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neighborhoods and citizens. Many have responded and have shared that appreciation. We really want to thank the Community Investment staff as they made sure this budget reflected those major Quality of Life issues we have been discussing for quite some time. The 2018 Budget Summary discussion page is online. Councilmember Oliver Davis arrived at the meeting at 4:07 p.m. Committee Chair White continued, That is good information and is very precise. If I were an average citizen, I think I would understand this very well because of how it has been presented. City Clerk Kareemah Fowler, with offices on the 4th floor of the County-City Building, stated, That sheet is not by itself online. It is within the Annual Report for the Department of Community Investment. Committee Chair White stated, I know City Controller Hockenhull created that and I used that out in the public as it was very helpful. We will also begin to look at Light-Up South Bend. A lot of good work has come out of that. I don't know if the Administration has heard from the EPA in regards to Beck's Lake. We are open to more opportunities and the work that will be before us. I do see some overlapping with other Committees. We will also be focusing on synthetic drugs. It was brought to our attention last year that our community, specifically our youth, is affected by this issue. We've had a number of community forums. This Council passed the extension of our chronic nuisance ordinance to address this particular issue. From those forums, it was clear that it was time for a call to action. We have all this information and we need to get this information out. We need to be sure the youth and citizens are aware of this issue. From a follow-up meeting that was held on February 28th,2018,we had excellent conversation and a lot of feedback. We are now able to divide up into different Committees and we came up with a theme for this issue and it is `Not In Our Community.' The Administration has been a part of this as well as Law Enforcement and the media. We are not tolerating this activity in our community. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, This is a big problem. We are looking at the numbers. There were over 1,700 overdoses admitted to Beacon, last year,which involved synthetic marijuana. We have to look at this and make an impact. The group of leaders involved with this want to actually make that impact. City Clerk Fowler stated, It was a really good meeting and I echo the sentiments already made. It was a good meeting with a lot of good takeaways. We came away with action items that were assigned to various people. The group of leaders is a good and diverse group. There is a lot of low- hanging fruit when it comes to things we can do with the students and with strengthening our ordinances. We are working with the Administration,the Health Department and the Prosecutor's Office as we all play a part in addressing this issue. Committee Chair White stated,Along with all this,we will continue with our neighborhood tours. We will start with the 3rd Councilmanic District. I am looking at April and more than likely it will be on a Saturday. The goal is to have members from the various neighborhood associations in those districts along with Council members as well as the key stakeholders from those districts. The reason I'm first looking at the 3rd District is because Light-Up South Bend will overlap with 2