03-24-69 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 24, 1969 RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NO. 210 -69 (Continued) Councilman Craven made the following statement "Whereas, there appears to be near unanimity of opinion that the solution of the Indiana General Assembly as expressed in its proposed law to regulate such time changes was far more reasonable in its application than the two hour time change which will now be forced upon the South Bend community by.the veto of said governor,and, Whereas, it further appears that the governor's veto of said.proposed law for the regulation of time was unwise and not in the best interests of the people of South Bend, Indiana, nor of innumerable others. NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, that we wish to make of record our strong support of the Indiana General Assembly's position with respect to time changes throughout the State of Indiana; urge favorable reconsideration of said position at the earliest possible time; and further urge such legal, legislative, or administrative action as may be feasible to attempt to overcome the unfortunate effect of the governor's veto of said Indiana General Assembly's proposed law for the regulation of time changes in the State of Indiana." Councilman Craven's statement was supported unanimously by all the Councilmen. Councilman Reinke made a motion that the resolution be adopted. Councilman Szymkowiak seconded the motion. Motion carried. Two Roll call votes were taken with the following results: 7 ayes '(Councilmen Craven, Palmer, Laven, Reinke, Szymkowiak, Zielinski and Wise) 2 nays (Councilmen Grounds and Allen. OLD BUSINESS Councilman Allen stated that once a property has been rezoned showing a certain site plan, the Area Plan Commission should not approve a change of site plans without referring same to the Council. She suggested that the City Attorney correct the wording in the Zoning Ordinance to prevent this sort of thing happening in the future. Councilman Allen stated there have been as many as fourteen grass fires in one day. She beli, there should be an ordinance stating if there are grass fires, the owners of the property are responsible for any damage occurring. Councilman.Szymkowiak said the increase in fires could be due to the dry weather we have had lately. He also noted that the City Attorney is drawing up an ordinance on inoperable or "junk cars ". NEW BUSINESS Councilman Grounds said that he has received many calls from his constituents complaining about real estate dealers misreprestnting unimproved streets by calling them asphalt paved streets. He stated that home buyers think they are buying a house on a paved street but it is actually an unimproved street consisting of an oil mat surface over gravel. The oil mat gives it the appearance of being an asphalt pavement. He said he believed something should be done about this problem. Council::- President Laven asserted that both agents and prospective buyers may consult the records of the Engineering Department to learn the actual type of a street. There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Craven made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Wise seconded the motion. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m. ATTEST: I APPROVED: