Amending Chapter 13 Article 12 Chronic Problem Property Regulations

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Chronic Problem Properties Regulations Ordinance Page 8 3. Remediation Agreements shall also include but not be limited to including policy reforms, additional staff, additional training, and other proactive measures determined necessary to abate the public health, safety and welfare violations identified; and 4. Identify specific action plan(s) whereby the owner or his/her duly authorized agent is required to complete by the last Friday of each month and transmit to the Police Department's assigned sworn police officer(s) who shall evaluate compliance. All remediate agreements shall be for a term of not less than six (6) months. 4 (b) Copies of all Remediation Agreements entered into shall be electronically sent by the assigned sworn police officer to the Chief of Police, the Corporation Counsel of the Law Department, the Director of Code Enforcement, the District Council Member who represents the District in which the chronic problem property is located, all Council Members at Large, and the Office of the City Clerk, with such electronic correspondence taking place the same day that the Remediation Agreement is signed by both parties. (c) In the event that the owner, or the owner's duly authorized agent fails or refuses to enter into a Remediation, or if the owner or owner's duly authorized agent fails to meet the obligations set forth in the Remediation Agreement, the Corporation Counsel of the Law Department, or his or her official designee, shall commence legal action pursuant to Section 1 -23 of the South Bend Municipal Code. as soon as practicable. Notice of non - compliance shall be electronically sent by the Corporation Counsel to the Chief of Police, the Director of the Code Enforcement Department, the District Council Member who represents the District in which the chronic problem is located, all Council Members at Large, and the Office of the City Clerk of his /her action to commence such legal action as soon as practicable, upon being notified by the sworn police officer assigned to the case. (d) So long as the owner or the owner's duly authorized agent is in compliance with the Remediation Agreement, no additional action by the Law Department is to be commenced on the items addressed in said Agreement. However, any new violation(s) which are in addition to the items addressed in the Remediation Agreement, may be pursued by the Law Department 4 The Center for Problem- Oriented Policing publication entitled Shifting and Sharing Responsibility for Public Safety Problems, Response Guide No. 3 sets forth a variety of methods including but not limited to educating about responsibilities in addressing problems, charging for police services when there are excessive calls in an attempt to have partial cost recovery. Those methods and the SARA Model problem- solving model (Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment) would be used by the South Bend Police Department when implementing Remediation Agreements addressed in this section. Copies of both of these documents are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and the South Bend Police Department.