03-24-14 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 24, 2014 Disclaimer: Undergoing technology updates experienced some loss of video & audio recording for dictation. Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Oliver Davis and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS: Present: Tim Scott Henry Davis, Jr. Valerie Schey Dr. Fred Ferlic Dr. David Varner Oliver J. Davis Derek Dieter Gavin Ferlic Karen L. White OTHERS PRESENT: 1st District 2nd District 3' District, (Chairperson Committee of the Whole) 4 1 h District 5s` District 6s` District, President At- Large, (Vice President) At -Large At- Large, Kathleen Cekanski- Fairand Council Attorney John Voorde City Clerk Janice I. Talboom Deputy Kareemah Fowler Chief Deputy REPORT FROM THE SUB- COMMITTEE ON MINUTES Councilmember Scott made a motion that the minutes of the March 10, 2014, meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Schey seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS PRESENTATION FROM MS. REUT OZ FROM THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST. JOSEPH VALLEY Ms. Rem Oz from the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley: I'm a little bit nervous. It is a pleasure to be here, thank you councilwoman Valerie Schey for the invitation and thank you to the council for hosting me. I also want to acknowledge that with us tonight is Executive Director for the Federation, so I would like to acknowledge that for him and also my supervisor the Community Relations Director. Thank you. My name is Rent Oz, I came from Israel 7 months ago to work in the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley in South Bend. Here is a little background about the Jewish Federation. The cultural members of the Jewish life in Indiana, reaching more than 2,000 Jewish people in St. Joseph, Elkhart, and southwest lower Michigan. The federation continues to serve the Jewish people locally and throughout the world coordinated fund- raising, community wide programming, services, and education technology by the way our events are open to the entire community and I encourage you to attend our upcoming Michiana Jewish Film Festival it will be held May 12" at Notre Dame. My work is mainly with the children and youth of the community. We have a youth group called Sababa, we meet twice month. Recently we volunteered for the center of the homeless for South Bend. In addition, each week, in the evening at the synagogue, we teach about Israel and my lively experiences. One of the things that I appreciate the most in the federation work is that they do work for the elderly community. We host two lunches each month, and we have an educational part. I'm always amazed that the federation also offers transportation to the elders who can get to the luncheons