around you. People are willing to try something different. Case in point is the small roundabout on Hudson and Riverside. What a great exercise to try that first (1St). It is good to try it before we start putting stuff in permanently. The size of our City is excellent for testing. No one is going to roll something out in Los Angeles that they wouldn't try here. Whenever we can be the guinea pig, it is great and we can benefit from that. For every time we get a grant it alleviates something off the budget and it is good to find that so-called free money. Thank you. RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE There was no Committee of the Whole at this time. PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no Public Hearings at this time. BILLS—THIRD READING There were no Third Readings at this time. RESOLUTIONS BILL NO. 18-38 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE ADOPTION OF A DECLARATORY RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LOT 12 US 31 INDUSTRIAL PARK PHASE II AS AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A FOUR (4) YEAR REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR REW, LLC Dan Buckenmeyer,Director of Business Development with offices on the 141h floor of the County- City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Mr. Buckenmeyer stated, We are here to ask Council for their approval on a confirming resolution for a company called Shambaugh & Son. They are a specialty custom contracting construction and engineering company. Nearly $2 million of private investment is going in. It is a 13,000 square foot facility which will be about half office space and half warehouse. They are consolidating two (2) out of town businesses and locating them in the City of South Bend. They are relocating eighty-six (86) 5 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 jobs from Mishawaka to South Bend and will be creating twenty-five (25) new permanent full- time jobs with salary ranges between $35,000 and $110,000 a year. This is a four (4) year phase- in abatement. So by year five (5) they will be paying full bode on the property. Richard Doolittle, 4100 Edison Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka, IN, served as the petitioner for this bill. Mr. Doolittle stated, It is a 13,500 square foot new construction. It will be fifty percent(50%) office and fifty percent (50%) warehouse for a company that is a national company. They are currently located in Mishawaka and they have a subsidiary in South Bend but they intend to relocate into this building. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked, Could you share with us the most immediate impact this will have? Mr. Buckenmeyer replied, We will see the return on investment as, frankly, a lay return on investment. It allows us to give something back to a company that is bringing jobs and investment to the City. Some of our largest taxpayers right now are companies we gave abatements to in years past. We see this as a critical tool to bring companies and jobs into the City. Councilmember Oliver Davis followed up, For the future,I would like to know the fastest time we will see this hit. For the average person saying we are giving off all these tax abatements and they don't see any return and those kinds of things. What would be your argument that would help that person understand? Mr. Buckenmeyer replied, If you are asking for the specific return on investment and the year we break even on the investment, I don't have that in front of me and I apologize. I can certainly communicate that back to you. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, In the future that should be in the presentation because we are being asked about that a lot more. Mr. Buckenmeyer replied, The full taxes abated will be just over $100,000 and then the full tax amount they will be paying after five (5) years is $144,000 a year. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. None from the public wished to speak in favor of or opposition to this bill. Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to adopt Bill No. 18-38. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a roll call vote of eight(8) ayes. 18-40 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING A PETITION OF THE AREA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 213 AND 217 SOUTH MAIN STREET Councilmember Oliver Davis, chair of the Zoning and Annexation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Angela Smith, Deputy Director of the Area Plan Commission with offices on the 111' floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Ms. Smith stated, The petition before you seeks a special exception use on the corner of Wayne and Jefferson. The proposed commercial building to go in the vacant parcel has a proposed coffee shop on the southern portion. The special exception is to allow for a drive-thru. In the Downtown District and the Central Business District, drive-thrus are special exceptions. So the proposal is at this southern location here (referencing a slide in the presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office) there would be a pickup window.Motorists would come in on Main Street and exit on Main Street. This comes to you from the Area Board of Zoning Appeals (ABZA) with a favorable recommendation. There was no one present to speak in favor of or in remonstrance to this proposal. 6 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Brian McMorrow, Abonmarche Consultants with offices located at 750 Lincolnway East, South Bend, IN, served as the petitioner of this bill. Mr. McMorrow stated, I'm here on behalf of the owner. I guess what makes this special, unlike PNC Bank and Burger King where the drive-thru tends to dominate the whole operation, the drive-thru we will see is just one (1) small element of what we believe is a really special building. It is kind of the flip of the Federal Courthouse across the street which has a lot of concrete and not much glass. This building will have a lot of glass and will bring a lot of light and energy onto the street. We have either complied with the Zoning Ordinance in its entirety or have from the ABZA a handful of variances. All we ask for tonight is this special exception for a ground floor coffee shop. Here (referencing projected images which are available in the City Clerk's Office) are a few images from various perspectives. This is not a suburban location. This is a downtown location and we certainly hope there will be enough residents and business people downtown that they will walk up to get their coffee at the desk as opposed to driving though. This is not an on-the-way type place. This will be for people who live or work downtown. Jeff Smoke, Great Lakes Capital with offices located at 112 West Jefferson Boulevard, stated, Brian gave a great intro. We are looking forward to breaking ground in the first (1S) quarter of 2019 and bringing new energy and excitement to downtown South Bend. