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REGULAR MEETING January 28, 2019 your call to action and I support you in whatever efforts we can do as a Council to raise this awareness. Thank you. Councilmember John Voorde stated, Thank you for shedding light on this issue. It is obviously important. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic stated, Thank you. Councilmember Karen White stated, Councilmember Teshka, I would like to personally thank you for bringing this before the Council and especially the call for action. I would hope that copies of this resolution would be shared within our schools and other agencies because the resources you have listed are so important. I think that when we think about our children,we have a responsibility to protect them. Your call for action really raises the need for this community, and communities throughout the nation, to do so. I'm very excited. I'm somewhat saddened that we have to have this discussion but it's one in which I'm hoping the community will come together and support as we move forward. Thank you so much, again. Councilmember Tim Scott stated, I echo a lot of the same points Councilmember Broden stated earlier. At Super Bowl time, we hear all about this. It makes national news and Indianapolis probably did the best job, I think, being proactive but we'll hear about it only this time of year. Rightfully so it should be around this time of year for national attention,but, it's got to go beyond just one (1) weekend and where our Super Bowl is being played. I would like to ask you and our intern to work together to put this back up on social media. Let's promote those resources. I agree with Councilmember White in that we need to get this out to the schools and other people. I'm glad you brought it to the forefront and we need to be aware now and in the summer time as well. Councilmember Jake Teshka pointed out more hard copies of resources available for members of the public in attendance at the meeting(copies are available in the City Clerk's Office). This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There were none. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt Bill No. 19-06 by acclamation. Councilmember Karen White seconded this motion which carried unanimously by a voice vote of eight(8) ayes. 19-13 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA HONORING AND THANKING DR. MARK GREEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND Councilmember Oliver Davis, 1801 Nash Street, South Bend, IN, served as a presenter for this bill. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, We are pleased to present this resolution. It says A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana honoring and thanking Doctor Mark Green for several decades of devoted service to the City of South Bend. Whereas, Dr. Mark R. Green received his educational training from Eureka College, in Eureka, Illinois, where he graduated with a degree in chemistry and from the University of Illinois Dental School —Doctor of Dental Surgery where he graduated in 1979; and,Whereas,in October 1981,Dr. Green opened his dental office, Green Family Dentistry on Lincolnway West in South Bend, Indiana, where he and his dental staff professionally cared for thousands of patients for thirty-seven (37) years until he closed the office in November of 2018; and, Whereas, Dr. Green devoted many hours of service to our South Bend Community in a variety of capacities such as serving as the Chairman of the Health and Wellness Committee for the 100 Black Men of Greater South Bend, serving as a Board Member for the Community Wellness Partners (Minority Health Coalition), serving as a Board member of Friends of the St. Joseph County Public Library, served as Past President of the Board of the St. Joseph County Public Library, and serving as a"Big"mentor for Big Brothers/Big Sisters; and serving as a life member of the NAACP; and, Whereas, Dr. Green's professional accomplishments also include his being a life member of the American Dental Association, a member of the Indiana Dental Association, Past President of the North Central Dental Association, a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, a member of the International 4