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,;h l 3. <br /> Common Council <br /> City of South Bend Indiana <br /> Henry Davis,Jr.,2nd District Council Member <br /> 4th Floor County-City Building <br /> 227 West Jefferson Boulevard <br /> South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> (574)235-5983 (574)235-9173 Facsimile (574)235-5567 TTY/TDD <br /> April 7, 2015 <br /> Members of the Common Council <br /> 4th Floor County-City Building <br /> South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br /> Re: Ordinance Calling for the Establishment of a South Bend Municipal ID Card Program <br /> Dear Council Members: <br /> I am very pleased to file the attached ordinance which calls for the establishment of a South Bend <br /> Municipal ID Card Program. I am also pleased to note that Council Member Oliver J.Davis, Karen <br /> L. White, Gavin Ferlic and Derek D. Dieter voiced enthusiastic support of developing a city ID <br /> card program, at the last Common Council meeting. Council Member Valerie Schey has also <br /> expressed interest in developing such a program. This ordinance would begin to formalize a public <br /> process in moving forward in developing such a program, which is envisioned to be a two-step <br /> process. The proposed ordinance would be the 1st step, and a future resolution of the Council <br /> being the 2nd step, before such a program would be in effect. <br /> As we briefly discussed at the last Common Council meeting held on March 23rd, I have been <br /> working on this topic since last December. At that meeting,many members of the public held up <br /> signs asking for a City ID card program. Some individuals voiced their support of a local City ID <br /> card program that evening when the special resolution declaring Farmworker Awareness Week <br /> was being discussed by the Council, including the Mayor. <br /> There are potentially many positive results which could happen from having a well-constructed <br /> city or municipal ID program, such as: <br /> • Using the ID card for identification purposes when dealing with medical responders from <br /> the South Bend Fire Department <br /> • Using the ID card for identification purposes when a person is a victim of a crime when <br /> dealing with public safety officers from the South Bend Police Department <br /> • Using the ID card for identification purposes when dealing with emergency personnel <br /> during a natural or man-made emergency <br />