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REGULAR MEETING MAY 29, 2012
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<br />area of leadership and a city that has 35% minority. He stated that they look forward to
<br />proudly supporting and working together with you on this matter.
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<br />Graylin Watson, 2010 S. Gertrude, South Bend, Indiana, Pastor, Jesus Rock Church,
<br />advised that he is very familiar with the police department. He stated that he lived on the
<br />side before this side. He stated that he was listening to the news, and the prosecutor
<br />saying that there will be no investigation over Tim Corbett threatening another South
<br />Bend Police Officer. He questioned the Council, Mayor and City if that would have been
<br />him that did the threatening, and then he would have a case. Where somebody would be
<br />investigating, and the prosecutor would definitely be looking into it. He asked why isn’t
<br />this being looked into. He stated that he feels like we have a problem. Because either he
<br />is threatening or he lied, and either way it goes, there is a problem in the system.
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<br />Jerry Niezgodski, 2930 Bonds Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, commented on trees. He
<br />stated that as we all know we are going to lose a lot of them because of the ash boar
<br />problem. He stated that he is really concerned about East Colfax, Washington and those
<br />areas where we are doing our CSO project and cutting down none ash trees and would
<br />like to see a halt to that project right now, before we destroy anymore of our
<br />neighborhood. He stated that he wanted to make sure that those bricked lined streets,
<br />have the bricks put back, and if we can preserve any of these trees, from what he read in
<br />the paper it is because we have to use bulldozers and it would be more expensive to use
<br />jackhammers. Let’s do it right, let’s preserve our neighborhoods. He stated that if we are
<br />going to lose a bunch of ash trees we are going to go, and he was just down East
<br />Washington, it looks terrible, they have destroyed the home values and planting a few
<br />flowering crab trees is not going to replace it. He reiterated that he hopes the bricks are
<br />replaced and hopes that the city looks into getting a second opinion; if he was a patient he
<br />would always get a second opinion, maybe even a third. There maybe a better way to go
<br />about this project without destroying these beautiful neighborhoods on the east side of
<br />South Bend. Mr. Niezgodski filed his South Bend Common Council Privilege of the
<br />Floor form with Council President Derek Dieter.
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<br />Marilyn Gachaw, 2514 W. Kenwood Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, stated that she just
<br />wanted to remind Karen White and Henry Davis, Jr., that Kennedy Park Neighborhood
<br />Association has requested signs for their alleys. She stated that they have submitted a
<br />letter and also pictures designated which alleys, and if they would get back to them
<br />concerning this matter.
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<br />Darryl McKinney, 501 Alonzo Watson Drive, South Bend, Indiana, thanked Mr. Davis
<br />for reminding our Mayor about the bridge on Chapin Street. He stated that Mayor
<br />Buttigieg promised some money for that bridge. He stated that nothing has been done
<br />and it is a safety concern for the children over in that area. He stated that they have a
<br />brand new Kroc Center up there, and sometimes when he talks to him about it, he thinks
<br />that it is a joke, and try to put it on the back burner. He stated that some people in here
<br />think it’s not a joke to him or people in the housing authority. He stated that it is very
<br />serious that the bridge really gets taken a look at. He stated not only the bridge, the South
<br />Bend Silverhawks also the Kroc Center, the kids that reside over their in those projects
<br />have a brand new Kroc Center up there, kids are out their playing constantly, playing
<br />soccer, while other kids have to look at them. That is totally unfair, and on the other side
<br />you got the Silverhawk’s fire works going off every night and its things like that and it’s
<br />the kids projects and that’s where he used to play at, and what are the kids celebrating
<br />over there in those projects, they can’t get in, it’s supposed to be the South Bend
<br />Silverhawk’s, their prices are so high the kids can’t get in now. Dollar night is gone, so
<br />what are their celebrating, what should the kids be celebrating over there in those
<br />projects. Let the kids get in, let their families get in at cheaper prices or at least notify the
<br />people who live in those areas that there is some type of thing that they can celebrate with
<br />sometimes on Friday nights when those fireworks are going off, give them some tickets
<br />to go in their and they can watch a baseball game or something like that. He stated that
<br />you keep saying like some other folks said you’re talking about kid violence, when the
<br />Mayor started off talking about youth violence. This is going to be, without the kids
<br />having something to do right off the bat. You are going to see more violence down the
<br />road from these kids who aren’t participating in anything. Participation is going to be the
<br />biggest thing that these young kids growing up now are going to need. He stated that
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