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Jonathan Retartha introduced himself as the Director for Housing Operations and Residential Life. He is the successor of Tony Oleck, who is now the advisor for a Vice President of the University. He praised the success of the fall Off-Campus Engagement and Resource Fair with approximately two hundred and fifty(250) people with a number of represented landlords. There will be a Landlord Summit in the spring and then another Off-Campus Engagement Fair that will follow that Summit. Linde Hoffman introduced herself as the Chief of Staff for Notre Dame's Student Government. She announced the passage of a resolution in the Student Senate that changed the Constitution to require all student leaders to go through GreenDot training. GreenDot is a program working on interpersonal violence and bystander training. They have also started a relationship with L Street Kitchen to try and promote that business. Notre Dame students will now get a discount on certain days of the week. They also created a South Bend Adventure Guide for the student body that is attached to the Welcome Weekend App. It being midterm season, there is not much else going on with regard to programming events but there is a large event coming in the spring. It essentially replaces the TEDx event that was held about two (2) years ago. The licensing for that is complicated and they are starting their own event called Expand. It is a series of lectures and there is an application going around for anyone who would like to speak. That is planned to happen in February. Pam Blair introduced herself. She is with the KROC Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. One (1) of the students in the program is blind and she requested an inquiry into the traffic light at the corner of Angela and Notre Dame Avenue to see if it could become more ADA accessible. She also spoke about the Poetry Den and her aim to get more students involved with that. They partnered with the Snite Museum and every few months they host an event. That is open to everyone and the next one (1) is in November at the Civil Rights Heritage Center. Tim Sexton introduced himself. He stated he had a few updates. The apartment complexes on the east side of SR-23 are now open. One (1) part of the building will open in the spring and the other in the summer. Also, ground has been broken for the new Robinson Community Learning Center. That building will be open by August of 2020. The Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation had an open house. The building across the street from the Civil Rights Heritage Center is now the home to the Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation. Their team has substantial interaction with the City of South Bend and even Elkhart. Sixty(60) students from all the different college and university communities volunteer there. St. Mary's, Holy Cross and Notre Dame received a Next Level Trail Grant from Governor Holcomb. The plan is to construct a pedestrian path down the west side of SR-933. By this time next year, the hope is for it to be done. INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND UPDATES/CONCERNS: Ken Baierl divulged the reason for their absence at the last CCAC meeting- IUSB was installing their new Chancellor on that day as well as the President of the Student Government Association, Rodger Pinto, being in the White House. He also announced his retirement coming at the end of December. He thanked the Committee for their continued commitment to the community. Rodger Pinto introduced himself and announced that he is also the Chairperson for Indiana University student government as a whole. He then briefly explained his trip and his experience at the White House. He announced the passage of an amended Student Government Constitution which consisted of a lot of changes in policies. The Student Government's goal of the year is to 2