02-20-08 Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) (2)

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Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) February 20, 2008 Meeting Minutes Page 4 • IU South Bend Student Body President Ivan Blount noted that they have approximately 7,500 students and beginning in the Fall of 2008 will have on- campus housing for 400 students; their campus is non-alcoholic; concern was voiced with regard to proximity of the on-campus housing to the Wooden Indian • Balancing neighborhood concerns of loud parties, drinking and letter, etc. and student concerns of safety and security • Private security has been hired by Kramer Property Management LLC who patrol their properties from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. at the cost of $3,600 per month • Need to have a representative of the local board of realtors on the CCAC • Notre Dame's Student Body President Liz Brown noted that the "tone was set early" and student government worked on a draft of a document entitled "Good Neighbor Guide: University of Notre Dame Student's Guide to Off-Campus Living" (copy on file) and off-campus seminar and Community Summits are being planned for March, 2008 "Culture of student expectations to be good neighbors" • Student parties and monitoring such events • Suggested that the City of South Bend's website www.southbendin.gov and a map showing the residential areas of the city and their neighborhood association contact information be placed in the "Good Neighbor Guide" • How do we capture the success of last Fall? • Need for ongoing collaborative sharing of ideas, events, etc. so that all parties can work together as a team • Need to CCAC to be provided in the number of off-campus students for each college/university • Need for statistical data on university sanctions for negative off-campus activities • Whether grants are available and whether -they can be pursued as noted in Footnote # 4, page 5 of Ordinance No. 9785-07