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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-11-19 PARC 4SouT1-184,4 d PE'CE/'! --1101 .er 1865 .x OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK PARC COMMITTEE MARCH 11, 2019 4:00 P.M. Committee Members Present: Sharon L. McBride, Erin Patzkowsky(citizen member), John Mazurkiewicz(citizen member) Committee Members Absent: Jake Teshka, Oliver Davis, John Voorde Other Council Present: Regina Williams-Preston, Karen White, Jo M. Broden, Tim Scott Other Council Absent: Gavin Ferlic Others Present: Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer Presenters: Aaron Perri, John Martinez, Kara Boyles, Kory Lantz, Steve Sass Agenda: Update: Aaron Perri-Executive Director, Venues, Parks, and Arts -The Youth Mowing Program -Progress of the 3rd District Bus Tour(Randolph and Ravina Park) -Major PARC Projects throughout the City -Potential Walking/Bike Trails -Riverwalk Connecting the Neighborhoods -Tree Ordinance (Ecological Advocacy Committee) -Property Destruction from the Golf Ball on DuBail Committee Chair Sharon L. McBride called to order the PARC Committee meeting at 4:00 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the presenters. Update: Aaron Perri-Executive Director, Venues, Parks, and Arts Aaron Perri, Executive Director of Venues, Parks & Arts with offices located at 321 South St. Louis Boulevard, stated, Thank you for inviting me, Councilmember McBride. I know there have been several things that have come up over the past few weeks and you wanted some updates. So, I always appreciate the opportunity to do that in person. We have, I think, about half a dozen items on here and only a half hour so, I'll be rather brief. To start off, I just distributed copies of the 2018 Annual Report (which is available in the City Clerk's Office). I won't spend time going through it. I think, legislatively, we had to submit it and it is also available for the public on our website. There is a lot of great news and many accomplishments in there. I also provided you with an INTEGRITY! SERVICE!ACCESSIBILITY JENNIFER M.COFFbfAN BIANCA L.TIRADO JOSEPH R.MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 46601 I p 574.235.9221 I f 574.235.9173 I www.southbendin.gov •CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK invitation. This is not a public meeting, but, always want to have the Council join if you are available. We have our all-staff meeting. We do this once a year where we bring one hundred and fifty(150)or so people together in one(1)room to see what's going on. If we have a minute at the end, I will show you a graphic of where this came from. If I may, I will just use your agenda for the guide of the day. Corey is not here yet, but I do expect him to be, so we will come back to the youth mowing and will bring up John Martinez to hit on a couple of the initial projects. John Martinez, Director of Facilities and Grounds for Venues, Parks & Arts with offices located at 1020 High Street, stated, Going through the few items on the agenda, one (1) is an update on Randolph Park. It is on the south east side of South Bend. It is a small park and what we consider a pocket park. Currently the park is bisected by Sampson Street (referencing a slide in a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office). We recently went through the Board of Public Works process and with Engineering's assistance to vacate that street to join the two (2) halves of the parks together. Currently, we are showing upgrades. We are going to remove all of the outdated equipment that is either due to the life expectancy of the equipment or safety concerns. The street is still present now. Some of the things we would like to do is look at potentially adding a pavilion. Across the street is a retention pond. We are looking at putting something like a soccer goal there. We're looking at adding a basketball court, as well. Originally, we proposed putting a pavilion down the center with an adjoining sidewalk once the street is removed, but currently we are working with Engineering to make sure the drainage of the site allows for that. He continued, For the new playground going in this year, which would be completed by July 1st, we've added spinning elements to it, three hundred and sixty (360) play, a climbing rock wall, some net climbers, a slide structure with actual physical amenities to it, as well as a few different swings. The equipment is all centrally located. The swings will have child swings, normal swings and then expression swings. Those allow the user to sit with a smaller child at the same time and swing together. The equipment will be accompanied with grills, a picnic pad, tables and will have better lines of sight for users. Now, one (1)parent or guardian with multiple kids can now,instead of watching kids on two (2) different sides of the park, watch them on one (1). So, currently, as I mentioned, the street has been vacated and we are working with Engineering to work on the drainage.We met with Streets and Sewers to talk about how this affects plow routes and we expect to proceed with this between this fall and next spring. A playground will go in by July 1st He went on, Moving on, another item was an update on Ravina Park. This was a Board of Public Works project in conjunction with VPA. There were erosion improvements done on the actual bank.The river,due to the hydrology of the