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REGULAR MEETING December 11, 2017 Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 17-75 to the Area Plan Commission meeting on December 19th, 2017 and the Zoning and Annexation Committee for Second and Third Readings on January 8th, 2018. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. NEW BUSINESS Vice President Oliver Davis stated, I'm sorry I couldn't be in Committees this afternoon. I will be sending out a meeting notice regarding our homeless situation and our homelessness Bill of Rights. That meeting will be December 20th, 2017. Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, I think it is important that we chase in as many of these documents as we can to the Clerk's Office. Those must become as available as possible. Councilmember Dr. David Varner stated, As long as Ms. Fritzberg is here from the Mayor's Office, I'd like to let her know that it would be good to make one (1)more round of yard waste and leaf pickup. Councilmember Karen White stated, On Monday December 18th, 2017,the School Board is scheduled to take action on their Focus 2018 proposal. The meeting is held on their 3rd floor conference room and it starts at 5:30 p.m. It is important, as Councilmembers, that we are aware of what is happening with our educational system. Council President Tim Scott stated, I want to thank everybody for a good year. We have heard 86 Bills and 75 Resolutions in 2017. There have been 16 tax abatements and 12 special exceptions. Council attendance was at ninety-three percent(93%). Councilmembers Williams- Preston and Davis both made every single Council meeting. There were a total of twenty-three (23) meetings. Our Committee attendance was eighty-one percent(81%). We had one hundred thirty-two (13 2) Committee meetings.Not everybody has to attend Committee meetings so that is a good number. I want to thank everybody for their hard work. It has been a good year. PRIVILEDGE OF THE FLOOR Samuel Brown, 222 E. Navarre Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I want to echo Councilmember White's announcement about the School Board. I missed a few Council meetings and that is not normal for me to do. Our school system is very important and we are going through a lot right now. Please come to the meeting. The inner city is like the wild west still. I'm asking the Council to send Chief Ruzskowski a letter asking him if he has forgotten about the inner City. Jamie Haigh, 925 N.Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend, IN, stated, Generally, when property owners invest in a neighborhood they have to rely on the zoning rules in place. When someone seeks a variance or an exception to that,to advantage their property, the other property owners may think that is unfair or not consistent with those rules. He then submitted his remarks to the Clerk's Office. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the meeting at 8:49 p.m. 17 i