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REGULAR MEETING May 28, 2019
<br /> I would love to find out who makes those decisions and what goes into making those decisions,
<br /> given that we have 2,200 lane miles of road that need to be paved, and somehow stretches of Ford
<br /> get repaved every three(3) or four(4) years. I live on it, I appreciate it,however it has also caused
<br /> a negative impact and that is our curbs have completely disappeared,on most of the stretch. I think
<br /> we need to evaluate how we decide what roads get paved. There are so many worse stretches of
<br /> road. If that person wants to sit down with me, I can show them. I was literally on every street in
<br /> that district, I know those roads like the back of my hand now, places I never thought I would
<br /> know. One (1) of the things that I talked about when I was running was infrastructure. It is past
<br /> time to dip into those cash reserves to do curbs and sidewalks.All throughout all the districts,there
<br /> are areas where there has never been a sidewalk or a curb. I think it about time to use some of that
<br /> $300 million cash reserves to make some improvements people can see and can benefit from. A
<br /> lot of people I talked to didn't expect it day one (1) or day two (2), but they want to see some sort
<br /> of plan.My neighborhood is an example.The Federal Grant got stretches for the schools,we would
<br /> skip two (2)blocks and then the City would do a stretch, then we would skip two (2)more blocks
<br /> and do another one (1). People in those in between blocks, residents feel left out. They would
<br /> rather see a plan.
<br /> Claire Ross, 726 Cushing Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I come before you, and have come before
<br /> you many times. Mostly it is about the homeless and today is about the homeless, but it is also
<br /> about a plan of action I would like to see done by the City of South Bend. Yesterday there was a
<br /> tornado warning. There is no plan of action for those who are unsheltered. There is nothing
<br /> available for them or places to be in times of inclimate weather. I, myself, was caught in it. I was
<br /> on Western when the sirens went off. There was no place for me to go. My home was miles away
<br /> and I had no place to go. I speak on behalf of them and I would like for us to have a plan of action.
<br /> I'm not asking for any money. I'm asking for a plan for people to have somewhere to go,warning,
<br /> siren, or an actual tornado to touch down. There is no place for the unsheltered to go. I'm asking
<br /> for a plan of action. I'm asking the City of South Bend to be proactive instead of reactive. Thank
<br /> you.
<br /> Dona Cockran, 1726 Johnson Street, South Bend, IN, stated, Hers was more important than mine,
<br /> but it's about the ducks. Is there any way to protect them while the construction is going on in
<br /> Leeper? I was bringing my grandson home from school and people fly down that road. The ducks
<br /> are standing there saying, um, where is my house? Understandably, they are ducks and geese,but
<br /> can't there be some way to help protect them? Speed bumps to help slow people down? We know
<br /> people don't pay attention and we know there are people that don't like them. I work around
<br /> animals myself, I've been doing it for twelve (12) years. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I do have
<br /> a special love for the animals. Is there anything the City can help do? I don't know. If we could,
<br /> that would be really nice. Good luck on the park.
<br /> Joseph Jones, 705 Donmoyer Avenue, South Bend, IN, stated, I noticed recently that there is a
<br /> stretch of Eckman being repaved between Erskine and Miami. I've also noticed that Donmoyer
<br /> has not been addressed. In the time that I've lived there, I've not seen major projects to repave that
<br /> road. Now, I understand that is a road that have two (2) schools and a church on it, etcetera, but
<br /> there are months in the summer where there are vacations from schools which also happen to be
<br /> the best time to do road construction. I would think this street would be a priority because it has
<br /> two (2) schools on it. I watch the children walk back and forth and I guess the question I have is,
<br /> as members of our community, is there something we can do or some way to request getting this
<br /> road paved? It is a very diverse neighborhood. Very briefly, sometimes the City catches a bad
<br /> reputation and catches a bad rap. Not all of it is always justified. There is transparency. For
<br /> example, I'm able to come here and speak. I'm able to come here and be educated. But, it's in
<br /> presentation as well. As a child and as an adult, I've been told, and I've learned, repeatedly, it is
<br /> something you have to keep up on. I've been a department head at a job that I was at within the
<br /> last six (6) years. The people I worked over, to this day, will call me to see how I'm doing and
<br /> even ask advice on certain things. Even when I made more money than them, I never functioned
<br /> like I was their manager. I wanted them to think I wasn't. With that, I thank you.
<br /> ADJOURNMENT
<br /> There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the
<br /> meeting at 9:05 p.m.
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