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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committeemember Gillespie interjected, It's a target group. To bridge all those people together you have renters. Committee Chair Williams-Preston interjected,And we are going to move on because we are tight for time and we are actually past our scheduled time. Committeemember Gillespie stated, I had to say that. Committee Chair Williams-Preston replied,And we appreciate that but what we hope to do is have another meeting to flesh some of these things out as we go along. We are looking forward to, also, an anti-litter campaign next year. So get that on your radar in case of people wanting to get involved. We are looking to make that City-wide. Equity in policy, around that, we are looking at some time in the first(1St) quarter of next year addressing some of the citizen complaints we have had about towing, harassment and intimidation. And then also, I know we have had some conversations with Councilmember Davis about putting together that civilian oversight committee. Again, reducing violence by building peace and neighborhood circles. We are hoping to actually train some people next year and get them going in the neighborhoods and then, lastly, education. I had an amazing experience at the Charles Martin grand opening. I was listening to people tell their stories and I was talking to Councilmember White about the possibility of actually connecting with young people and putting those stories into, maybe, children book series. That is something I would really like to get going because capturing that history, I think,would be really empowering for the neighborhood and also just something fun to do,right? She continued, Again, Toys for Tots next year. There are some people here to talk today but there is a lot of concern in the community about what is happening in the School Corporation right now. There are some folks here to speak to make some commentary and request. Again, we've talked about the housing issue and people not having a voice and I think this might lead to it. I know, personally, I have some people who are constituents and in some of the neighborhoods a lot of the kids are dealing with various issues. I want to actually have folks who had come here to talk about it to speak. I know Ms. Brown has specific experiences that you have concerns about. Committeemember Jasmine Brown stated, Well, first(1st), we just elected three(3)new members to the Board in the City of South Bend,but then we had a snowball effect of issues happen shortly after that. Those things are very alarming and concerning. Not only on behalf of our children but for retaining quality educators in our community. When people see this stuff in the news, they ask themselves, why come to South Bend? We need good educators in the City for our children. Another concern becomes the kids that are not being involved in those incidents. There may have been four(4)or five(5), what about the other twenty-eight(28)kids in that classroom that are not receiving quality education because these events are happening. We are definitely working with the new School Board members and will continue to work with them. We continue to address the issues at the Board. Some of the things we are talking about, for sure, is getting the community voice back to the Board. We want to make sure the community voices and issues are heard. I think we need to change some of the leadership on the Board and I think that is where we need to begin. Dr. Spells is hosting a bus tour next week on November 17th where he will be going around to Lakeside Community residents. He will actually be getting off the bus and walking up to doors and will talk about some of the programs that are going on in the SBCSC. That is one(1)thing we are looking at there that will be happening very shortly. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION INCLUSION ! EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 4