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REGULAR MEETING March 11, 2019
<br /> South Bend Plan Commission. With that, if you have questions for me I can answer tonight, I
<br /> would be happy to do so.
<br /> Council President Tim Scott opened the floor to questions from Council Members.
<br /> Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, Everything in Committee. I was fine with the responses and
<br /> the back and forth. I appreciate it.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, I do concur.
<br /> Councilmember Jake Teshka stated, I apologize, I wasn't in Committee so I'm sorry if this has
<br /> been answered. So, say you hire the new staff immediately and the plan is that this ordinance gets
<br /> passed in September. Hypothetically speaking, it doesn't pass, what happens to that new staff?
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, It really is part of the budgeting process at that point. If we feel that we are
<br /> overstaffed in that capacity, we would just not staff it in the future. But, I do think that we might
<br /> find there are either reasons to utilize them or they could get reshuffled into other departments as
<br /> well.Again,Building Department,one(1)of the staff was actually part of the Building Department
<br /> before, or Code Enforcement, or something like that. I think we would have to work through that
<br /> during the budget process.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, A couple of things. I saw the email regarding the resolution
<br /> and to change the name of this bill. To me,the title doesn't represent what we are doing and, I saw
<br /> Bob's thing on the way in, the title,to me, doesn't make any sense in terms of why this title versus
<br /> you are talking about hiring two (2)people. Yet, this title could lead people to think a completely
<br /> different thing.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, I agree and that's why we had asked to change the name of the title earlier.
<br /> There were some issues about advertising, I believe. We wanted to move the resolution through.
<br /> It is a resolution that only allows us to hire those two (2) new people and I understand that some
<br /> might be confused about what the title says,but ultimately,it is just about hiring the two(2)people.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis asked, For the record, is there a way we can change that tonight?
<br /> Council Attorney Bob Palmer stated, The title has been amended. That is part of the second (2nd)
<br /> substitute.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, Ok, cool. I can live with that. And the last piece of it, I
<br /> understand the philosophy piece of it,but I think in explaining this, first(1st)of all,with Area Plan
<br /> issues, we are still only having a South Bend voice when it comes down to the final decision, ok?
<br /> Secondly, it comes down to the issue of, we are working with MACOG and TRANSPO and many
<br /> of the Mayor's appointees don't have to live in the City of South Bend. BZA, they don't all have
<br /> to be in South Bend. So, what happens is through our zoning process and other entities we are
<br /> working with, there is still a non-South Bend voice that is being shared and those kinds of things.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, I think the appointments the Mayor would make would be people who live
<br /> in South Bend.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, No, no, no, no. no. Not all of his. I'm talking about all
<br /> of them currently when we are dealing with the City of South Bend right now.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, I'm not sure where they all live.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, I understand. My point to you is, the issue of us saying we
<br /> only hear the South Bend voice, from that standpoint, we still will hear other voices from that
<br /> standpoint. I just wanted to make that clear. Because you just mentioned MACOG and all those
<br /> other voices, we will still hear those kinds of things.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, Oh, yeah, we will continue working with all of those. Yes, of course.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, And it doesn't change because of the fact that, even if we
<br /> kept the Area Plan or we don't keep it, the final voice is still the Common Council.
<br /> Mr. Corcoran replied, Sure. But, for instance, if the Area Board of Zoning Appeals, Mike Keen, a
<br /> developer who is working the Near Northwest Neighborhood, spoke about how when they were
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