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SCITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK He went on, Finally, and I won't get into much of this, but the Plan Commission composition is dictated by State law. It is very similar to a lot of other Boards we have. There are nine (9) members.The Council appoints one(1),the Board of Park Commissioners one(1),Board of Public Works one (1), the City Engineer one (1), and then the Mayor would appoint five (5) citizen members. The Board of Zoning Appeals is similar but there are only five (5) members total. The Mayor appoints three (3) citizen members. Then there is one (1) from Council and one (1) appointed by the Plan Commission.There are some different regulations around that which we can get into later. Regarding timeframe, we would like to hire the new staff as soon as possible. We are in the process and look to have a draft ordinance probably sometime around May of this year. During that time, we are also doing an external and internal legal review. So, we've hired an external lawyer who is well versed in Indiana Zoning Law the type of zoning document we are creating. He has been engaged and he is currently reviewing things as we are putting it together. We hope it is adopted around September of this year. That is what we are aiming for. We can then get into Commissioner selection and training some time between October and December because there are a lot of things, and Larry already does this, but we get someone to come up and train them on the criteria of what to look for when making decisions. Ultimately, we hope this would all take effect on January 1st, 2020. That is the overview of the resolution. Committee Chair Davis asked, Is our Council attorney included in those discussions? Mr. Corcoran replied, Absolutely. I had a meeting with Stephanie and Aladean. Oh, I'm sorry, your attorney. Yeah, no. Sorry, Bob, I have not yet invited you. Committee Chair Davis stated, I would like for him to be included so we know things all the way from the beginning and he doesn't have to play catch up. The second(2°d)thing on that,the issues that could be quick fixes, if you could send them to us as soon as possible, so we can look at that early and we can spread them over and not have them all jammed in. Mr. Corcoran replied, Of course, we intend to give you time to review. Committee Chair Davis continued,Yeah,but since we already have an idea of what the quick fixes are,just let us know so that way we can already start looking at them and processing them in our minds as soon as possible. From that standpoint, those are the key issues that I would like to see. I'm glad we are aiming for May to have that. I was concerned, in my original comments, that we were trying to get both of them, all, in the same shot. It makes sense and when this whole thing was talked about earlier,it said everything was going to kick off in the summer. It makes sense to me starting it January 1 instead of the middle of the year when we are doing all that kind of stuff. So, I like the timeframe much better than how it was originally presented. So, I appreciate this kind of framework and I'm all in agreement with that. I just wanted to make sure the Committee and the Council is up to date on things early and that our attorney is included. Committeemember John Voorde stated, I'll just state this once, finally, and not again. I instinctively have a problem with this. It is like the Brexit of Area Plan Commissions, or something. Instead of looking for intergovernmental cooperation, which the current Area Plan Commission provides with the exception of Mishawaka. It seems like maybe all these things are needed in terms of the new visual approach and the streamlining of the process and those kinds of things. I can see where all of that is an aid to economic development and tailor-made to our specific EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 I TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 4