04-13-15 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 13, 2015 Councilmember Oliver Davis Chairperson, Zoning & Annexation Committee, reported that they met this afternoon on this bill and sends it to the full Council with no recommendation. Mark Lyons, 125 S. Lafayette Blvd., South Bend – This is a special exception request to allow for an off street parking lot to the former carwash site across the street. This comes with a unanimous favorable recommendation Petitioner: William Lamie, 929 Lincoln Way East, South Bend – I’m representing St. Joseph Parrish, I’ve been working with them on a (5) five-year master plan. They are land-locked with 3.3 acres and are in need of additional space for recreation: gymnasium, additional classrooms, and playground space. They recognize that if additional land or parcels are available they should aggressively go after them. I would like to point out three parcels that would give them 5.3 acres to expand the gymnasium along with outdoor play areas. The numbers that we got will help justify the numbers to accommodate for parking needed to be available. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic – I would like to make a disclosure about that property, my company has a property interest. I could not imagine that would impact myself financially. Council Attorney Kathy responded you can participate in the vote. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this bill, Councilmember Schey made a motion to adopt 15-17. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. 15-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PLEDGING IT’S INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED BY THE POKAGON BAND OF POTAWATOMI INDIANS AND RECOGNIZING OUR STRATEGIC AND VITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIANA’S ONLY FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBE IN THE STATE RESOLUTION NO . _____________ A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PLEDGING ITS INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED BY THE POKAGON BAND OF POTAWATOMI INDIANS AND RECOGNIZING OUR STRATEGIC AND VITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIANA’S ONLY FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBE IN THE STATE Whereas , the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana recognizes that on January 14, 2013, the Common Council adopted Resolution No. 4228-13 which approved a petition of the Area Board of Zoning Appeals (ABZA) for the property located at 3733 Locust Street, South Bend, Indiana; after it received a unanimous favorable recommendation on the request from the ABZA; and Whereas , the 2013 petition requested a Special Exception for the Locust Street property to permit “a government facility; Indiana Tribal Government Office for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, a federally recognized Native American Tribe with a service area in the State of Indiana”; and Whereas , the Common Council further recognizes that the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is the only federally-recognized Indiana tribe; and further notes that the Locust Street property in South Bend provides needed administrative services to area Tribal citizens, with testimony at the ABZA meeting noting that “we do have a high concentration of Pokagon citizens in the South Bend area, northern Indiana, about 500 so we think that our data would show that we 14