07-25-11 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 25, 2011 Mr. St. Clair noted that as far as not doing any work at the facility, that is not the case, they have done work at the greenhouse and conservatories, they have replaced boilers, water lines, steam systems, they have done glass repair, it’s not like they haven’t done any work there. Councilmember Puzzello stated that when her children were young in the 1970’s they used to visit the conservatory quite often and it was beautiful and now she knows why because it was new. She stated that she didn’t realize that until now. She stated that as the years went by and it got more difficult to keep it up and we kind of got caught in a Catch 22, where less people were coming and the conservatory was kind of going downhill. She stated that there was a danger that we might lose it, about three or four years ago. The Botanical Society all of a sudden came together and has done wonderful work, hours and hours of free labor and study in the conservatory. She congratulated them and thanked them very sincerely for all their work that they have done to make it possible for that facility to live on. She stated that she would surely hope that the Council would pass this tonight so that they will know how much we appreciate all that they have done, and so that her grandchildren will be able to go over there and her great- grandchildren as well. There was no one else present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor or opposed to the bill, Councilmember Dieter made a motion for favorable recommendation to full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember LaFountain seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 41-11 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROPRIATING $1,000,000 FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE MIRACLE PARK IN 2011 Councilmember Dieter made a motion to continue this bill until the August 8, 2011 meeting of the Council at the request of the petitioner. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. BILL NO. 44-11 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA APPROPRIATING $1,000,000 IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OF ADDITIONAL STREET PAVING AND INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL REQUIRED FOR EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FLOW IN 2011 Councilmember Varner, Chairperson, Public Works and Property Vacation Committee, reported that this committee met this afternoon on this bill and sends it to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. th Mayor Stephen Luecke, 14 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. He advised that they are asking for the approval of an appropriation of $1 million dollars to enhance the paving program in 2011 as well as to have dollars to install a traffic signal near the new Kroc Center so that there when there are major events there, they will have safe flow of traffic egress and ingress for that property. He introduced Gary Gilot, Director, Public Works to give the details of the bill. th Mr. Gary Gilot, Director, Public Works, 13 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, advised that he provided a hand-out at the committee meeting this afternoon and will just highlight that. The hand-out depicted a 7