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rNr,rnir..r'y. <br />T44d' City of South Bendp4 574) 235-9321 <br />Fax(574) 235-9173 <br />Ua Common Council TDhttp://LII(vsoirtlbendin.g v <br />A. 441 County-City Building• 227 W.Jefferson Blvd <br />South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br />MAR 0 2020I865r,,,•r' <br />South Bend Common Council March 3, 2020 <br />Tim Scott <br />4th Floor, County-City Building ivD,IN <br />President South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Karen L.White Re: A RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH BEND <br />Vice-President COMMON COUNCIL REMINDING RESIDENTS OF CURRENT <br />Sharon L. McBride <br />LITTERING ORDINANCES AND INFORMING RESIDENTS OF <br />Chairperson,Committee DANGERS OF RELEASING BALLOONS AND SKY LANTERNS <br />of the Whole INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND ENCOURAGING THE <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND AN <br />Tim Scott ALTERNATIVE TO BALLOON AND SKY LANTERN RELEASES <br />First District <br />Dear Council Members: <br />Henry Davis,Jr. <br />Second District I am asking for your favorable consideration of this Resolution. This Resolution <br />Sharon L.McBride notes many dangers related to the release of balloons and sky lanterns within the <br />Third District City and discourages residents from making such releases. These dangers <br />include harm to animals who eat or become entangled in the debris and power <br />Troy Warner outages resulting from metallic or foil balloons contacting overhead power lines <br />Fourth District <br />The Resolution also strongly encourages the South Bend Office of Sustainability <br />Jake Teshka and other similarly environmentally concerned partners to provide, free of <br />Fifth District charge, educational programs and literature informing residents of these dangers. <br />Sheila Niezgodski You may recall that these thoughts were originally included in a proposed <br />Sixth District <br />ordinance, Bill No. 04-20 which was tabled at the February 10, 2020 meeting. <br />Karen L. White Based on suggestions made at the meeting, and my own additional reflections, I <br />At Large believe that reminding residents of the litter ordinances currently in the <br />Rachel Tomas Morgan <br />Municipal Code and the establishment of educational programs and literature as <br />At Large <br />provided in this resolution will meet the same objectives of the tabled ordinance <br />without increasing the enforcement burdens on the Police Department and Code <br />Lori K. Hamann Enforcement. <br />At Large <br />I ask that this bill be included for discussion at the March 9, 2020 Health and <br />Public Safety Committee meeting and subsequently considered at the full <br />Council meeting. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Jake Teshka, South Bend Common Council, <br />District 5 <br />BILL NO. 20-03