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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 11, 2015 Council President Tim Scott reported that the IT Committee met and sends this bill to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Council President Tim Scott served as the presenter and petitioner of this bill. He stated they are asking to repeal the Facebook and Social Media standards in light of the new council and regarding any litigation so they wish to remove the standards. There were no questions from the Council. No one from the public spoke in favor of the bill. One member of the public spoke in opposition to the bill: Rhonda Richards, 1020 Clover St. South Bend IN, thanked Councilmembers Tim Scott, Gavin Ferlic and former Councilmember Derek Dieter for taking time to listen to her and her concerns about inappropriate social media uses in the past by councilmembers. She understands the legal challenges against the standards brought by the ACLU on Councilmember Oliver Davis' behalf. She claims the ACLU had given their ok when the bill was being written and discussed initially. For them to turn around and sue against it seems like profiteering and a possible conflict of interest on their part. Also, she stated her concern toward the president of the Council for allowing one member to hold the Council and City hostage with a frivolous lawsuit because he is apparently double minded on this issue. During the debates and conversations about Municipal Code 2 -9.1, Oliver Davis blustered on and on that he wanted everyone to know that he was the first to request this type of clarity several years before and nothing was ever done. So now instead of being an asset to the City and Council he is throwing an adult temper tantrum because he didn't get his own way. It's not exactly what he wanted so he'll hold his breath till he turns blue, costing the City and the Council valuable time and effort that they and he have been elected to spend representing the citizens of South Bend. The additional fact that one of our new Councilmembers, John Voorde, has already admitted to using government owned computers to be on the Ashley Madison website seems to be yet another reason why a code such as Municipal Code 2 -9.1 is needed, not a reason to repeal it. She thanked Tim Scott and Gavin Ferlic again for hearing her initial concerns and their actions but she is disappointed with the back room deals and apparent lack of strength in this Council and administration to stand up for what is right. She submitted her comments to the Clerk's Office for public record. Councilmember Karen White made a motion to send Bill 18 -16 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. 19 -16 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, TO ADDRESS BUSKERS AND SIDEWALK PERFORMERS BY REPEALING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4 -21 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE, RE- CODIFYING AND AMENDING IT WITHIN A NEW ARTICLE 13 OF CHAPTER 14, NEW SECTIONS 14 -123 THROUGH 14 -126 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 12, SECTION 13 -26 CONCERNING SOLICITATIONS Councilmember John Voorde reported the Health and Public Safety Committee met and sends this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Aladean DeRose, City Attorney with offices on the 12a' Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner of this bill. The objective of this bill is threefold. First, to pass an unquestionably constitutional ordinance. Second, to provide reasonable time, place and manor restrictions on street performers otherwise known as buskers. Third, to welcome and 4