2015 Annual Report - Community Relations

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2015Annual Report of the Community Relations Committee November 24,2015 Page 2 2015 Committee Topics: Some of the topics which came before the Committee included: • Resolution welcoming the Pokagon Band's proposed investment and development of approximately 166 acres near State Road 23 in the southwest side • Resolution recommending that public input be encouraged on the possibility of having an additional street named in the city to honor the memory of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. • A Committee meeting with invited guests St. Joseph County Assessor Rosemary Mandrici, St. Joseph County Treasurer Mike Kruk, and Frank Agostino, attorney for the Property Tax Board of Appeals to discuss the assessment process • Preliminary discussions on the proposed ordinance sponsored by Council Member Henry Davis, Jr. regarding a collaborative pilot initiative on homelessness • Resolution recommending that the South Bend Community School Corporation Board of Trustees not lower the standards for student-athletes in order to participate in interscholastic athletics and after school activities • Resolution encouraging public participation on the City of South Bend Flag Design Contest and formalizing a process for formal approval In 2016, it is recommended that among the Committee's "to do"list that the following items be included: 1. Updating the South Bend Municipal Code which addresses the overall purposes of the Community Relations Committee. 2. Monitoring and discussing reports which are to be sent to this Committee, pursuant to the City Code on furthering relationships with the South Bend Community Schools and addressing parking issues in residential neighborhoods [exact calendar deadlines are being developed by the Legislative Research Assistant so that these and other deadlines are being tracked with prior reminder notices being given of the each date to the appropriate Department] 3. Continued involvement with the new City Flag design. Thank you. Respec submitted, .urn. � 6 Coun it Member Karen L. White, Chairperson Community Relations Committee