04-28-10 (CCAC) Community/Campus Advisory Coalition

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Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC) April 28, 2010 Meeting Minutes Page 3 NEIGHBORHOOD Neighborhood resident, Matt Costello, said .things are going very well. He thanked students for the emails reminding students to be good neighbors. He said most of the problems occur during the fall and anything that can be done to remind students to be good neighbors would be much appreciated. In the past police have come out and talked with students about neighborhood expectations. Mike Carrington said if you set the tone right away you will have fewer problems. Mr. Costello mentioned that there was a large party on St. Peter Street on Saturday, but it was during the day and he didn't notice any problems. A discussion ensued about an ordinance which required a permit to hold a party. Ann Puzzello received a complaint from a local attorney that no permit had been issued for the party. Kathy Cekanski- Farrand said that the portion of the ordinance dealing with a party permit had not been activated. It was not activated in an effort to give the Coalition members time to work together and try and resolve off-campus party problems. The Coalition has achieved success in this area, thus it has not been necessary to activate that section of the ordinance. Cathy Toppel did advise the Coalition that there were "port-a-potties" available at the party which was a violation of the ordinance. She said that tickets are being issued to the addresses where the "port-a-potties" were set up. STUDENT BLOCK PARTY Plans for the student block party held on the campus of Notrs Dame the weekend students return for the fall semester were discussed. The first block party was held last year in an effort to deter individual, large parties off-campus. Around 5,000 students attended last year's party which featured live entertainment. The University made every effort to insure minimal noise in the surrounding neighborhoods by bringing in sound engineers to determine the least disruptive locations for speakers used during the entertainment. The live entertainment ended at 11:00 p.m., but students continued the party for several hours without complaint. University officials drove through the surrounding neighborhoods to make sure the sound level wasn't too disturbing. There were some noise complaints made to the police department and a communication breakdown between shifts was a problem. This year's block party will be held on Saturday, August 28th. The University will again be employing sound engineers. They have met with the Mayor who has assigned Assistant Mayor Lynn Coleman to liaison between the police- and the University. The general consensus was that the block party was good for the neighborhoods because it effectively limits the number of off-campus parties which can be much more problematic. Neighborhoods should be made aware of the party and that entertainment will stop at a reasonable hour.