03-23-15 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 23, 2015 , the South Bend Common Council notes that the “Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) Whereas participates in social networking sites in order to promote activities and events” aimed at the health and safety of Indiana; and , Indiana Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann recently announced that the IDOL, in Whereas partnership with the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Indiana Department of Transportation has “launched Indiana’s 2015 Drive Now Text Later Contest” in the interest of changing “attitudes and behaviors related to texting and driving” ; and ,this contest runs from April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015, and challenges Indiana high Whereas school and college students to use their “creativity and social media savvy to spread the message about the dangers of texting and driving” with winners who have the largest distribution of their message on Twitter, Vine or Instagram receiving $5,000 to help pay for their post-secondary education; and , the South Bend Common Council has long been an advocate for safe driving with one Whereas example being the passage of Ordinance No. 9946-09 on July 27, 2009 which created the local regulations on the use of hand-held mobile telephones, mobile communication devices and telecommunications devices in school zones, which has been codified into the South Bend Municipal Code as § 20-130 through stnd § 20-134 and calls for penalties starting at $75 for the 1 violation, $125 for the 2 violation and $250 for each violation thereafter. Now, Therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. The South Bend Common Council encourages all Indiana high school and college students to participate in Indiana’s 2015 Drive Now Text Later Contest aimed at helping to change attitudes and behaviors related to texting and driving, with more details available from www.txtl8r.in.gov with this being the second year of the IDOL, BMV, ICJI, and INDOT offering $5,000 Scholarships for the winners. Section II. Statistics from the Indiana State Police show that the “majority of the text message citations and warnings…have been for drivers under the age of 30”. Section III. The Common Council commends the students who are participating as part of the adoption process of this Resolution aimed at raising awareness about the 2015 Drive Now Text Later Contest. Section IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. __________________________________ _____________________________________ stth Tim Scott, 1 District Oliver J. Davis, 6 District __________________________________ _____________________________________ nd Henry Davis, Jr., 2 District Derek D. Dieter, At Large __________________________________ _____________________________________ rd Valerie Schey, 3District Gavin Ferlic, At Large 4