Authorizing the expenditure of $8,480 by the division of Community Development for the purchase of an Urban Statistical Information Package

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J�\�� • D F p CITY of SOUTH BEND ::F •'��'• rn PETER J NEMETH, Mayor ® 2 ti w��oo�a COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Carl Ellison Director 1440 County -City Building Jon R. Hunt October 4, 1978 South Bend, Indiana 46601 Deputy Director 219/284 -9335 V. LaMar Wilson Assistant Director TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL FROM: CARL ELLISON, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF "POLK DATA" The Division of Community Development is submitting for your consideration a resolution authorizing the expenditure of $8,480.00 for contractual services. The funds will be used to purchase the 1977 -1978 Polk Profiles of Change for the City of South Bend. The "Profiles of Change" is an urban statistical package which includes population, housing stock, household, social, and economic data for the City of South Bend. The data is collected and tabulated on a census tract and city- wide basis. The various counts reflect both a "census- type" measurement and a percentage of change measurement. The "Polk Data" has been a valuable planning tool and document not only for the preparation of the Community Development application and plan, but also for general planning and grantsmanship activities conducted by the Division of Community Development. Our almost daily utilization of the "Profiles of Change" falls into several categories: 1) Preparation of grant applications such as the UDAG, Urban Homesteading, and EDA -Local Public Works Grants. As the President's "urban policy" evolves into programs, we believe our grant application activity will increase, and "Polk Data" will be an important statistical resource in the City's grant application process; 2) Preparation of more defined and specific planning documents such as the "neighborhood planning profiles," commercial revitalization plans, capital improvement program, etc.; 3) Preparation of the annual and three year CDBG plan and application. With growing emphasis on monitoring, compliance, and performance, the "R.L. Polk Data" will assume more importance in both the development of the grant application and plan and in HUD's evaluation of proposed plans and activities, and;