creek,has started eating away at the bank.This project stabilizes it.There was a bridge that went across the park that had been destroyed years ago,before I can even remember. As part of the project, sidewalks now accompany all sides of the park. That sidewalk is an ADA accessible ramp which comes down the middle of the park into a small overlook that will be featured with benches and other amenities for people to sit and enjoy the creek. Going back, I just want to speak a little bit to the projects overall. These projects are funded out of the new bond series that we recently had the fortune of finding. It touches nine(9) different playgrounds throughout the City of South Bend getting ADA accessible equipment. We are designing ADA accessible sidewalks at many of these. We will not be able to implement them all simultaneously, but the plan is by 2020 to have sidewalks joining everywhere, geographically, where we are able to. We are going to touch twenty-four (24) restrooms, men and women. I'm embarrassed to say,but some don't even have doors or proper stalls at the moment. These will all be ADA accessible. Some proponents include sidewalk components and adjacent concrete in order EXCELLENCE j ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 i f 574.235.9173 I I L)574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2 CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK to make that transition meet current compliance. Our restrooms had met compliance when they were built, but, as you know, that changes periodically. Now, we will be all up to the current standard. We are also midway under design for athletic courts such as tennis,basketball and pickle ball, in order to maintain, renovate and resurface our existing courts. Councilmember Jo M. Broden asked, So, in Ravina, is there a bridge or not? I missed that. Mr. Martinez replied, I'm not clear on the thought process of why it was removed but I will tell you the connectivity was completely gone. But, across the park, there was no easy way to make that accessible. It is accessible, now, at all four (4) sides due to the sidewalk structure the Public Works team put in. Councilmember Broden followed up,And then Unity Gardens,do they still have an area there they are using? Mr. Martinez replied, The backside doesn't see a lot of use. It had some use two (2) years ago but there are no amenities put in by the City of South Bend, to draw users to that side of the park. Kara Boyles, City Engineer for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, I will say, to the bridge question, the purpose and need, I believe, by the neighbors, is really just to have a viewpoint and access to be able to be near the creek. The overlook does give that opportunity and the actual cost to replace the bridge was estimated to be $30,000 - $40,000 and when it came down to it, it was about ten(10)times that to be able to build a bridge. This was a partnership project with the Pokagon Band, so, we received a $100,000 donation from them to do this project. So, we are just trying to keep it within budget. Councilmember Broden then asked, Did that partnership stay in place and is it tied specifically to this park and these amenities put in? Ms. Boyles confirmed, Yes. Mr. Perri stated, You do have an outline in front of you on that half sheet (which is available in the City Clerk's Office)as a road map for all of the improvements to the neighborhood parks.They are going to celebrate these on two (2) separate press events.You'll get the press releases soon but March 27th at 1:00 p.m. at Rum Village we will be celebrating the restroom groundbreaking. Then the playgrounds upgrades will be April 4th at 10:00 a.m. at Main Park. We will circulate that information. Kory Lantz, 615 Cushing Street, stated, I've been a South Bend resident for ten (10) years now and am proud of it. Years ago, we noticed some vacant lots in South Bend and I got together with Councilmember Scott and we talked about how we could do a dual purpose, helping the lots look better while also providing jobs for kids that, in the summer time especially, are just kind of idle. I've worked with kids ever since I've been in South Bend, that is my passion and my heart, and I was trying to do a lot of stuff with them through mentoring and myself, personally, but they were still having idle time because I have my own family and I couldn't spend twenty-four (24) days a day with over one hundred(100)kids. So,we decided to start a lawncare business and, in fact,we actually started with about four(4) properties for the summer. There were three(3) different boys that helped get this thing going.They were involved in the whole process and it has taken off since EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY j INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 7-M574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 3 OFFICE OF THE CLERK •CITYOFSOUTHBEND then. In the last three(3) years, I believe, we've partnered with the Parks Department and they've been fantastic to work with across the board. We mow and maintain about one hundred and fourteen (114) of their properties across the northwest and west side. They've done a great job of mapping those out and keeping them close for our kids to park, we can walk and disperse from there. So,last year we hired ten(10)kids sixteen(16) years of age and older. We target the sixteen (16) to nineteen (19) year