10-22-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 22, 2001 Councilmember Coleman made a motion to consider the substitute version of this Resolution as submitted. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilmember Coleman reported that the Utilities Committee met this afternoon and sends this bill to the Council with a favorable recommendation. Mr. Gary Gilot, Director, Department of Public Works, 1300 County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this Resolution. Mr. Gilot stated that this Resolution is to ensure a refinancing bond issue for the Sewage Revenue Bonds of 1993. The City is refinancing to take advantage of low interest rates and will be saving a net present value of three hundred fifty seven thousand dollars ($357,000.00) by doing this insured refinancing at this time and will take that savings in the form of reduced future principal and interest payments over the same term as what the 1993 bond would have called for. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution, Councilmember Coleman made a motion to adopt this Resolution as substituted. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 3047 -01 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR WEED AND SEED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF THE WEED AND SEED STEERING COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, AND THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY PROSECUTOR WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States of America, through Public Law 106 -553, has established the Weed and Seed Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), allowing communities to achieve "Official Recognition" as Weed and Seed areas, and entitling those communities which are so recognized with certain benefits (as provided by law), from time to time; and WHEREAS, the vision of the Weed and Seed strategy is twofold, being, 1) that law enforcement agencies and criminal justice officials cooperate to "weed out" criminals who are violent or abuse drugs to prevent them from victimizing residents in the designated area; and 2) that social services and economic revitalization are brought in to "seed" the area to ensure long -term change and a higher quality of life for residents; and WHEREAS, a community process has been set in motion which complies with the requirements set forth by the DOJ, including the creation of a Weed and Seed Steering Committee composed of persons representing the City of South Bend, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor, the United States Attorney Northern District of Indiana, nonprofit and social service organizations and community residents; and WHEREAS, the Weed and Seed Steering Committee, with staff support from the City of South Bend and the Prosecutor's office, has selected an area within South Bend which the Steering -21-