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REGULAR MEETING April 23, 2018 Henry Miller, 229 E. Broadway Street, South Bend, IN, stated, Like the previous two (2) gentlemen, my issue is with the trailers on South Michigan Street. I am not only a homeowner but I am also a business owner. I am tired of it. It is one (1)thing to provide these people a service but after the service is done and over with, they still linger throughout the neighborhood and we have to put up with that. We have children and grandchildren that are not safe to play outside. That should not be the case in any neighborhood. However, we seem to be the poster child for indigent services. Like Isaac stated, we have the Homeless Shelter,the JJC,the YWCA, Broadway Parish, Life Treatment Center, and these people linger throughout our neighborhood all day and night. It only gets worse as the weather gets warmer. My thing is,we had a meeting a couple of weeks ago, and all I kept hearing was people saying that want to make it convenient. Well, to convenience, a group of people that do nothing but take and don't contribute anything to the community, is a problem because you are inconveniencing people that add value to the community. That is my issue. Those trailers do not need to go up and, I'm with Isaac, I will be protesting. And if the protesting doesn't work, I will walk away from it all. Easu Harris, 201 E. Broadway Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I'm not going to repeat everything they said. It is the same thing.My wife grew up in the neighborhood and there are just many issues. I came home one (1) day and she was sitting on the porch and she said somebody came by and asked for a cup of ice. I said `You know what they want that for, right?' She had no idea and the next day the lady wants needles. I told her she was using heroin. Our kids can't go anywhere. The place you put them on Michigan, across the street from the Fire Department, emergency vehicles are coming out of there and they don't care about walking across the street. A main street coming into South Bend and that is what you see. You see the nice circle, you go down the street and you see that. There are places to put it away from that area. There are places you can put it away from that area all over the City. It doesn't have to be on the main drag where people are at. We have property everywhere that is sitting vacant. Please do something. Thank you. Pam Claeys, 1106 Bellevue Avenue, South Bend, IN, stated, I want to thank Councilmember Karen White, Sharon McBride and all the Council Members that came Saturday to the bus tour. I think it was excellent.Particularly,it was excellent to see some of the areas in the third district that we haven't seen before. We saw those trailers and they are pitiful. We had 1,000 houses in 1,000 days, let's use some of those to track some land. I agree with the gentlemen that spoke. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the meeting at 8:52 p.m. 17