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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND , OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committeemember Jo M.Broden arrived at the meeting at 4:18 p.m. Her arrival initiated a quorum of the Zoning and Annexation Committee. Committeemember Jo M. Broden stated, I apologize. I don't know what all you covered already. Thanks. In terms of the bike components, the bike racks and all of that, how does that situate us with regard to bike-friendly designation as a national rating?Are we looking at best practices from that agency there?Are we meeting or exceeding those? Mr. Divita replied, We are meeting those. What is proposed are very rudimentary changes to the Ordinance to adjust to those best practices. Committeemember Broden followed up, Ok, and your terminology here, bicycle racks, but how do we accommodate for changes such as scooters as an alternative means of transportation?I don't know if they need to lean or not,I don't know.But you know what I'm saying,that is an alternative, right? Mr. Divita replied, The Ordinance speaks to the bikes but I'm sure it could accommodate the scooter. Committeemember Broden interjected, Ok, so that specificity is not going to be a problem going forward? Mr. Divita replied, I don't think it will. Committeemember Broden followed up, I have another question. The units of measurements, you took out employees and seating capacity. Did you address that? I thought in our presentation that was kind of a crazy way that we changed those numbers? Mr. Divita replied, In the current Ordinance, there is the number of parking spaces. In some cases it is based on the script of the building and in other cases it might be based on the number of employees. The new Ordinance is going to base it more on the size of the building. It tends to be a fairly obvious and constant way of measuring that. Committeemember Broden followed up, And then just, I think, two (2) others. Public park or a cultural hot spot. I don't know how to say it. I can think of Kelly Park in my district where it was pretty loud for the neighbors that have a concern about site lines. People coming to and from a centrally located location such as that in a residential area and then filling that space up on that adjacent parking. And then I think about the parks that we just visited on the tour, Fremont Park. There was a preference to actually move parking into the park. That is one (1) of the things we heard. I think I also heard not to have parking on the street to block some of those sight lines where it could be a safety issue for kids going back and forth. Mr. Divita replied,Those are addressed on a case by case basis. Certainly if there are safety issues, the Board of Public Works always has those insights. That is part of the active evaluation of each site to see what the parking needs are. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 j www.southbendin.gov 3