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REGULAR MEETING September 24, 2018 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1715 S. DALE AND 1717 S. DALE Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 18-53 to the Zoning and Annexation Committee for their October 81h, 2018 meeting for Second Reading and Public Hearing. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. 18-56 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING A PETITION OF THE AREA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 340 E COLFAX AVE Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 18-56 to the Zoning and Annexation Committee for their October 8th, 2018 meeting for Second Reading and Public Hearing. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. NEW BUSINESS Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, I wanted to honor the Fire Fighters that went to North Carolina. Let's do a resolution for that next meeting. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, A young woman came tonight and had to leave with her young children. I will make copies of her concerns and get them to all of you. She currently lives in Beacon Heights and her living conditions are absolutely deplorable. I will forward that information along. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, The contract with Solid Waste Management is coming up for a vote. If anyone wants information, reach out to me. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, TRANSPO is searching for a new General Manager. I will invite you to meetings on that. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, South Bend, IN, stated, I spoke with the Chief and I made a suggestion that they look into getting a grant for seniors to get home alarms that live in high crime areas. Maybe they could get a company like SimplySafe to donate units. The Fire Department could put them in. I think REAL Services could determine who is in need because they know those seniors living on a fixed income. I think it would give some peace of mind. I'm suggesting that as a project and I know the Chief is extremely busy but I did ask him to reach out to REAL Services and partner with them. As you know,I'm always looking out for my seniors and this is something I thought about. They have lived in those homes for decades and now they are afraid to go outside and go to sleep at night. How can we make that better for them? If you have any resources, by all means put it out there. I think we need to help our seniors sleep better at night. Just wanted to put that out there. Samuel Brown, 222 East Navarre Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I wanted to talk about my drug house on 229 Sadie Street. The man is out doing his thing. I tried to call and find the status on him. The bottom line is I'm going to try a new approach. I tried calling the owner of the house he said he can't do nothing to help me. I'm going to talk to the drug dealer. Hopefully we have a good dialogue. He has young lady who is pregnant up in that house. I'm going to tell him what I want, man to man. I've been fighting this for seven(7) or eight(8) years. I'm not afraid. I could get this taken of if I wanted to but that is not the right thing to do. That is the old Samuel Brown and I've changed my life around. So I'm going to go to this drug dealer and have some dialogue with him. All I want him to do is to quit selling drugs out of that house. I want to ask him what I need to do 33