11-12-12 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 2012 Brownfield Assessment Coalition, the Brownfield Assessment Grant awarded under this application. SECTION V. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. s/Derek D. Dieter Member of the Common Council Ms. Ann Kolata, Senior Redevelopment Specialist, 1200 County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill. Ms. Kolata advised that this bill would authorize submission of a grant application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the St. Joseph County Brownfield Assessment Coalition. South Bend will serve as the lead agency for this coalition which will be made up of the City of South Bend, the City of Mishawaka, and St. Joseph County. If the grant application is approved by the EPA, we will return to the Council for the coalition to be formalized. She stated that they intend to submit an application for a $600,000 Assessment Grant that will fund environmental assessments within St. Joseph County. She stated that they are also planning on using a portion of the grant to prepare a new inventory of brownfield sites with the three jurisdictions of the coalition. She noted that the grant application is due at EPA by November 19, 2012. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked if this is the first grant application that South Bend, Mishawaka and St. Joseph County have been involved with together. She stated that this is the first on behalf of the St. Joseph County Brownfield Assessment Coalition. She reiterated that only if the grant is approved by EPA will the coalition be formalized. Councilmember Henry Davis, Jr. asked how the grant will be divided up. Ms. Kolata stated that if approved they will formalized the coalition work together and determine greatest need. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to adopt this Resolution. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight (8) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 4217-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, URGING THE SOUTH BEND CITY ADMINISTRATION TO UTILIZE MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES AND WOMEN- OWNED BUSINESSES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CURBS AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM WHEN WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED BY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WHEREAS, Article 3 of Chapter 18 of the South Bend Municipal Code sets forth the current regulations addressing the construction and repair of sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and WHEREAS, during this year’s budget hearings held by the Council’s Personnel and Finance Committee, a pilot program was proposed whereby the current city regulations would be temporarily suspended so that an experimental program could be attempted to “pilot solutions in income eligible neighborhoods”, and 13