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked, Could you share what you shared this afternoon about who that will be? Mr. Smoke replied, Ideally we would love to have all those details ironed out in the next few months. We are talking to a few different tenants for both the retail spaces and the office space. In the next few months we should have more certainty on who they are. Councilmember Oliver Davis followed up, And what will make this unique? Mr. Smoke replied, I think the building will be first(1St)class and it will be the first(1St)new office investment downtown in,I think, over twenty(20) years. I think there is a lot of excitement. From the coffee shop perspective, we are asking for the drive through but it will be a more walkable destination. Councilmember Oliver Davis then asked, And they will serve hot chocolate, marshmallows and that kind of stuff, too, right? Mr. Smoke replied, I will certainly try, yes. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston asked, So will the whole bottom floor be retail? Mr. Smoke replied, Yes, the bottom floor will be one hundred percent (100%) retail. The south most suite will be for the coffee shop tenant. Councilmember Jo M. Broden asked, Is it flexible space though? So if the coffee shop does not, could it be used for other retail purposes? Mr. Smoke replied, Sure, it could be a multitude of uses. Councilmember Jo M. Broden followed up, Then procedurally, as Council, we just received the staff report. There aren't any site plans at all. That might help in the future to include that in the packet. That is all I received in mine is the cover letter and the memo from the Area Plan staff. Council President Tim Scott stated, That would come from the Department of Community Investment. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, In Committee I mentioned I was concerned about the bottlenecking but I appreciate you guys talking through that. I'm fine with all that. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. None from the public wished to speak in favor of or opposition to this bill. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt Bill No. 18-40. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a roll call vote of eight(8) ayes. REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 BILLS ON FIRST READING Bob Palmer, Council Attorney with offices on the 41h floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, stated, These first (1St) readings are simply to set the stage for the passage of the City Budget in October. The first (1St) readings are simply that. Each of these will have public hearing on September 24th,2018 and then there will be another two (2)week period until October 8th,2018 and that is when they will come up for third (3rd)reading and passage. The public hearing on each of these bills will be on September 24th, 2018 and after that, the final reading will be in Council Portion Only. BILL NO. 38-18 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, LEVYING TAXES AND FIXING THE RATE OF TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE TO MEET THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 38-18 to the Personnel and Finance Committee for their September 24th, 2018 meeting Second Reading and Public Hearing and for Third(3rd)Reading on October 8th,2018 in the Council Portion Only. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. 39-18 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 INCLUDING ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 39-18 to the Personnel and Finance Committee for their September 24th, 2018 meeting Second Reading and Public Hearing and for Third (3rd) Reading on October 8th, 2018 in the Council Portion Only. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. 40-18 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE DESIGNATED ENTERPRISE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 INCLUDING ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS, AND OBLIGATIONS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT. 8 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 40-18 to the Personnel and Finance Committee for their September 24th, 2018 meeting Second Reading and Public Hearing and for Third (3rd) Reading on October 8th, 2018 in the Council Portion Only. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. 41-18 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING, ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION'S 2019 BUDGET AND LEVYING THE TAX AND FIXING THE RATE OF THE TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE TO FUND THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 41-18 to the Personnel and Finance Committee for their September 24th, 2018 meeting Second Reading and Public Hearing and for Third (3rd) Reading on September 24th, 2018. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Councilmember Oliver Davis asked, Have our Utilities and Public Health persons been able to send out an email for our second (2"d)meeting? Same thing about the transit summit? Council President Tim Scott replied, I will get an answer to you guys this week. Councilmember Karen White announced,Our next budget meeting will be this coming Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. The department presenting is the South Bend Police Department. Councilmember Jo M. Broden asked, Are there any changes in that schedule overall for those hearings going forward? Councilmember Karen White replied, Yes, changes will be forth coming. The City Clerk and I will be meeting with our City Controller to look at the schedule to ensure the topics forthcoming with have ample time. We hope to make those changes by this Wednesday. NEW BUSINESS Councilmember Oliver Davis asked, Is there any way we could send flowers or condolences to McCain's thing? From our City? Just thought about it. Council President Tim Scott stated, We can take that into consideration. