Approving progress report under the Workable Program for Community Improvement

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• H. 1. List any changes in the membership of the subcommittee of the citizens advisory committee or jspecial committee on minority group housing since the last submission and, for any new mem- bers, show their business, professional, civic and other affiliations. Identify those new members who represent the principal minority groups and organizations. (If not shown in previous sub- missions, list all members and their affiliations). The Mayor's Advisory Committee has been restructured and after their re- port on the study of the South Bend Minimum Housing Code, they shall take up a review of the Minority Housing Report by late summer and into the fall to report to the Mayor of the progres§` ih the year since the report was prepared. This committee is essentially comprised of a consolidation from various other committees of the past. Their affiliations are re- flected on Page 23. 2. Now will recommendations of the subcommittee or special committee on minority group hous- ing be communicated to and acted upon by the citizens advisory committee? Formal, written reports of the SubCommittee on Minority Group Housing Problems will be presented to the Mayor's Advisory Committee . The par- ticipation of several Advisory Committee members on the SubCommittee will give good liaison between the two groups . I. Describe briefly citizen participation programs carried out or planned for neighborhoods or areas to be directly affected by clearance, systematic code compliance, conservation, etc. The LaSalle Park Citizens Council meets regularly, often inviting the De- partment of Redevelopment for participation. With the aid and assistance of the Urban League, the LaSalle Park Citizens Council has been reorganized, restructured and reorientated to a more positive action type organization and is serving as the pilot organization for the establishment of block or- ganizations with Flock captains . Other neighborhood organizations includ- ing the Ohio-Keasey Civic improvement Association is and has been meeting with the Department of Redevelopment. Out of these meetings has come the pilot or experimental self help civic improvement in the Ohio-Keasey area centering on the paint-up, clean-up, fix-up approach. 1t covers a six block area and through the efforts of the Mayor and Department of Redevelopment received the cooperation ofmunicipal departments for unscheduled .trash and _ garbage pick-ups, minor street repairs and street cleaning activities. 25