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REGULAR MEETING <br />JUNE 24, 2002 <br />Ms. Linda Chism, Vice - President, LaSalle Area Neighborhood Association, 1135 North Kaley, <br />South Bend, Indiana, stated that she is in favor of the anti loitering ordinance and the neighborhood <br />association voted to support this ordinance. The boundaries of the association are Bendix Drive on <br />the west to the railroad tracks by Wilber Street up to Portage on the east from Lincolnway West on <br />the south to Elwood Avenue on the north. They need something to cut down on gang activity, drug <br />activity and intimidation in the neighborhoods. Ms. Chism noted that with the proper training the <br />police will be able to enforce this ordinance as it is meant to be enforced. Each neighborhood <br />association will have to vote each year whether to keep this enforced in their neighborhood or not. <br />She noted that she feels that the community needs to be made aware that this ordinance is not to stop <br />people from talking on a street corner. Illegal activity is a problem and the City of South Bend needs <br />to help out. They need help protecting their quality of life, and they need help to stop gang activity, <br />drug activity and intimidation. With the existing problems at businesses that are open all night or <br />open very late at night, the police need all the help they can get. Ms. Chism asked that the Council <br />adopt this ordinance. <br />Ms. Noreen Deane - Moran, 716 West Colfax Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, President, Near <br />Westside Neighborhood organization, with boundaries from William Street to Olive and then <br />Western to Lincolnway West, advised that the organization is fairly unanimous that they would like <br />this ordinance to happen. She noted that some members feel rather strongly that there is a problem <br />in the individual. organizations opting in or out and they wanted it to be more encompassing. She <br />further noted that their neighborhood has a very diverse group and a large minority population and <br />those individuals are very much for the ordinance as opposed to worrying about profiling that might <br />have a racial element. In conclusion, Ms. Deane -Moran stated that they hope the Council will vote <br />favorably for this ordinance. <br />Mr. Maurice Williams, 1724 Prairie Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, Vice - President, Rum Village <br />Neighborhood Association, noted that after the presentation by the City, the Board agreed that this <br />ordinance would be a good thing for the neighborhood. However, the Board didn't feel it was just <br />up to them and they therefore sent out a survey to their service area to determine whether they <br />would be in favor of this ordinance. Mr. Williams noted that it was not necessarily unanimous but <br />the majority said they were in favor of this ordinance and would therefore like to see this ordinance <br />pass. <br />Ms. Rose Garth, 1150 North Elmer, South Bend, Indiana, noted that she is a member of LANA but <br />is not speaking for LANA but for her parents who live on Elmer Street. She noted that she has <br />watched the neighborhood change and evolve into something they do not like. She further noted <br />that she believes it is very important that the neighbors get their power back and become more pro <br />active in addressing their issues and needs. Ms. Garth stated that she supports adoption of this <br />ordinance. <br />Mr. Chuck Leone, City Attorney, 14th Floor, County -City Building, South Bend, Indiana, advised <br />that the City administration believes that this ordinance will be a useful tool to add to the other tools <br />available to the administration and to the Police Department in improving and promoting <br />neighborhoods in the City of South Bend and believes it is an appropriate ordinance to pass. <br />However, he noted that there needs to be some fine tuning with respect to the designation process <br />and the enforcement process. The role of the City Attorneys office will be to enforce this ordinance <br />at the time that it is passed and the time the police begin to be out on the street. Therefore, they want <br />to make sure that the mechanisms are in place so that if there is a legal challenge at some point in <br />the future that the City will be able to successfully get past those challenges and to enforce the <br />ordinance the way the Council intends. <br />There was no one else present wishing to speak in favor of the bill. <br />The following individuals spoke in opposition. <br />In <br />1 <br />1 <br />
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