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REGULAR MEETING April 23, 2018 There were no bills for First Reading. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Councilmember Oliver Davis asked to have the Director of Public Works come to the next Council Meeting to discuss curbs, sidewalks, and the funding thereto. Councilmember Tim Scott announced there to be an update from the owner of Lime Bikes at the next Council Meeting.He also commended Councilmembers Karen White and Sharon L.McBride on a successful 3rd Councilmanic District Bus Tour. Councilmember John Voorde announced the release of the 2018 Tentative Paving List of the Department of Public Works. Councilmember Karen White asked for Council Members to notify her if they would like to have a bus and neighborhood tour. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride thanked the Council Members and the City Clerk's Office for the bus tour. She also thanked all the residents that showed up. Councilmember Jo M. Broden announced that on Saturday, April 28th, 2018 at 10 a.m. at Kelly Park, there will be Arbor Day Celebrations. Councilmember Karen White announced the River Park Neighborhood Clean-Up scheduled for Saturday, April 28th, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. They will meet on the corner of Ironwood and Pleasant. Councilmember Tim Scott announced the success of the NNN Neighborhood Clean-Up that happened a few weeks ago and the first time there was a mulching effort for houses. This was in response to a lead exposure study. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Samuel Brown, 222 E. Navarre Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I was on the Residential Neighborhoods Committee for the Common Council and this only lasted a year. I want to sign up again to be more involved in our City's neighborhoods. I'm going to the Clerk's Office tomorrow morning to sign up for another year. I talked to the neighbors yesterday. There are all kinds of stories. They say he only shot fifteen(15)times but it was more than that. I was in the 1600 block of College Street and it sounded like Babe Ruth. People were really shaken. There were people two (2) and three (3) blocks away running and ducking behind anything they could. They didn't know where the bullets were coming from. I talked to the Mayor briefly. I also talked to the Police Chief.He is in Washington D.C.with the Mayor. We have to stop this.I don't know how to express it but it has got to stop. Summer time is coming and it will start getting hot. These animals are not going to take over our City and we can't sit back and say we are working on it. We have to treat them like they are treating us. We have to take charge and I don't want to be behind the scenes. I want to be out there and run toward it. The park that we talked about is really disappointing. When that park opened there were some new kids that would go and it was beautiful. I'm worried about the little kids. I will get you a copy of the video tape. Rod Goodchild, 837 S. 24th Street, South Bend, IN, stated, It is a pleasure to be back. I have my lucky jacket on and Marion Nation speaks. Lou Holtz' jacket from the Century Center fits me good. I feel good in it. Spring time is here and I can't be any happier. You know we have the Best. Week. Ever. coming and when I was sitting there I couldn't help but hear people talking about the needs,the needs,the needs and we want to better,better,better our community.It is on your display with the mission statement as the highest priority, they say, with our founding fathers. I bring this up because we do have the sixteen(16)magnificent twenty(20)to forty(40) foot works of art.No place else, anywhere, in the Midwest has it. I bring up that Trailblazer who people say, that 15