Notice is given that Ordinance 5159, Amending Ordinance Violations Bureau, was passed by the Goshen Common Council on May 15, 2023, and approved and adopted by Mayor Stutsman. Ordinance 5159 describes and continues the operation of previously established City of Goshen Ordinance Violations Bureau; establishes the City of Goshen ordinances, Goshen City Code sections, and Elkhart County Code sections (referred to individually as a “Bureau Ordinance”) that are subject to enforcement through an admission of violation before the violations clerk; assigns an appropriate civil penalty tier to the types of violations listed in the City of Goshen Bureau Ordinances Schedule and Elkhart County Bureau Ordinances Schedule; establishes the amount of civil penalties to be imposed for each civil penalty tier; and identifies the officials, employees or agents authorized to issue citations for the violation of a Bureau Ordinance. Ordinance 5159 is available for inspection in its entirety during regular business hours at the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office located at 202 S. Fifth Street, Goshen, Indiana.
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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF CITY OF GOSHEN ORDINANCE 5158
Notice is given that Ordinance 5158, Prohibiting Camping and Storage of Personal Property on Public Property, was passed by the Goshen Common Council on May 15, 2023, and approved and adopted by Mayor Stutsman. Pursuant to Ordinance 5158, it is unlawful for any person to Camp, occupy Camp Facilities, or to place, store, or maintain Camp Facilities, Camp Equipment, or other related personal property on any property owned or controlled by the City of Goshen, except with the permission of the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety. The Ordinance also provides for the removal, storage, and/or disposal of Camp Facilities, Camp Equipment, and all other personal property from an unauthorized camp area by City of Goshen staff. Ordinance 5158 is available for inspection in its entirety during regular business hours at the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office located at 202 S. Fifth Street, Goshen, Indiana.
INVITATION FOR BIDS – 2023 Hybrid Pursuit SUV(s)
The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety is soliciting sealed offers for the purchase of up to seven (7) 2023 Hybrid Pursuit SUV(s).
The Specification Documents may be obtained from the City of Goshen’s Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 202 South Fifth St., Goshen, IN 46528, or the City of Goshen’s current Bidding Opportunities portal at https://goshenindiana.org/bidding-opportunities. The City shall not be responsible for documents obtained from any other source.
Offers shall be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and all contractual terms and conditions that are included in the Specification Documents. In addition to price, offers will be evaluated based on whether the bidder is responsible, and if the bidder’s offer is responsive.
Offers shall be filed with the City of Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, IN 46528 until 1:45 p.m. June 5, 2023, at which time all offers received will be taken to the Board of Public Works and Safety meeting to be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board meeting will be held in City Court Room/Council Chambers at the Goshen Police & Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen.
The City of Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to reject any and all offers, delete any portions thereof, to waive any informalities or irregularities in any bid received, and to award a contract, consistent with Indiana law, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Award of the contract is contingent on the availability of funds.
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 5156, Revisions to Ordinance 4769, Accumulation of Materials
Ordinance 5156, Revisions to Ordinance 4769, Accumulation of Materials, was passed by the Goshen Common Council on April 17, 2023, and approved and adopted by Mayor Jeremy Stutsman. Ordinance 5156, restates and, in part, amends Ordinance 4769 and Goshen City Code Title 6, Article 10, Chapter 1 by making it a violation for a Person to leave, place, throw, or deposit, or for a Person to cause or permit another Person to leave, place, throw, or deposit Solid Waste of any kind in, upon, or at any public recycling drop-off site designated and operated by the City, unless the Person reasonably believes that such Solid Waste is in fact a recyclable material and the Solid Waste is placed into containers provided by the City or the City’s agent for collection of recyclable materials. All Persons depositing recyclable materials at any public recycling drop-off site designated and operated by the City shall follow all rules for use of the public facility adopted from time to time by the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety. Ordinance 5156 is available for inspection in its entirety during regular business hours at the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office located at 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, Indiana.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING for the College Avenue (County Road 36) Annexation into the City of Goshen
A Petition for Annexation into the City of Goshen has been filed requesting the annexation of certain real estate located outside, but contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Goshen. This area is identified as the “College Avenue (County Road 36) Annexation Area” and consists of approximately 34.2 acres of real estate generally located along both the north and south sides of College Avenue (County Road 36), west of County Road 31 and east of the railroad. The Goshen Common Council will conduct a public hearing on the College Avenue (County Road 36) Annexation at its regular meeting on June 5, 2023, at 6 p.m. The hearing will be held in the City Court Room/Council Chambers at the Goshen Police & Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen. All interested members of the public are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to testify on the proposed annexation at the public hearing.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS: PUBLIC RECYCLING DROP-OFF SITE SERVICES
The City of Goshen, Indiana is soliciting sealed proposals for the collection, transport, and processing of recyclable materials from the City’s public recycling drop-off site. Services include the supply and maintenance of collection containers. Services to be provided shall begin April 1, 2023 and continue through December 31, 2027.
