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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK
<br /> Eli Cantu, 1813 South Douglas Street, stated, I don't have much to say. But I do want to say, I
<br /> support Code for what they're doing. I do think funds need to be allocated to Code so that they Y g can
<br /> do more work,but the work they need to do are things that actually apply to the neighborhood. I'm
<br /> actually part of the clean-up that's going down this Saturday, the Rum Village Neighborhood
<br /> Association, and Code is helping us with it. However,before we kind of fought almost to see what
<br /> kind of help we were going to get from Code,it's not exactly all we need. We need a little bit more.
<br /> As it falls right now, the plan is for us to kind of gather up all the trash, take it to a certain spot,
<br /> and then they'll pick it up. I think neighborhood clean-up revolves around a lot more. Tools need
<br /> to be involved and a little bit more equipment. I think more funds need to be allocated for that
<br /> reason. And another thing, I've never heard of a million-dollar clean-up. I guess that makes sense
<br /> to many people, but it doesn't make sense to me. I don't know who gets hired to clean this up. I
<br /> don't know who profits from this, but I do think that we need to look at that more. If Code or the
<br /> City needs more money to put pressure on these businesses that are not taking care of the property,
<br /> in of themgettingburneddown, now have toallocate
<br /> then so be it. But for them toget to the pointo we a e a e
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<br /> a million dollars or plus for it to be cleaned up, something that should have been addressed,
<br /> something that should have been maintained, with a little bit of pressure. So, I think Code should
<br /> kind of get on that, if they need help to get on that, then maybe we could allocate funds to help
<br /> them with that. But I definitely don't want to see funds go to the wrong places. I would like to see
<br /> for the funds to go to extra clean-ups,actually the improvements of neighborhoods. That's it,thank
<br /> you.
<br /> Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement and Access (IDEA)
<br /> Christina Brooks, Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the City of South Bend with offices located
<br /> on the 14th floor of the County-City Building and staff held at 319 North Niles Avenue, stated, Our
<br /> purpose of the Office of Inclusion Diversity, Equity and Access, we're rebranding as IDEA
<br /> provides support, education, direction and accountability for equitable law, policy, process, and
<br /> procedure development for City services like human capital functions, contracting and
<br /> procurement,human rights, and overall community well-being, strategic plans that include under-
<br /> represented population entrepreneurship, development, inclusive community arts, and racial
<br /> disparities across sectors(referencing a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office).
<br /> We ascribe to the values of the City- accountability, inclusion, innovation, empowerment, and
<br /> excellence. Nothing exhibits that more than the Office of Human Rights or the Human Rights
<br /> Commission of South Bend. Over the past year, they've undergone a re-organization, promoting
<br /> two (2) of its well-respected leaders to co-directorships and provided raises for all City staff, all
<br /> without requesting additional funds from the City. I will turn this over to the Human Rights
<br /> Commission's co-directors, Diana Moya and Crystal McCain.
<br /> Diana Moya, Co-Director for the South Bend Human Right's Commission with offices located at
<br /> 319 North Niles Avenue, stated, Good evening, Council.
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<br /> Crystal McCain, Co-Director for the South Bend Human Right's Commission with offices located
<br /> at 319 North Niles Avenue, stated, Good evening, audience in attendance.
<br /> Ms. McCain continued, I'm going to get right into it. Our 2020 Department Goals are very
<br /> straightforward. We want to have co-sponsored trainings offered to the community on a quarterly
<br /> basis, to partner with the EEOC and HUD. Not listed (referencing a slide in the presentation) is
<br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT
<br /> 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend.Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TrD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.goy
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