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REGULAR MEETING February 11, 2019
<br /> Neighborhood Master Plan. It was completed in 2015 and provides a framework for long and short-
<br /> term improvements as well as a land-use plan for the southeast neighborhood. Though the plan
<br /> was not formally adopted, the City and its community partners including SOAR, 466Works, and
<br /> Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem have been actively implementing the plan. Some
<br /> achievements to date include infrastructure improvements along Fellows Street, Bowman Creek
<br /> as well as Ravina Park, improved lighting through Light Up South Bend and a pilot Lamp Post
<br /> Program. 466Works also constructed two (2) new homes using federal funds. All these projects
<br /> have been consistent with the community's vision developed through the Master Plan process. We
<br /> ask the Council to approve the adoption of the Southeast Neighborhood Master Plan. I'm happy
<br /> to answer any questions you may have.
<br /> Council President Tim Scott opened the floor to questions from Council Members. There were
<br /> none.
<br /> This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and
<br /> opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
<br /> Charlotte Pfeifer, 1013 West Washington Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I'm a member of the 466
<br /> Inc. Board. As Liz mentioned, 466Works has been together for about five (5) or six (6) years.
<br /> What we wanted to do is help revitalize that neighborhood that borders Sample Street, Michigan
<br /> Street, Ewing Street and Miami Street. That is a big area,of course, so we've cut it into quadrants.
<br /> We work in one (1) quadrant at a time. We've been working with the neighbors and their
<br /> neighborhood associations, the City, the City Council, Ivy Tech and all of those assets in that
<br /> wonderful neighborhood. I say that on purpose because one (1) of the things we want to do is all
<br /> over the community and nation, people do silly and inappropriate things, but unfortunately with
<br /> that neighborhood, all you hear about are bad things. We want to make sure there is a balance. Just
<br /> like when bad things happen in Granger, Mishawaka, Indianapolis, they aren't reluctant to live
<br /> there because they know the balance. What you don't hear about on the southeast side is the
<br /> balance. Literally,because we have been working there we've built a couple homes and one(1)of
<br /> them sold within the first (1St) three (3) months. Actually three (3) different families tried to buy
<br /> the second (211d) one (1) but were over the revenue threshold. We hope the next homes we build
<br /> and revitalize will be more open to people's incomes. The thing I wanted to say the most that
<br /> maybe others won't say is that because we've been working in that neighborhood, other investors
<br /> are interested. So, we foresee in the next three (3) years that a person can be born in the southeast
<br /> side, go to preschool, elementary school, graduate from Riley High School, go to Ivy Tech to get
<br /> an associates degree, go down the road to get a bachelor's from IUSB and then go further down
<br /> the road to get a PhD, then buy a house and stay here in South Bend. I hope you pass this tonight
<br /> and I want to thank the City and everyone who contributed to this plan we've been working on
<br /> and waiting for.
<br /> Conrad Damian, 718 East Broadway Street, South Bend, IN, stated, It is my neighborhood the plan
<br /> has been made for. Our neighborhood `organization, SOAR, has been engaged with the other
<br /> partners like 466Works, Bowman Creek and the City to improve the neighborhood. Many
<br /> wonderful things are going on. We hope they continue. Ms. Maradik mentioned a few of those
<br /> things. There are other things currently going on that we hope we will be about to announce and
<br /> celebrate soon. We look forward to really making the Master Plan the future of our neighborhood.
<br /> The future of our neighborhood, we think, is bright. With this Master Plan, you are helping us
<br /> create a good and solid neighborhood for working-class families in South Bend.That is what South
<br /> Bend needs. Thank you.
<br /> Gary Gilot, 1904 Lilac Trails Court, South Bend, IN, stated, I am with the Bowman Creek
<br /> Educational Ecosystem. The Bowman Creek Education Ecosystem is more than Notre Dame. It is
<br /> about fifteen(15)different universities and secondary education institutions all partnering together
<br /> to do community engagement projects. We do projects with the neighborhood, not for them or to
<br /> them. So, with that collaborative spirit and working with Venues, Parks &Arts, Public Works,the
<br /> Department of Innovation and Technology, our Council Member, the Pokagon Band of the
<br /> Potawatomi Indians, there have been a number of improvements. We don't just do the creek. The
<br /> Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem is about talent meeting purpose and adding capacity to all
<br /> the non-profits and stakeholder who work in our neighborhoods to improve the quality of life.
<br /> Thank you.
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