old age range. It is a real job for them. We pay them City minimum wage, we go through a curriculum with them on soft skills and hard skills and we talk a lot about four (4) main things. We talk about working hard and having a good attitude, those are two (2) things you can always control. Then also showing up on time and doing quality work. I believe we actually do real quality work now. Years ago, I couldn't be as confident in saying that, but there have been some kids that have stuck around with it. So,we had ten(10)kids last year and calculate about 1,000 hours and we call them mentoring hours because we hire kids to mentor them. We don't hire them just to cut grass, although that is exciting for some people and helps the City look better. But, it is a mentoring program and that's how it started. It's pretty cool to see the kids getting paid with their friends as well as mentored across all these skills. We want them to kind of start with us and give them a good first(1st)job experience while ultimately sending them off into other businesses throughout the City which we've done mostly with trade types of jobs like HVAC, home repair and things like that. We are always in conversations with businesses and if we have a kid that is ready to take that next step in that direction. That is the program. It's been phenomenal. We've been grateful to be a part of it and I hope we get to continue to get it. Every year I ask the Parks Department if we can take double the properties because the more we take, the more we can actually do. I think we have the manpower and capacity to do that, as well. Committeemember Erin Patzkowsky asked, How many apply for this versus how many you actually take? Mr. Lantz replied, In our leadership program, we have seventy-two (72) kids. Those are the only kids who can apply. We had twenty(20)kids apply last year and we hired ten(10) of them. If we had more properties, we might hire more like twelve(12)or fourteen(14), but those five(5)or six (6)we didn't hire, it was a good teachable moment and they weren't ready for something like this yet. The application is in our building. It is just like any other application, then they go through an interview process. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, Thank you for being here. This was something Councilmember White and I sponsored.This was a way to try and start summer jobs. The ordinance would actually not allow anything from Redevelopment or the Parks Department. They had to cut everything. So, what we did, per the Grass Cutting Ordinance we put together, was allow this mentorship. It was a program where they hire and mentor kids. I know,initially,there were about three(3)companies out there bidding but I think you are the one (1) that has stuck with it. Nothing against you guys, but, I would also like to see it expand a little more, too. Mr. Lantz replied, We just turned the bid for this year, so, we are always hoping to get it, but we also understand that we may not. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, I just want to give a little more context to the work that Kory does. You all know I'm a teacher and I see mentoring programs come and go and, I have to tell you, when I hear mentoring, I just kind of roll my eyes and snore. But, I say this all the time about transformation ministries, the work that they do is truly transformational and this EXCELLENCE j ACCOUNTABILITY j INNOVATION 1 INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 I I D574.235.5567 vwvw.southbendin.gov 4 )CITYOFSOUTHBEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK kind of partnership with the City is a part of what makes that work and is also really grassroots and hardcore. You heard how connected they are with their mentors and mentees. I know some of the kids and I see them in schools and they are leaders everywhere they go. They are sometimes wearing their shirts or whatever, but you can really tell the difference. They walk and talk differently. They just look different. So, I believe it has everything to do with the creativity, the hard work and connections they make. This particular organization is also rooted in the work of restorative practices and I think that is also a big piece that really ties it together with their mentors, mentees and with the community. That kind of hard work that goes into it feeds the youth into something that is also very practical is the perfect combination. I'm really looking forward to being able to support this kind of program but then also encourage the type of mentorship programming, even opening it up to other groups and looking at this as a model. Mentorship is not the same everything and that is what I'm saying. The type of mentorship that Kory and Transformation Ministries does is on a whole different level. So, it would be nice if they could spread the work they do. So, thank you. Mr. Lantz replied, Thank you so much. Mr. Perri stated, We agree, and we love the partnership. We will be rolling out, later this spring, a video that highlights this. As a matter of fact, I'll email you all the draft. We need to shout this from the rooftop. It's not enough to just do the work,we have to tell people about it. So,I appreciate the Council's support there. Councilmember Karen White stated, I think that is an excellent point because there are individuals within the community that are one (1), not aware, and those who are, think