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hand PuMlic Safety Committee Committee Report The October 4, 2004 meeting of the Health and Public Safety Committee was called to order by its Chairperson,Council Member Ann Puzzello at 4:30 p.m. Persons in attendance included Council Member Puzzello, Citizen Member Isabel Gonzalez, Assistant City Attorney Ann-Carol Nash, Jackie Rucker, Assistant to the Mayor Lynn Coleman, Bill Kirk, Director of the Department of Code Enforcement Catherine Brucker, Uniform Division Chief of SBPD James Hassig, Patrick McFadden, Eleny Deamer, Donald Marti, Gail Marti, Jane Hobing, Jay Davis, Gene Pendl, Bonnie McFadden, Elaine Nicgorski, Andrew Jaco, Michael Johnson, Michael Roazdi, Katie Schuster, Michael D'Agostino, Kevin McCarthy, Irene Cour, Edward Cour, Dave Baron, Adam Istvan, Michelle Otto, Karla Bell, Kaitlin Briscoe, Catherine Peer, Mark Krammer, members of the news media and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand,Council Attorney. Council Member Puzzello thanked everyone for coming to the Health and Public Safety Committee meeting which was called to continue discussion on loud party complaints. She noted that there were two (2) handouts available namel y a 17-page docume nt containing the zoning definitions from Section 21-11 of the South Bend Municipal Code, enforcement sections 21-10, 13-57.1 and 13-57.05 and copies of the loud party ordinance and noise ordinance; and a 2-page document containing the sixteen (16) "Problems with Loud Student Parties" (copies attached). Council Member Puzzello noted that she met with the residents last Wednesday at the Northeast Neighborhood Center and that it was at that meeting when the sixteen (16)"Problems with Loud Student Parties" was developed. She hoped that many of those problems could be addressed today in order to determine what help the City Administration could provide on each of those problems. An introduction of persons in attendance then took place. Mark Kirk from the University of Notre Dame noted that the university does not have jurisdiction over off-campus events, however that it does have jurisdiction over on-campus events and roads which are contiguous and adjacent to the university. He noted that federal law prohibits making public how students are disciplined. He stated that the university believes that the problems involve a minority of students and that the university would like to be part of the solution. Jackie Rucker, a representative of the University of Notre Dame with offices in downtown South Bend stated that the university would like to help. Mr. Kirk as a representative of the Office of Residential Life noted that in August of 1998 they responded to 69 different disturbances. There must be verifiable information for disciplinary action. There is an expectation of reasonable behavior of students. A warning is given first. Early in the academic year, students are asked to give the university their local address. Health and Public Safety Committee Meeting of October 4,2004 Page 1