Specifications and Contract Documents may be obtained from the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office at 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, IN 46528 or the City of Goshen’s current Bidding Opportunities portal at https://goshenindiana.org/bidding-opportunities. The City shall not be responsible for documents obtained from any other source.
A sealed proposal must be submitted in accordance with the Instructions and all contractual terms and conditions that are included in the Specifications and Contract Documents.
No bid security is required to submitted for this solicitation.
A sealed proposal must be received by the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office at 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, IN 46528 by 1:45 p.m. (local time) on February 13, 2023. All proposals received will be taken to the February 13,2023 Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety meeting at 2:00 p.m. to be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board meeting will be held in the City Court Room/Council Chambers at the Goshen Police & Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen, Indiana.
In addition to cost, proposals will be evaluated based on whether the bidder is responsible, and if the bidder’s proposal is responsive. The City of Goshen reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all proposals, delete any portions thereof, to waive any informalities or irregularities in any proposal received, and to award a contract, consistent with Indiana law, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder.
Notice of Adoption of Ordinance 5147
Ord. 5147: Establishing Various Fees and Parking Regulations Regarding City-Owned Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Ordinance 5147, Establishing Various Fees and Parking Regulations Regarding City-Owned Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, was passed by the Goshen Common Council and approved and adopted by Mayor Jeremy Stutsman on December 19, 2022. Ordinance 5147 amends the parking prohibitions in section 4.4.1.1 to prohibit a vehicle from parking in a parking space designated for electric vehicle charging unless the vehicle is capable of being charged by the charging equipment for such parking space and the vehicle is engaged in the charging process. Additionally, Ordinance 5147 adds section 4.4.1.12 to the Goshen City Code to establish fees for use of a City-owned electric vehicle charging station. Ordinance 5147 is available for inspection in its entirety during regular business hours at the Goshen Clerk-Treasurer’s Office located at 202 South Fifth Street, Goshen, Indiana.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
City of Goshen
CDBG Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2023
The City of Goshen is preparing the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2023 (July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024) and is soliciting public input. The following were identified as priority needs and specific objectives for community and neighborhood development in the City of Goshen for the CDBG Five-year Consolidated Plan (2020-2024):
- Housing Opportunities
- Improve owner-occupied housing through rehab
- Increase quality of rental housing
- Increase transitional housing options
- Reduce housing cost burden through higher wage job opportunities and job training
- Provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless
- Support affordable housing creation and preservation
- Provide emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families
- Expand housing options and assistance
- Maintain and facilitate use of Housing Choice voucher program
- Access to Services
- Increase access to affordable healthcare
- Increase services for mentally ill
- Support programs for youth
- Increase access to affordable childcare and early childhood education
- Support services for elderly and the disabled
- Support public transportation
- Provide emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families
- Provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless
- Support counseling/advocacy for underserved populations
- Increase access to substance abuse prevention and treatment
- Support life skill development, including job training
- Support nutrition programs and food assistance
- Neighborhood Revitalization
- Improve owner-occupied housing through rehab
- Remove blighted residential properties
- Address issue of vacant/foreclosed houses
- Increase quality of rental housing
- Support public infrastructure projects
- Repair/replace existing sidewalks
- Support neighborhood parks
For Program Year 2023, the City of Goshen expects to fund program activities in the following areas: public services, owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, multi-unit housing, homeownership assistance, program planning and program administration.
The City will hold a public hearing to review Program Year 2022 and to solicit input for the 2023 Annual Plan on Friday, January 20, 2023, at 9:30 AM in the Annex Building Conference Room at 204 E. Jefferson Street. Non-English speaking persons and others needing special assistance to participate in the hearing process should contact the City as soon as possible.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Stormwater Board of the City of Goshen Department of Stormwater Management Board will conduct a public hearing on November 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. in the Goshen Police & Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen, IN, 46528.
The purpose of the public hearing is to receive public comment concerning an amendment of Ordinance No. 4624, as amended, in order to amend and increase the stormwater user fees as follows: $22.05 per year per ERU as of January 1, 2023; $29.10 per year per ERU as of January 1, 2026; and $36.10 per year per ERU as of January 1, 2029.
The amendment of the Ordinance is available for public inspection at the Engineering Department, 204 East Jefferson Street, Suite 1, Goshen, IN 46528. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the public hearing and to comment upon the Ordinance amendment.
Written comments may also be submitted prior to the hearing to Jason Kauffman, Stormwater Coordinator, 204 East Jefferson Street, Suite 1, Goshen, IN 46528. The Board of the City of Goshen Department of Stormwater Management may then act upon the Ordinance following the public hearing.
NOTICE OF CHANGE TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED
PUBLIC MEETING
Governing Body: Goshen Community Relations Commission
Date and Time of Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 at 7 p.m.
Place of Meeting: Goshen Police and Court Building
Pursuant to the provisions of the Open Door Law and Indiana Code 5-14-1.5-5, the Goshen Community Relations Commission public meeting scheduled for Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 at 7 p.m., has been rescheduled to Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Court Room/Council Chambers at the Goshen Police and Court Building, 111 East Jefferson Street, Goshen, Indiana.