08-22-05 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETINGAUGUST 22, 2005 BILL NO. 42-05 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1951 E. FOX, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT (5) IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Varner made a motion to refer this bill to the Zoning and Annexation Committee and set it for Public Hearing and Third Reading on September 12, 2005. Councilmember Kuspa seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 43-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ANNEXING TO AND BRINGING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 56969 ORANGE ROAD, AND ADJACENT PROPERTY, WAGGONER’S DAIRY FARM INC., PHASE II COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO. 1, GERMAN TOWNSHIP, CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember Puzzello made a motion to refer this bill to the Zoning and Annexation Committee and set it for Public Hearing on September 26, 2005 and Third Reading on October 10, 2005. Councilmember Dieter seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 05-96 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DESIGNATING AND ESTABLISHING 401 EAST INDIANA AVENUE AN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING Councilmember Puzzello made a motion to refer this bill to the Zoning and Annexation Committee and set it for Public Hearing and Third Reading on September 12, 2005. Councilmember Rouse seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business to come before the Council at this time. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR COMMENTS REGARDING THE CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE Ms. Margaret Pfeil, 1130 W. Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana, advised that she is a member of the Catholic Worker Community. She stated that in November 2003, Ben Peters, Mike Baxter and she moved into 1126 W. Washington Street. After having located the house during that summer and having gathered support and enough financial support to pay off the house by June of 2004 on donations. The intention was to begin the house in the tradition of the Catholic Worker, which was a movement begun in the 1930’s by Dorothy Day and Peter Marin. Essentially the mission of the Catholic Worker was to practice the works of mercy based on Matthew: 25, to feed the hungry, cloth the naked and shelter the homeless. The idea of the Catholic Worker is that it is not an institution; it is a home that is shared. Giving is done as a personal sacrifice, sharing their lives and hope by the power of love, that they might be able to disarm some of the structures of violence that work in the world. They were not sure of the path this idea would take, it turns out that the need was very great. When they moved into the neighborhood, they did make an effort to get to know some of their immediate neighbors. 20