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REGULAR MEETING September 25, 2017 BILL NO. 17-57 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING A PETITION OF THE AREA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 W. MONROE STREET Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to send Bill No. 17-57 to the Area Board of Zoning Appeals on October 4th, 2017, and to the Zoning and Annexation Committee on October 91n 2017. Councilmember Dr. David Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. BOYD v. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION APPEAL Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to reschedule the Boyd v. Historic Preservation Commission Appeal to November 13th, 2017. Councilmember Dr. David Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. NEW BUSINESS Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, You should have all gotten a notice regarding the update regarding the dog park date, which will be in Rum Village. That announcement will be on October 11th, 2017. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, I want to thank Councilmembers Broden and Williams-Preston for your comments at the Mamas Against Violence event on Saturday. Thank you very much. I could not make it. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked if Clerk Kareemah Fowler could touch base with the Robles family to ensure that flowers are sent to them on behalf of the Office of the City Clerk and the Common Council of the City of South Bend. Councilmember Karen White announced that the funeral would take place at St. Adalbert's on Friday, September 9th, 2017 at either 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. Councilmember Jo M. Broden announced that Councilmember Karen White is holding a budget hearing on October 4th, 2017, and that the Health and Public Safety Committee will piggyback off that meeting. Councilmember Broden stated, So, at the conclusion of the budget, we will be hitting, at 7 p.m.,the intersection of health and public safety issues, with regard to the budget, and focusing primarily with the Administration's help on the chronic homelessness report and how that hits the budget. It may not be restricted to that, but those are the two (2) focal points, again, looking at health and public safety issues with regard to the budget. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated that he gave a presentation, with assistance from James Mueller, to the Redevelopment Commission regarding the Ardmore resolution that the Council passed. Councilmember Davis stated that Councilmember Gavin Ferlic, who was present for the presentation,talked about the Redevelopment Commission coming up with their own resolution based on the one (1) presented to them. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Samuel Brown, 222 East Navarre Street, South Bend, IN, stated that he wants an update on when the property at 1408 Elwood would be cleaned up. Kente Lark, Inspiration School of Beauty Culture, 307 Chapin Street, South Bend, IN, stated that he and his wife started this school to empower students to impact the community. Mr. Lark stated, Our goal is to be able to reach a generation of young people that have been kind of difficult to reach. So, students that come to us, if they are in high school, they receive twelve (12) 23