2012 Annual Report - Residential Neighborhoods Committee

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The South Bend Common Council Annual Report for the Residential Neighborhoods Committee Date:12/6/2012 To: The South Bend Common Council The office of the Clerk From:Tim Scott, 15t District Common Council Representative-Chairperson I am pleased to file this 2012 Annual Report of the Council Residential Neighborhoods Committee in order to comply with Section 2-10(i)of the South Bend Municipal Code.That Code provision requires all Standing Committee Chairpersons to file an Annual Report with the Office of the City Clerk by the 2nd Monday of December.As noted at the November 26th Common Council meeting,the deadline for filing all of these reports is Monday, December 10, 2012. Duties: The Council Residential Neighborhoods Committee oversees the various activities related to neighborhood development&enhancement. 2012 Committee Members: • Karen L.White,Vice-Chairperson-At-Large Common Council • Dr. Fred Ferlic,4th District Common Council • Oliver Davis, 6th District Common Council • Ken Bradford, Citizen Member • Jen Tindell, Citizen Member Committee Meetings and Highlights: To date the Residential Neighborhoods Committee met four times in 2012 and held public hearings on the following issues: Rev.Sylvester Williams,Jr.spoke on the possibility of an adaptive reuse of the old Marquette School into a senior center. • The Committee held a joint hearing with the Health and Public Safety Committee on the concerns of high police, rescue and code enforcement calls to Court Yard Place Apartments.As of February, Court Yard Place (CYP)was on pace for close to 1,000 calls for service. Expending much of the City's time and resources; many on council,within the city departments and residents are concerned about safety around CYP. Chief Boykins reported of the concern.The property owner's attorney was present to listen and not report to council. The owner agreed to meet with the City and members of the two committees. • The committee met to discuss future legislation around quality of life issues such as nuisance properties, increase police presence in neighborhoods,vacant and abandoned housing and the continued work on a landlord registration bill proposed by the Neighborhood Resources Commission. • The committee heard an update on the Mayor's Vacant and Abandoned Housing Task Force. Tim Scott also serves on the Task Force and gave an overview of the work the Task Force had