this program is not effective or we are not implementing the program. So, I think the more we can do to tell our story with the work we are doing and how the work came about, and showing that we are invested in these programs, will not only impact the work but also the individuals. Mentoring and working with individuals, we see outcomes. I think it is important we start to frame all our different programs to really make sure our community is aware of the success of them as well. Councilmember Williams-Preston stated, Real quickly,let me just say it is important for us to also recognize this kind of programing is hitting other targets like reducing violence by building peace. When we engage our kids in strong relationships with adults, mentoring, and giving them opportunities, this is one (1) of the proactive ways. I'm always talking about in-reach and we can start talking about this as one (1) of those examples of who we are by doing other things. We are not just calling the Police to solve our problems with violence. We are approaching it from a proactive stance. So, I think that is important to remember. Mr. Perri stated, I will kind of go rapid fire on a couple of these. I always like to remind people, MySBParksandTrails.com is the best place to keep up with all these projects. Renderings, timelines,whatever the case may be,that is the place to go. Some of the big ones right now,though, Howard is well under construction. If you've driven by there, you're noticing the transformation. Limestone is going up as we speak. All in all,that is targeted for Thanksgiving Weekend for grand opening.We have selected,through a competitive bid process,the vendor to operate the café. That will be a private vendor, Mark Tamer, the owner of South Bend Chocolate Café. It will not be a South Bend Chocolate Café, but he will be the operator. He is working on his concept now. That will be open alongside the rest of the facility. Leeper Park is going out to bid soon as well as the west back trail work. So, that is work you will see happening this summer and finishing up by the EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 5 CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK end of this year. We will start some work around Sietz Park and then on deck are Pulaski, Pinhook and O'Brien. So, that kind of rounds out the major projects along with the neighborhood projects that John discussed. He continued, There was conversation and in talking with Councilmember McBride, we weren't exactly sure what these were,but they had come up. So, I will hit on a couple of trails. Bullet Trail did open late last year. That was a wonderful Public Works project that connects the area of Riverside Drive over to Portage,just north of Pinhook. On deck, looking at the Lincolnway East Project, that will provide some continuity of the Riverwalk on the north side of the river. Some of that groundwork was laid late last fall. The Coal Line Trail is on deck as well. That is a project that will start next year. I mentioned Pinhook and the circulation that is happening around there. We are partnering with United Way at Pinhook and LaSalle Parks to do learning trails. That will get families out on the trails and learning as they go along. That is a pretty interesting project. Again,the Downtown Riverwalk is all moving up to that ten(10)foot ADA compliant trail system and we'll see some work start on that this year. We also applied, in partnership with Public Works and Engineering, for a State grant to connect the east bank trail to the riverside trail and into Michigan. That is a lot of work on trails and connectivity and I know that is important. Another requested update was from the Chair of our Ecological Advocacy Committee, Steve Sass, for the tree and shrub work that has been talked about a couple times. Steve Sass, Chair of the Ecological Advocacy Committee with offices located at 321 South St. Louis Boulevard,handed out folders of information(which is available in the City Clerk's Office). He stated, I was last here in July and spoke about some of the things we had been researching with regards to the Tree and Shrubs Ordinance. At that time, I gave a little bit of background about how we got here and how we started with examining some things going on in terms of things we were doing with forestry in South Bend. The Committee took a look at some of those and consulted with the City forester about some things we would like to see done differently. Brett came back and provided us with some additional recommendations and pointed out some outdated codes to us. Chapter nine(9), section nineteen-thirteen(19-13)and nineteen-fourteen(19-14)pertain to the prohibited trees and shrubs. Nineteen-thirteen (19-13) specifically deals with trees in what they call the tree lawn area. That is defined earlier in the ordinance and that is the area between the street and the sidewalk. Nineteen-fourteen(19-14)deals with shrubs but, City-wide, actually deals more with specifically one(1) shrub which is berberis. The reason for that was,presumably, at the time the shrub berberis was an alternate host for wheat rot fungus. So, it was causing agricultural damage. He continued, Both of these ordinances were last updated in 1962, so, they are very antiquated. Wheat rot fungus, apparently, is no longer a concern. So, the Ecological Advocacy Council was asked to make some suggested changes to these two (2) ordinances. What we came back with, you'll find on the second (2nd) page, were proposed changes. I wrote the overview as well as the specific changes at the bottom of the page. What we've done is we've suggested taking Nineteen- Thirteen (19-13), which is the prohibited species of trees on the tree lawn area and changing that ordinance to be prohibited species of vegetation City-wide. Then section Nineteen-Fourteen (19- 14) changes from prohibited species of shrubs,which is no longer needed whatsoever,but we used it as an opportunity to do something different. So, we switch that over to the tree lawn. So, Nineteen-Thirteen (19-13) pertains to the entire City, Nineteen-Fourteen (19-14) pertains to just the tree lawn area. In July, I presented on the evils of the ecological and monetary damage of invasive species. That is very well-documented. I found a statistic and it is on the first (1st) page. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building;227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 1574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 6 CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK The best I could find for monetary damage was a 2012 survey according to Indiana Economic Digest. It says that Indiana spends about $5.7 billion every year managing these invasive species. It is estimated that eighty percent(80%)of these invasive species are garden escapees. These were things purposefully planted in our neighborhoods that escaped cultivation and are now causing all kinds of ecological damage. He went on, So,what is Indiana doing about this? Several things. If we go to the next page, starting with IC Fifteen-Sixteen-Ten (15-16-10) at the top, this was actually specific Indiana State Legislation which created which created the Indiana Invasive Species Council. I included the entire legislation here, I think it's three pages long. It defines what the Indiana Invasive Species Council is, how it works, who is on it, etcetera. It's interesting and important to note, the Indiana Invasive Species Council contains a fairly diverse range of people. That is actually detailed on the second (2nd) page where it is one (1) person who represents research on invasive species, two (2) people from the hardwood tree industry, two (2) people from the horticulture industry, two (2) people from the agriculture industry, two (2) people from the aquaculture industry, two (2) people from land trusts,biodiversity conservation, aquatic conservation and local parks and recreation. So,it is a wide and diverse group of people looking into this. There is also an Advisory Committee to the Council. The Advisory Committee to the Council, if you go to the page that says Indiana Invasive Plant List, they are the ones who make the suggestions to the Council about which species are the ones that should be identified as being officially invasive in Indiana. This is the complete list of them. The first (1st) section are the aquatic plants. It then goes on from there. He continued, A body was created by official State Legislation. If you notice at the top, the date on this says October 11th,2013. So,there was concern about how often this ordinance was updated and,from reviewing the Code,there actually is no provision saying it has to be updated or reviewed annually, or anything like that. Digging a bit deeper and talking to some of the people on the Advisory Committee, there is a lot of work that goes into this. The Advisory Committee has to do a ton of research before bringing anything to the Council. The best I can determine, this list was last updated in 2015.They are getting ready to possibly do another update to it as well.The Indiana Invasive Plant List really contains no teeth, as they say politically, because there is really nothing in this that particularly bans anything other than experts saying that these are all really bad things that do harm to the ecology in our State. Although, I should point out, some of these things on here are actually Federally listed, particularly the aquatic plants, as being invasive. We also have some things listed as noxious beasts in Indiana. That is actually a small list. He went on, So, moving forward to the next page, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in the past year, have proposed to establish this. It's been ratified by the Natural Resource Commission in Indiana a couple of months ago. What they have done here is they have made the listed species, starting in section twenty-five (25), there are forty-four (44) species on there of vegetation, which, are now officially prohibited in Indiana and they define what prohibited means on that second (2nd) page. These are all things in Indiana that are, beyond our control, prohibited, or will be prohibited, as of, I believe, 2020 when this rule goes into effect after being ratified by the Natural Resource Commission, which it has been. So, if you go back to the Indiana Invasive Plant list, you'll find there is over one hundred (100) species of plants that are on that list, versus only forty-four(44)on that DNR list. First(1St)of all, the DNR list is a terrestrial list, so it doesn't take into account any of the plants that are in that aquatic list in that first(1St)category. The second (2nd) thing that it does is that the people who wrote the rule were apparently under some pressure or fear that there would be some kick-back from the nursery industry