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REGULAR MEETING March 11, 2019
<br /> Patrick Gerrard, 121 Capital Avenue NE, Battle Creek, MI, stated, Good evening, Council. I
<br /> represent the TIA Corporation.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, There have been several legal challenges you have had to
<br /> deal with in the State of Michigan that we were made aware of. What has caused those kinds of
<br /> things in relationship to the operations there and how does that affect here in South Bend?
<br /> Mr. Gerrard replied, Councilmember Davis, you say legal challenges. TIA Corporation has been
<br /> a business over eighteen (18) years.
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, I understand.
<br /> Mr. Gerrard continued,Ok.Are you talking about any current legal challenges at this present time?
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, Give me a moment while I bring them up on my phone. I'll
<br /> come back to it.
<br /> Mr. Gerrard clarified, Is your question about how we handled those challenges in the State of
<br /> Michigan versus how we are going to handle those in South Bend?
<br /> Councilmember Oliver Davis replied, No, that's not my question. I'll come back to it. You want
<br /> specifics.
<br /> Councilmember Tim Scott stated, I understand you've submitted written commitments to amend
<br /> your current bill. To the Council?
<br /> Mr. Gerrard replied,Yes, we have.
<br /> Councilmember Tim Scott asked, Clerk Fowler, do we have a copy of all of those?
<br /> City Clerk Kareemah Fowler replied, We do have a copy of all the written commitments as of
<br /> Friday but I, as well as some neighbors, met with Alicia and there were a couple of other things
<br /> they added. That final set of written commitments, I believe,have been approved. We got a verbal
<br /> agreement from them, Mr. Gerrard, but it has to go through their corporate office to officially add
<br /> those changes.
<br /> Councilmember Tim Scott clarified, So,tonight,we are not going to accept the changes? We can't
<br /> confirm it from their legal.
<br /> Mr. Gerrard interjected, Yes, you can confirm it. The main change is building a privacy fence on
<br /> the west side of the property. I told them no problem, I will build the fence. I just don't have it in
<br /> writing here tonight,but I will supply it to the Council upon its availability.
<br /> Councilmember Karen White stated, I have a question and, again, what is before us deals with the
<br /> zoning and whether it is properly zoned for the work that is being asked of with Council. I did ask
<br /> if this would be an appropriate question. It has been stated that any of the residents that do not
<br /> meet your requirements, they will go directly to the Upper Room, which is another facility in the
<br /> City of South Bend. What level of conversation has been held with the leadership of the Upper
<br /> Room? What agreements have been made, if any?
<br /> Mr. Gerrard replied, I cannot answer that question, but we will bring somebody up that can.
<br /> Alicia Brown, 19532 Sunset Lane, South Bend, IN, replied, They wouldn't go straight from our
<br /> facility to the Upper Room. I apologize if that is what you understood out of that. That is not
<br /> accurate. The relationship we have, currently, with the Upper Room, is just like a working
<br /> relationship we have with any other facility in our area. We have sent people to the Upper Room.
<br /> One (1) client we have taken them over to have interviews. If it doesn't work out there, we look
<br /> for other places for them to go,just like any other resource here in South Bend.
<br /> Councilmember Karen White stated, The reason I'm asking that is some of us were at a meeting
<br /> recently and that issue came up in terms of whether or not there was any type of relationship with
<br /> Upper Room.
<br /> Brandon Adolf, 2734 Sampson Street, South Bend, IN, replied, I am the Executive Director for
<br /> Choices Recovery. I've developed a relationship with them over the past year and a half. I
<br /> primarily work with Lisa Stuart there. She is the Case Manager and actually the mother-in-law to
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