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, As our rep for MACOG, the Michiana on the Move Transportation Plan is being looked at. That is a long-range transportation plan for our region. There is a survey under move245.macog.com and that is open for comments until September 16th, 2018. This plan will be a blueprint for how Federal, State and Local funds are invested. We are all encouraged to give input to that survey. On a smaller scale,the Northshore Triangle Neighborhood is doing a visioning session on September 13'x', 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Neighborhood Resources Connection Center. Last item, if I may, yesterday was Women's Equity Day. Twelve (12) local women were honored and one(1) of them were none other than Councilmember Regina Williams- Preston. I would like to give a shout out to Nancy Flores, Diana Hess, Penny Hughes, Judge Jean 9 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 Jordan, Jan Joseph, Julie Naba, Kathy Schuth, Blair Caldwell, Maritza Robles, Albertine Wassenhove and Linda Wolfson. That is part of the Celebrating Michiana Women's Leaders exhibit at the IUSB Civil Rights Heritage Center with the main partners in the project being the Michiana Women's Leaders, the League of Women Voter and IUSB. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, We had a good meeting in the third (3rd) district and I will wait on her to give more information. Councilmember Jake Teshka announced, I will be hosting a Meet and Greet coming up on September 6t", 2018. This is the second (2nd) one (1). That will be out at the library on the corner of Miami and Kerr from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Rod Goodchild, 837 South 24 h Street, South Bend, IN, stated, It's all smiles. You probably saw me shaking the mayor's hand and you probably all read the letter from the mayor. I thanked him and gave him a nice card and showed him how we are planting those trees sustainably. That is so important. You see all fourteen (14) trees. I continue to mention that to everyone. People came from Los Angeles. They saw this and are trying their best to bring something like this back to their school systems. You have it here. You have fourteen (14)unbelievable tree carvings and they can only get one(1)or two (2). There is nothing like it in the Midwest and you could double your catch area. All I'm talking about is dollars and cents. The Zoo brings in people from twenty (20) miles out. Those people from Michigan and the superintendent of the schools that came here with the resident delegation from LA, and you ask, how do you know these people? I'm a two (2) time Olympic athlete. I have friends all over. They cannot believe it. They took hundreds of pictures to take home. You get twenty (20) miles you get forty (40) miles. Double your catch area but just introducing this. You have an interactive program here. People all over the area are saying it is a gift, it is generous, it is my fathers and I've said enough. We can coordinate with the zoo people. The second(2nd) one(1)we have the tree that is there. You have all of the text messages that went out. You have all of the papers that went out in 2014. You have all of them from the zoo people saying what we are doing. My sister worked twenty (20) years. It went out from Phil Sinclair and he said, `People, it's going to be there. She is a dedicated employee. Get a life, it is done.' It was approved, it was up there and it was controversial as all of you know. It is there, it is in front and you all know. You asked me about the new program and where it is going to go. I said we can move it and I'll pay for it. We found a location I think would be great with where the other children are. That is something we all have to talk about because the project is ongoing and it is going to be impacted. The last thing, my sister Peg,twenty-five (25)years with the food services program. She was a dedicated employee and she ran the summer parks program, over fifty (50) sites. She can't be more delighted than to see that picture with that. The bear in front of the zoo needs to be placed somewhere appropriately. It has been approved by the way for my father. Thank you. Jesse Davis, P.O. Box 10205, South Bend, IN, stated, I came and talked to you guys a while back about the monopolizing of the towing companies in South Bend. I mentioned the incident of the young lady's car that was parked on the side of the road, hit by a drunk driver and totaled, and she got a bill for$1,400 to tow that car a block. We went over the same thing with the sewer insurance program for many years. I get calls from numerous people. One (1) person in particular had a Corvette towed out at the Eddy Street Commons Area last Saturday night I believe. My first (1st) question is how the hell does somebody get a No Parking Sign to encompass an entire block with only two (2) houses? That is a public road paid for by the public. Those houses have garages and driveways that can house four(4)to six (6)vehicles on their property but yet there are No Parking Signs. I don't know how long those signs have been there but our tow companies are getting wealthy. Or I should say our tow company since it was monopolized.They towed over one hundred (100) cars out of there this weekend at one hundred and eighty dollars ($180) a piece. That put $18,000 into that tow company's pocket and another $1,000 from your citizens into the Police Department's pocket for their five dollar ($5) fee. Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous to tell citizens they can't park on a street. No parking during Notre Dame games is one (1) thing but to say No Parking at all on a street is ridiculous. If they don't get changed and y'all don't do something, the tow company said they don't care if they damage a car because they are protected by the City, and 10 REGULAR MEETING August 27, 2018 the City can be sued. I recorded this. You can't stop citizens from parking on public streets. I paid for that street. I will be parked there tonight and I hope the police come and try to tow my car while I'm sitting in it. Richard Collins, 55478 Moss Road, South Bend, IN, stated, I want to talk about this Grandview situation. Just outside Ardmore neighborhood there is a railroad crossing at Grandview. This railroad crossing is probably the worst railroad crossing I have ever seen. I already have some information on it but I would love to see something in the budget to fix this. There are children crossing back and forth over this crossing. We've had three (3) suicides at this crossing now. We need this repaired. It needs lights. All those kids, lights. This is not about me. This is for the City of South Bend. Thank you people. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the meeting at 7:58 p.m. 11