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REGULAR MEETING June 10, 2019 Mr. Sparks replied, Thank you. Council President Tim Scott stated, Please proceed. Mr. Sparks stated, Thank you, Mr. President. The property in question today is located at 3109 South Gertrude Avenue. Pursuant to the South Bend Municipal Code, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ordinance Violations Bureau to annually process the scrap metal and junk dealer's licenses. We had a resolution approving a majority of them a few meetings ago, and we had one (1) remaining one (1) that took some time. This is a new owner of a property that has had a longstanding license formally under the name of Steve and Gene's Auto. The property is in the sixth (6th) Common Council District,just south of Rum Village Park. The property does not have any outstanding issues or former violations.The delay in approving this license was a complication with the transfer of ownership from Steve and Gene's to what is now called 1St Choice Towing. The property has passed Fire, Police and Code inspections. The Fire Department has inspected the building and it should not be used as office space as it is currently configured.The applicant intends on razing the structure. If you have any questions, I defer to my colleagues and, or,the Committee Meeting minutes that I will be completing later. I yield my time. Thank you, Mr. President. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There were none. Councilmember Karen White made a motion to adopt Bill No. 19-40. Councilmember Dr. Oliver Davis seconded this motion which carried by a roll call vote of eight (8) ayes. 19-41 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 4710-18 TO INCLUDE A DOCUMENT EXTENDING AND AMENDING THE 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ST. JOSEPH Councilmember Jo M. Broden,chair of the Health and Public Safety Committee,reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Aladean DeRose, City Attorney for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Ms. DeRose stated, I'm here to request the Council approves this resolution which concerns the interlocal agreement between the South Bend Human Rights Commission and the County of St. Joseph, to enforce the County's Human Rights Law. That Law was passed in 2017 and is substantially equivalent to that of the City's. At the time the County Council passed the Ordinance, it did not have an enforcement body. So, about nine(9)months later in September, the County and the City entered an agreement by which the City enforces the County's Human Rights Ordinance.That was later continued through 2018, under Resolution 4710-18, but omitted from that resolution was a document that allows the continuance of the interlocal agreement indefinitely, from year to year, based upon the County Council's appropriation of funds for the City's services provided in the interlocal agreement. At the time we were before the Council in April 2018, the County hadn't begun its 2019 budget process. It did do that and appropriated the funds and,in Exhibit A-One(1), the City can continue its services to the County on an indefinite basis, as long as there is an agreement regarding funding. Councilmember Dr. Oliver Davis stated, Sorry I wasn't at the afternoon part. In terms of the County fees for this, in the future, how would we go about raising those fees? Ms. DeRose replied, That's an annual process. That is the purpose of Exhibit A-One (1). The County and the City need to sit down and discuss the numbers of the actual work that has been done. If there is a need to increase it, we will discuss that. At this time, we don't see the need for that. Councilmember Dr. Oliver Davis followed up, And then we will make that recommendation to them? 5