03/12/07 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 12, 2007 the 13d` round, as she competed in the school corporation's intermediate centers competition which sent four (4) spellers from each school to the competition. Now, Therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section L On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council publicly commends and honors PAOLA SARMIENTO, an 8~` grade Honor Roll student at Green Intermediate Center for winning South Bend Community School Corporation's annual spelling bee competition on February 15, 2007. Section II The Common Council notes that PAOLA SARMIENTO moved to South Bend from Mexico in March of 2002, knowing no English at that time and then began learning English for the neat several years and excelled in the school corporation's English Language Learner Program. Section III. The South Bend Common Council would also like to commend Greene Intermediate Center's Principal Thomas Fujimura, Assistant Principal Joseph Somers; Bilingual Coordinator Dora Balderas; and Jo Lake, Paola's Spelling Coach, for their dedication, service and leadership of the 481 Greene students. Section IV. The Common Council wishes PAOLA SARMIENTO continued success as she moves onto compete in the regional spelling bee; and wishes her the very best in her studies at Riley High School this fall as she continues to be a role model as she pursues her career goal of becoming a professional engineer. Section V. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor. s/Derek D. Dieter, lgt District s/Charlotte D. Pfeifer, 2nd District s/Roland Kelly, 3~d District s/Ann Puzzello, 4a` District s/Dr. David Varner, Sd` District s/Ervin Kuspa, 6d` District s/Al "Buddy" Kirsits, At Large s/Timothy A. Rouse, At Large s/Karen L. White, At Large s/Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand,Council Attorney Attest: Adopted this 12d` day of March, 2007 s/John Voorde, City Clerk s/Stephen J. Luecke, Mayor of South Bend Councilmember Erv Kuspa, 434 South Liberty Street, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this Resolution by first offering his comments and then reading the Resolution in its entirety and presenting it to Paola Sarmiento. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. Paola Sarmiento thanked the Council for this wonderful honor. Mr. Thomas Fujimura, Principal, Green Intermediate Center, thanked the Council for this honor on behalf of Paola Sarmiento and Green Intermediate Center. He thanked the Council for embracing the diverse ethnic backgrounds that South Bend has so graciously welcomed. Councilmember Kuspa made a motion to adopt this Resolution by acclamation. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried.