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<br /> with me transitioning out and off the Council that we have some continuity bringing some people
<br /> onboard to build that expertise. There are a lot of moving parts on that and some real significant
<br /> agreements we will have to be looking at.
<br /> She went on, Then, relative to Police and Fire as a component of Public Safety, the recruitment
<br /> and training aspect. I think we already did a presentation and I thank so many of you for attending
<br /> that. For the smart questions asked, too. I think that was a really good opportunity for people to
<br /> get up to speed. I would like to look at it more, though. That was only one (1) component of the
<br /> strategic plan. So, I think at some level, being able to look at the strategic plan almost like a
<br /> scorecard would be beneficial. You know, sort of where are we and what is left to be done? And
<br /> then, how is that going to impact requests coming in for the 2020 budget? And then always, the
<br /> homelessness and what I would consider as a broader category but tracking housing as an issue.
<br /> That is an ongoing big topic.
<br /> She continued, Then, in terms of some new things, at our last meeting we held last week, I had
<br /> nodded to it, and I think I found on several occasions, basically, the Climate Change, sort of a
<br /> briefing and getting us all up to speed on some of the current science and understanding the local
<br /> impact. We are looking at the appetite for the community, Council and Administration to actually
<br /> formalize that in an ordinance. So, briefing first (1St) and kind of leading up to a consideration of
<br /> going with an ordinance on that. Those two (2) dates, it's four(4) hours total, those have already
<br /> been scheduled, Councilmember Teshka is doing a final review of the agenda and that is kind of
<br /> the first (1st) one (1)-two (2) kind of hit on information, and then of course it will be ongoing in
<br /> terms of our understanding and then pulsing the community's interest and appetite for formalizing
<br /> things in an ordinance.
<br /> She went on,Then,kind of a heads up,too, and maybe this is in addition to Public Safety and what
<br /> I consider a review, we've had several disasters in my tenure, 2016, 2017 and I would say even at
<br /> the start of this year. We have a potential for even greater disasters. So, our response and that
<br /> integration and interface with the County, I think is something really significant that I would really
<br /> like to be able to check off in this last year of my tenure. I want to make sure that if it's an update
<br /> or some level of review, especially as it relates to the neighborhoods and the responsiveness to
<br /> when certain neighborhoods getting hit harder than others. What is the response to that?Then kind
<br /> of tucked in with that is St. Joseph County. I have been approached and have been working on, in
<br /> collaboration with County Government and members of the Mishawaka Common Council and
<br /> then individuals within the community and sort of the social service network, capacity for disaster
<br /> relief A disaster relief foundation has been formalized in order to help bring in additional dollars
<br /> and help open those up in a relatively quick manner. What I would like to do is have an upcoming
<br /> meeting to get Council Members up to date on what that foundation has been formed for, what
<br /> they are anticipating and, again, to give us some background information on that. Those are kind
<br /> of the items that are sort of broad. So, RSVP, South Bend Animal Care and Control,Public Safety
<br /> relative to 911, recruitment and training, the homelessness, housing, the strategic plan, homeless
<br /> policy and the Climate briefing. So, those are kind of the items on my list that hit my mind.
<br /> Committee Chair Broden then opened the floor to Committee and Council Members.
<br /> Councilmember Tim Scott stated,I did forget to mention 911 as far as Information and Technology
<br /> goes. So yeah, we will continue collaborating on that. We will talk soon.
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