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REGULAR MEETING November 12, 2018 UNFINISHED BUSINESS BILL NO. 18-69 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 1320 MIAMI STREET Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 18-69 to the Zoning and Annexation Committee for their November 26th, 2018 meeting for Second Reading and Public Hearing. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. NEW BUSINESS Councilmember Karen White stated, Tomorrow, Tuesday November 13th, we will be having a meeting with the faith leaders of the third(3r')and sixth(6th)districts in regards to the community's response to synthetic drugs. That will be held at Southgate Church located on Michigan Street and that will go from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Also, on Tuesday November 27th, we will continue a discussion on TIF that started during our recent budget process. A meeting has been scheduled on that from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and that will be in the Council Conference Room. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, I heard there was some State legislation that regarded TIF dollars and people that get abatements. There is some kind of, um, well I'll have to get back with you on that. I will send you information. There is something about ten (10) years and they pledge they will do something and then after those ten(10) years, if it is a certain area of the community, it can be wiped away like a distressed area. Councilmember Karen White requested Council Attorney Bob Palmer to follow up with that information and do some research on that concept. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, I'm requesting an update at the next meeting on the South Bend Home Improvement. We've had over four hundred (400) applications and would like to know how the processing is going. Council President Tim Scott delegated that update to the Community Investment Committee. Councilmember Jo M.Broden stated,The Clubhouse of St.Joseph County is having an open house on Wednesday, November 14th at their new home, 1153 Northside Boulevard. That is from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Councilmember Karen White asked, Councilmember Broden, did you schedule a community meeting for this month? Is that still being scheduled? Councilmember Jo M. Broden replied, Oh, that is just for the North East. That is not a Council Meeting. It is up to every Council Member to come but it is not an official meeting. They have asked City Administration members to be there as well. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, We have a neighborhood Rum Village meeting on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Then there is another neighborhood meeting at Our Lady of the Road on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. The Wednesday meeting is at the Oliver Apartments, if you would like to come to that one(1). As you have all received a copy, this past Sunday, I sent out a Call to Action regarding Weather Amnesty in St. Joseph County. It was our understanding that Weather Amnesty was going to start on November 1 and go through April 1 and, as we can all see, the cold weather has come to our area. Snow is outside in terms of it falling and everything is cold. And so there are three (3) different key parts and I would like for our Clerk to please read the Call to Action from that standpoint. But before that, I did speak with our Attorney and could you please share your advice you gave me about reading it into the record. 8