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REGULAR MEETING April 22, 2019
<br /> NEW BUSINESS
<br /> There was no new business.
<br /> PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
<br /> Bill Stranz, 1818 South Olive Street, South Bend, IN, stated,I own Bill's Body Shop. The Mayor's
<br /> secretary, I talked to her after the last meeting. She said she was going to look into my problem
<br /> and talk to the City Engineer. It took a day or two (2) and he finally contacted me saying he was
<br /> going to do something. That has been almost two(2)weeks ago. He finally got back with me today
<br /> after I talked to the Mayor's secretary for the first (1St) time since the last time. She evidently
<br /> contacted the City Engineer who said he's still studying it and they are going to do something. He
<br /> called me back and left a message on the phone. That was probably about 1:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m.,
<br /> I was out to lunch. I tried to call him back and I realize what today is, couldn't get any more
<br /> responses. I'm going to be out of town from tomorrow morning until Saturday evening. So, he
<br /> probably won't have any more comments for me and I won't be able to be around. So, if I don't
<br /> hear anymore, I guess, see you at the next Council meeting. But it seems like I'm not getting very
<br /> much response. I also had Right-Of-Way Jones get on me, again, today. He made his call from
<br /> Fort Wayne. He's been after me to sign off on these papers. I did fax him a copy of the estimates
<br /> for moving the fence back and also for paving the lot. I don't know what kind of paving they want.
<br /> Also, I have a bill here for putting in a guard fence for the dog that's in the shop to keep the dog
<br /> in. I have estimates on all three (3) of those. I faxed them down to him and he said he was going
<br /> to fax them to the City. That's as far as that got, so, I don't know really at this point,what is going
<br /> on. Also, between the driveway that goes into the shop and the driveway that goes into the side
<br /> lot,there is a twenty-five(25)foot span. I would appreciate it if he would put at least a place where
<br /> you could take a vehicle in there and unload it. We have stuff coming in from the suppliers and
<br /> dealers and they always park in front of the shop. They unload and bring the stuff in. When they
<br /> get done, there will be no parking anywhere on the street. That is my problem. I appreciate what
<br /> you can do and hopefully we can get something resolved before too long. They are already out
<br /> there marking the street off. Thank you.
<br /> Jason Banicki, 3822 West Ford Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I won't be able to be at the budget
<br /> kickoff Wednesday, so I would like to express my top priority. As I've gone far and wide across
<br /> the sixth(6th)District, I've seen and heard one(1) constant cry from my residents over there. They
<br /> want to see a traffic division back in the Police Department. Every neighborhood deals with
<br /> reckless driving and we shouldn't have to wait until it results in the death of a child. We used to
<br /> have a Traffic Division. People drove slower when they got tickets. It's not brain surgery we are
<br /> performing here. We have to find the resources for a traffic division to help improve residents'
<br /> quality of life.
<br /> Jennifer Betz, 23150 Roosevelt Road, South Bend, IN, stated, I'm here because right now the
<br /> County is planning a 22,000-acre mega industrial complex on farm land. It might seem like that is
<br /> a County issue and not a City issue except it sits on our aquafer. It will increase a lot of truck
<br /> traffic. It will have a huge impact on the infrastructure, so, I'm really concerned about it and a lot
<br /> of residents are really concerned about it. The problem is, the other towns and cities in the county
<br /> aren't really speaking up. There were multiple people here tonight who talked about what
<br /> economic development is supposed to be. We can't fight climate change unless we have a new
<br /> idea of economic development. There has been some wonderful talk by candidates about inclusive
<br /> economic development and I would say that has to actually be about human communities and non-
<br /> human communities. It has to be sustainable. Right now, if our economic developments offices on
<br /> the City and county level are not re-envisioning what economic development is, all of your hard
<br /> work is not actually going to pay off. There are cities in the United States, Fort Collins, Colorado,
<br /> where the economic development office actually sits under the sustainability office. It isn't
<br /> separate or on top of it, it is actually underneath the sustainability office. There is so much this
<br /> City could do to really lead the way about economic development being for people and the plant
<br /> and not just for profit. I ask you, going forward, to be a louder voice in these conversations.
<br /> Everything that is happening on the County level is intimately affecting us. Not just through our
<br /> air but possibly water. So, thank you.
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