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REGULAR MEETING January 22, 2018 BILL NO. 06-18 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTIES: STREET VACATION— WESTERN AVENUE FROM FRANCES STREET EAST 241 FEET+/- TO PARRY STREET, THE FIRST NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY EAST OF FRANCES STREET, BETWEEN WESTERN AVENUE ON THE NORTH TO THE FIRST EAST/WEST ALLEY SOUTH OF WESTERN AVENUE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 06-18 to the Public Works and Property Vacation Committee and set it for Second Reading and Public Hearing on February 12th,2018. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business. NEW BUSINESS Councilmember Karen White announced, On February 22"d, 2018,there will be presentation on the impact of Synthetic Drugs that has touched our community. That will be held at the Charles Martin Youth Center from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. that day. Councilmember Tim Scott announced, At the Near Northwest Neighborhood Association Center, on February 2nd, 2018, they are going to look at Riverside Drive and Hudson. That is quite a crazy little corner and they are going to look for improvements to that. That meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. on that day. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, South Bend, IN, stated, The City has funded $100,000 in conjunction with Work One (1) for a transitions program which helps people upgrade their careers. That money runs out so please consider increasing that this next budget season. I think it is great for our City to boost up people who need extra training. I think we should also stay on top of Headstart funding. I understand you don't fund that but you do serve as Community Outreach and if there is an issue with that funding, I would hope you would reach out to your constituents and work on that. In 2017 we had one hundred(100) shootings and over sixteen (16) dead. We need to work on that. I went to the neighborhood watch meeting and there are two hundred(200) block captains. They would like 1,200 block captains. I would like you to reach out to your constituents to see who would like to participate as a citizen to work on these issues. I think it would be great to have a couple different kinds of programs. I don't know if anger management programs are continuing in the schools but I think there could be de-escalation violence workshops in the neighborhoods. We might want to consider having something that shows people what happens when someone gets shot. We should show what happens in the ER. My dad is a doctor and I got to actually, unfortunately,watch those things. I think it has an impact when you actually see it. And also, we need to show the ripple it has on the families. With each person shot, it probably affects three hundred(300)people. I would like to see training on assisting a shooting victim. We have had one hundred(100) shootings in South Bend. Just as we help people understand how to help someone having a heart attack or a stroke, I think it is time to add programs that help someone bleeding and bleeding out. As great as our response teams are, if our citizens know how to stop bleeding in the moment, we have time for the emergency people to get there. We have like sixty percent (60%)rentals in our neighborhoods. Jesse Davis, P.O. Box 10205 South Bend, IN, stated, The reason I came tonight is because I'm sure every one of you have marched in the streets for equality. It was brought to my attention by several citizens that there was an arrest made over the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. We all 8