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Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) <br />March 16, 2010 Meeting Minutes <br />Page 4 <br />CITY <br />Snow Removal <br />Kathy Cekanski-Farrand said that the Common Council is considering changes to the <br />snow removal ordinance. Currently anyone who does not remove the snow from their <br />sidewalks can receive a letter requesting the snow be removed, but there is no <br />provision in the current ordinance to ticket the homeowner. She noted that Goshen and <br />Elkhart are currently fining homeowners for not removing snow in a timely. manner. <br />Bath cities have provisions for elderly and disabled residents to be exempt from the fine, <br />but they must register their addresses in order to be exempt. Even though the property <br />owners are exempt from fines, the snow still needs to be removed. Kathy asked if <br />students would be willing to volunteer to remove snow and suggested that coordination <br />of this effort could be done through student government. The City would provide a list <br />of property owners needing assistance and in turn, student government could match <br />students will to help with snow removal. The general consensus was that this would be <br />an excellent community service project. Mr. Kramer also offered to let his tenants know <br />through his email newsletter. <br />Taxi Ordinance <br />Work on amending the taxi ordinance.is continuing. Discussions have been held with <br />cab companies, the airport authority and City administration. Work will continue on <br />standardizing cab rules and regulations. For example, the current City ordinance says a <br />cab is a vehicle which can transport 7 passengers, but the Airport Authority defines a <br />cab as carrying 12 passengers. <br />Grant Schmidt said he would really like to see driver identifications posted on the back <br />of the front seat in much the same way Chicago does. Both Ann-Caro! Nash and Kathy <br />Cekanski-Farrand agreed. <br />Kathy Cekanski-Farrand said the City's website should list licensed cab companies and <br />rates and we expect that to occur after the taxi ordinance is amended. Bil! Kirk would <br />like to limit the cab companies allowed to pick up at Notre Dame by allowing only those <br />companies shown to be "good cab partners°. <br />The goal of the Common Council is to have a revised Taxi ordinance in place by the <br />end of July. <br />GOOD BYE TO GRANT <br />Dick Nussbaum thanked Grant Schmidt for a great year. Bill Kirk said that Grant set the <br />bar high but incoming president, Catherine Soler is up to the challenge. Grant thanked <br />