04/18/94 Board of Public Works Minutes

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-j 205 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 18 1994 evaluations and assessments of neighborhood and organizational needs; 2. Assisting organizations in development of revitalization strategies and organization and business plans; 3. Training and technical assistance in neighborhood board development, volunteer recruitment, and resource development, and project/program development; 4. Developing partnerships with private and public sector organizations to supply expertise in areas such as financial and administrative management systems, legal assistance in securing not -for -profit status for the neighborhood organizations; and 5. Providing a program of neighborhood assistance grants for the initiation or support of eligible CDGB activities. The total cost of this activity shall not exceed $25,000.00 YWCA WOMEN'S CRISIS SHELTER ACTIVITY The targeted goal for this activity is to provide shelter to five hundred (500) women and their children. The total cost of this activity shall not exceed $25,080.00. SOUTH BEND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING ACTIVITY Activities under this activity shall include drafting and investigation of housing complaints of discrimination filed with the Human Rights Commission, formulation of proposed consent agreements as a means of rectifying unlawful housing discrimination and post -finding reviews with complainant and respondent. The total cost of this activity shall not exceed $13,000.00. CANCO CANCO S.W. SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT The targeted goals for this activity are to provide six (6) informational presentations to a total of one hundred twenty (120) neighborhood residents, to provide eight hundred (800) hours of counseling to one hundred (100) low and moderate income neighborhood residents, to provide parenting sessions for eight (8) TEEN parents (Teens Empowered through Education and Nurturing Skills) and their families and to provide the "Nurturing Program for Parents and Adolescents", to eight (8) neighborhood families with six (6) follow-up monthly support group sessions. The total cost of this activity shall not exceed $42,350.00. APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR EASEMENT Mr. Leszczynski advised that the Board is in receipt of an Agreement for Easement between AAA Federal Credit Union and the City of South Bend. The Agreement indicates that the AAA Federal Credit Union is the owner of property commonly referred to as 1112 North Bendix Drive. The City is the owner of a certain dedicated alleyway which transverses the credit union servient estate and the City desires to acquire certain rights in the servient estate. Therefore, the credit union grants to the C1't of their Y an Easement on and across a portion property. This Easement shall be used only for the purpose of allowing users of the alley access across the portion of the servient estate. Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that this Easement be approved. Mrs. Manier seconded the motion which carried.