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The Process • Consultation with the St. Joseph County Health Department • Coordination with various City Departments and other stakeholder groups • Board of Public Works • South Bend Fire Department • Downtown South Bend • South Bend Police • Building Department Department • Code Enforcement • Downtown Dining Alliance • Identified deficiencies in current ordinance • Proposal of modified ordinance Amending the ordinance has been a lengthy & a very thorough process. In which we have consulted with the Heath Department on many occasions. • Because food trucks fall within the scope of the Health Department for regulation, the first step was to reach out to determine the feasibility and the necessary coordination to make it a reality. Working with the Health Department, we were able to identify and address some of the concerns that had served as roadblocks in the past (parking, tracking for inspections, commissary kitchen locations). Also as a result of the impact of the ordinance applying county wide, we contacted Mishawaka to inform them of our intention and to gain their feedback during the planning process to ensure that the changes would be practical throughout St. Joe County. • As we realized the scope of the involved departments that would be affected by the changes, we held several inter-departmental meetings to gather the necessary feedback to address concerns and trouble-shoot possible problems. This coordination involved: • BPW —with whom we established many of the rules & regulations and coordinated the necessary steps to allow for four hour parking—as a result, a resolution was approved by BPW on July 14th which will allow DTSB to be the 10