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SCITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Councilmember Sharon L. McBride stated, I was definitely going to ask if it can be bumped up <br /> sooner than January but it sounds like they are meeting this Thursday to discuss so hopefully it <br /> will be sooner than January. <br /> Councilmember Scott asked, How are we following up on this? Would it be Personnel and <br /> Finance? Or Community Investment? Maybe we should make a note for the first (1St) meeting of <br /> next year. <br /> Committee Chair White asked,So the meeting is going to be this Thursday,is there a representative <br /> from the Council that is part of those discussions? <br /> Dr. Mueller replied, I know Councilmember Broden goes to a number of these but I don't know if <br /> she is an official representative. <br /> Councilmember Broden stated, I just informally go. And this is something Dr. Mueller was kind <br /> enough to get back to me on. The report came out in 2017 the leadership component was really <br /> significant in that report. We are trying to build capacity in our existing network with the end goal <br /> of getting people housed with this housing-first(1st) concept. I guess to me that seems like a long <br /> period of time to try to hit that goal of the Task Force. I'm happy to go ahead and continue being <br /> part of those conversations but, yeah, I would just really like to get this funded. It has just been a <br /> long ramp up to what I think was a critical point. We need to be responsive to the folks that have <br /> been in this field for so long. Their request to Council,the mayors of South Bend and Mishawaka <br /> as well as the County indicates this is a high priority and a high need. We are weighing, on the <br /> other side, all of our departments and looking within the City itself and we are far exceeding <br /> adverse impact here. I guess I get it that we can't brace things here but I would love to see this as <br /> a priority sooner rather than later and if it's a placeholder, great. <br /> Dr. Mueller stated, Our approach had been to show more momentum toward implementing a Task <br /> Force before trying to get outside funding commitments from partners. As you know, the Intake <br /> Center bit has faced a little bit of delay but we are hopeful to get that back on track so we really <br /> think going into the next few months is critical to build these partnerships and find these funding <br /> sources. That is when we would plan to talk about this in addition to more permanent supportive <br /> housing units. <br /> Councilmember Broden followed up, Whose role will it be to look at potential funding sources? <br /> Dr. Mueller replied, On a day-to-day operational standpoint it is the Neighborhood Development <br /> group and Pam Meyer's team. There has been mayoral leadership on this issue, so, Deputy Chief <br /> of Staff Suzanna Fritzberg has been working on conversations with different potential partners. <br /> Once we get moving on the rest of the recommendations,we would like there to be strong activity <br /> from those two (2) individuals. <br /> Committeemember Regina Williams-Preston asked, What time is that meeting at on Thursday? <br /> Dr. Mueller replied, I believe it is at 11:30 a.m. at the Youth Service Bureau. <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227 W Jefferson BvId i South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211f1f574.235.91731 TTD 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 7 <br />