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1400 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAY"OR <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br />PxoNE574/235-9241 <br />FAx 574/235-9892 <br />TDD 574/ 235-5567 <br />CHARLES S. LEONE AUIDEAN M. DEROSE <br />CITYATTORNEY CHIEF ASSISTANT CITYATTORNEY <br />July 19, 2006 <br />Mr. Timothy A. Rouse, President <br />Ms. Karen L. White, Chairperson, Health and Public Safety Committee <br />South Bend Common Council <br />455 County-City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />RE: Safe Street Ordinance <br />Dear Council Members Rouse and White: <br />Attached please find a copy of a bill which has been filed with the Clerk's office for <br />consideration by the South Bend Common Council amending Section 18-20 of the South Bend <br />Municipal Code to add a new subsection which prohibits individuals from stepping into any street or <br />alley for the purposes of soliciting, selling, or distributing. The City Administration has received a <br />number of complaints over the course of the past year of individuals in traffic at busy intersections <br />soliciting donations or selling products. The solicitors are sometimes children. <br />We met last year with the Council's Health and Public Safety Committee and committee <br />members suggested that we obtain input from those who had obtained permits to solicit in the streets. <br />We have sent letters and the only formal response we received was from Tom Edgerton on behalf of <br />the South Bend Kiwanis Club. I have enclosed a copy of his Letter together with a memo from Ann- <br />Carol Nash of this department indicating her summary of other comments and information we have <br />received concerning this issue. <br />Either I or another member of the Legal Department will present this bill at the committee <br />meeting and hearing before the South Bend Common Council. Please let me know if you have any <br />questions. <br />Sincerely your <br />~' G .~,~~ <br />Charles S. Leone <br />City Attorney <br />CSL/sra <br />Attachments <br />cc: Mayor Luecke <br />Chief Fautz <br />Ann-Carol Nash <br />~il~d tt ~i~~~~'~ Qf t~~e <br />J U L 1 ~ 2n;5 <br />~k , ~ ~ ys^ ?4. <br />THOMAS L. BODNAR CHERYL A. GREENE ANN-CAROL NASH <br />JEFFREY M. JANKOWSKI SHAWN E. PETERSON JEFFREY L. SANFORD JOHN E. BRODEN <br />