01-17-13 6th District Council Member Sets Community Meeting on Groundwater Issues

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CY.,ipt Tir of NEWS RELEASE Date: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:45 a.m. From: 6th District Council Member Oliver J. Davis `"° Contact: 876-6938 District Council Member Sets Community Meeting on Groundwater Issues Called for Next Wednesday at Rum Village Nature Center" As the Chairperson of the City Council's Public Works and Property Vacation Committee, I have called a meeting to be held next Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. It will be held at the Rum Village Nature Center located at 2626 South Gertrude in South Bend, for the purpose of discussing the groundwater issues and concerns near the former New Energy (ethanol)Plant. Since the December 181h meeting at the Rum Village Nature Center and the discussions held during and after the Community Relations meeting on January 14th, much additional work has taken place. We have a summary of what the City Council and Administration did back in the 1980s when faced with noise and odor problems coming from the ethanol plant. The property which was commonly referred to as the"western end of Calvert Street": • Was declared an urban development area in 1982 for purposes of receiving both personal and real property tax abatements by the City Council and then Mayor Parent • Was subject to Resolution No. 1288-85 adopted by the City Council on May 13, 1985 urging the City Administration to "provide leadership in amicably resolving the current noise and odor problems of the ethanol plant" • Was discussed at numerous Council Public Works Committee meetings beginning with the March 13, 1985 meeting • Was subject to a petition signed by approximately 10,000 individuals and delivered to Mayor Parent calling for an "immediate end to the stench from the ethanol plant" [08-15- 85]