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i REGULAR MEETING May 9, 2016 providing the legal talent to do this, proving once again that the Park Board has no respect for its charge to preserve and protect the City's parks but it seems intent at giving them away at every opportunity. Their motto should be pander and prostitute. It is clear that the Mayor and the Fire Department. is determined to steal the people's park land. Once again the City's citizens are forced to look again to the Common Council as the final bulwark of common sense and sensibility against the Mayor's mighty army of rapacious defilers of the best interests of this community. While some on the Council have proven willing pawns for the Mayor's lack of vision that you will again hold against him. Jesse Davis, P.O. Box 10205 South Bend IN, submitted two requests to the Council. One asks the Council to look into the contractor that was thrown off the insurance program by things that the Council did and is now trying to sue the City. Second, Mr. Davis has been trying to get information on a incident where someone returned equipment to the City where it was either stolen or misused. He received numerous emails from Legal saying they could not respond because the state police were investigating. Now that the investigation is over, Legal is saying the feds are investigating and there still have been no answers to his questions. Jonathan Anerstrom, Executive Director of Monroe Circle Community Center with offices at 526 W. Western Avenue South Bend, updated the Council on the public charter school proposal for Downtown South Bend. Last week the ICSB held a public hearing at the St. Joseph County Library where they received positive support from the community. With a total of twenty -nine (29) people in attendance only four (4) spoke against the proposed charter. There does exist a People who publicly decry the benefits of this charter school. However in addition to the support at the public hearing, community residents have displayed overwhelming support for the school. No one in this room would deny the fact that our City is in desperate need of an educational jump start. Which is all the more honor that such a prestigious and well reputed organization would help bring life into our local school system. Mr. Anderstrom understands the critiques of the school proposal; however from a data driven perspective specifically opposing this organization is unwarranted. Jason Baniki Critchlow, 3822 West Ford Street, spoke about the rising crime in South Bend. Mr. Banicki Critchlow stated the main issue is the economy and when people live in dire situations they find dire solutions. That means we need to provide good quality jobs. We have to find some jobs that pay the untrained and unskilled workers a living wage. We need educational opportunities beyond high school such as reaching out to the trades. In this City, there is the Take Ten program that does great early violence intervention programs. That is something that we need to incorporate throughout the entire City. We used to be a village and somewhere we lost that. This City has fantastic leaders on this Council. Samuel Brown, 222 East Navarre Street, spoke on behalf of the MLK Street Renaming Committee. We have provided the proper documents with the Council and with the Clerk's Office. There have been some people who have not done the proper procedures, none of those documents and signatures you have received came through the committee. This Council and the Mayor put the committee together so those documents you have gotten you can put them in the trash. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the meeting at 11:40 p.m. 24