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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Eli Cantu, 1813 Goodland, stated, I want to thank the Council for setting up the meetings that eventually led to this budget. I want to say that I attended the majority of these meetings and I did it without self-including the things that I'm personally doing cause I wanted to really listen to what the community had to say. I want to come up with solutions that everybody can understand, that could apply to everybody in an efficient manner. And I wanted to see what the neighborhood and the City had to say so therefore I didn't really state what my efforts were. After the nine (9) meetings and after we've seen the budget, I want to say that I would like to help this motion, this incentive for the sole reason that I think that if it's not broke, don't fix it. But if it's not working in the past,why fund the same things that we've already tried? I think if you want to, I think we ended up beginning here, the paperwork that goes over a few things like for being inclusive, being accountable, being just inclusive of everybody. So I think to be truly inclusive of everyone, you know, I remember when Eric Logan first (1st) got shot and we began all that activism and the marches and everything. I believe I, and people that I know,put in a lot of work for this to actually take place. And at the end of it all, I just don't think that we're being acknowledged and I just want to be here to propose, if the Council will listen, if they could accept a proposal from my behalf. I've been working with the neighborhood for about eight(8)or nine(9) years. I've been doing this for free. I want to see if the Council would accept my proposal and my proposal based on my numbers on the things that I've done to see if I could be part of this help. He continued, Like I said, I'm looking at this budget and it's just, it's unclear to me on where it's actually going to go and it's unclear to me what these associations, groups or like the SAVE program and the other ones like Mothers Against Violence. I support all of these groups. I would like to know what is in store, what they have planned to implement with this money. That's really like what really got me curious about where we are heading from this. We had a great tragedy here in South Bend,we stood up for it and I'm thankful for the Council for setting up those meetings to listen to the public. But now that we have been heard, I would like for the people that rose and spoke to also be understood and be included in this and I just don't see too much inclusion of new programs. I know Mothers Against Violence. I think that has been around for a long time and I know that hasn't been helped. What was the other one (1)? Committee Chair White stated, Peacemakers. Mr. Cantu stated, Peacemakers is something that I think resembles the GVI, it's a little different. I am doing something that also resembles the same program. I've been trying to get ahold of Isaac to kind of see how we can work on it. I haven't been successful on having a meeting, but I really want to just suggest to the Council and ask that I am heard and my proposal is considered. Committee Chair White stated,Yes, Mr. Cantu,this is the Mayor's budget and his presentation, so I know the Mayor probably would come back to the podium after others have addressed questions, but that's where you would need to touch base with because we are only responding to his budget presentation, so we did not create that. Mr. Cantu stated, Right, I just wanted to get it on the record. Committee Chair White stated, Yes, but I'm glad it's on the record. Yes. And still make sure that that happens. Okay? Mr. Cantu stated, Yes ma'am. Appreciate it. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 1574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 12