or from landscapers, so, a EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 11-D574 235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 7 CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK number of the things on this list were purposefully left off of the DNR list for that reason. This is much to the disappointment of any ecologists who feel it should have been much more inclusive. So, there are two (2) sides to this story. Some ecologists are disappointed the list isn't more comprehensive and others look at it as being a foot in the door to try and get more things done. He continued, Fast forward to the page after that, we have the Knox County Ordinance 11-2018. Not to be confused with the City of Knox, Knox County is in the extreme southwest of Indiana. Knox County went ahead and created their own ordinance via their County Commission. Theirs is much more inclusive of the full invasive species list. I've included all of the ordinance for that as well. It spans everything from this invasive species list that has either a high or a medium risk. So, that is what got us here today. The way the EAC has written this proposed ordinance is prohibiting all of the species on the official invasive species list from being planted or sold within the City limits. South Bend would become the first (1st) City in Indiana to do anything like this. Also, the first (1st) entity at all in Indiana if we were to ban all of the officially listed plants and not just the high and medium plants. So, that is what got us there today. At the end of the first (1st) page following the cover page, we talk about the benefits versus the setbacks. The setbacks include a possible kick-back from the nursery trade and the landscaping industry. Last Friday, I reached out to a colleague who is the Soil and Water Conservation District Educator for Knox County. He was the person who was the driving force behind their new ordinance. It hasn't gone into effect yet, but the ordinance has been passed. I asked him how things were going with the public opinion of that ordinance. His reply was that the public has been overwhelmingly supportive and virtually only one(1)nursery said anything about it.That is where we are at and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Committee Chair McBride stated,Thank you for the update,Mr. Sass.The draft ordinance is being looked at by Legal right now before we move forward on it. Councilmember Broden asked, Did Knox County's ordinance include land-based and aquatic? Mr. Sass replied, That is a good question. I don't know if it is aquatic. It is for sure terrestrial and they don't make a distinction, as it appears. It looks to be all of them. Councilmember Broden followed up,And there is nothing that precludes us from saying,as a City, we cannot ban this? Mr. Sass replied, I do not believe so. Councilmember Broden stated, So, the sooner we do it, the better. Mr. Sass stated, As they say, the best time to plant a tree was twenty(20) years ago. Councilmember Broden then asked, And you said there is not a compliance piece to this? What would be in ours? Mr. Sass replied, So, Chapter Nine (9) Section Nineteen (19) has a lot more detail than what I included on enforcement of that Code. The Knox County Ordinance started from scratch. They actually set up a Commission to oversee this and they talk about penalties. Not being a lawyer, I EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION , EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld ISouth Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221!f574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 4wNw.southbendin.gov 8 CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK can't accurately comment on this,but it seems,from a layperson's standpoint,that the enforcement portion of it is already written into the City Ordinance. Committee Chair McBride stated, Thank you. Ms. Boyles, thank you for sending an update from the bus tour. I will send that out to Council about the traffic calming we have dealt with. There is a lot of good information. Mr. Perri stated,There is no one more passionate,talented or qualified to navigate those ecological issues. So, thank you Steve. There was a question about golf balls at Studebaker? Mr. Martinez stated, We have a golf course that predates the housing around it. The City is soliciting fencing quotes from local fencing companies to raise the fencing. There is fencing currently there but it is in disrepair because of the trees that have been allowed to grow in. We will replace that, and we are looking for a twelve(12) foot fence with eight(8) feet of net. That will be done in the 2000 block of High Street where that damage is occurring now. We have not received those quotes to date but are looking to implement that this year. Mr.Pen-i stated,We are also looking to acquire some of the Riverfront properties we don't actually own. We have easements in some of those areas but for perpetuity in these investments we are making, for public use and access, we are looking at acquiring some of those slivers of land. That is going through the Board of Public Works process. With no further discussion, Committee Chair McBride adjourned the PARC Committee meeting at 4:42 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, a/t 11(%1-.A_ Sharon McBride Committee Chair EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567Iwww.southbendin.gov 9