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Mr. Mueller continued, The City plan was done in 2006 so it was relying partly on the 2000 Census data. The 2010 Census data presents us a more accurate median value of owner-occupied units in South Bend, and that is $81,500. The median gross rent rate in 2010 was seven hundred and three dollars ($703). Going back to 2012/2013 when the City Administration had just come into office,they set up the Vacant and Abandoned Task Force which ended up becoming the one thousand(1,000) homes in one thousand (1,000) days initiative. Mr. Mueller then showed the map on the presentation depicting the result of that program. He went on, At the end of the initiative the Administration had addressed one thousand one hundred and twenty-two (1,122) houses because during the timeframe, we added an additional three hundred and thirty-three (333) vacant and abandoned houses. We were left with only two hundred and forty-six (246) vacant and abandoned houses. Four hundred and thirty-three (433) of them were torn down, repaired or put back into use but we were left with roughly six hundred and eighty-nine (689) new vacant lots. There were vacant lots around the City before this but now this initiative had generated six hundred and eighty-nine (689)new lots. Mr. Mueller continued, Since the end of the initiative, which was roughly the end of 2015, we have added an additional thirty-three(33) lots from the vacant and abandoned houses initiative. Of the seven hundred and twenty-two (722) vacant lots in the City, only one hundred and twenty-six (126) are owned by the City with the remaining being privately owned. There are other vacant lots out there that are not associated with the initiative and, as a whole,the City owns roughly two hundred and forty-seven (247) vacant lots. Of the two hundred and forty- seven(247)vacant lots that the City owns, they are all going toward the programs we are familiar with such as the Westside/Main Street Corridor Plan,the Lincoln Park Plan, the South- East Neighborhood Master Plan Implementation,the City Cemetery Planning and the Housing and Community Development Plan Implementation which is the strategic plan submitted to the Federal Government for CDBG programs. Of the sixty-one (6 1) blight elimination program properties there are nine (9) potential sidewalks to convey next year. Mr. Mueller than explained the tax-sale process while referencing a graph on the presentation. Mr. Mueller went on, The City is partnering with the Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem in terms of mapping the vacant lots in the south-east neighborhood. Our innovation team is actually getting an award from the Esri Group this week for this initiative that allows the team and residents to go on and add information into the database.Not all are owned by the City, of course, and it is also just preliminary analysis of which properties are most suitable for different uses. This is an emerging collaboration with the Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem. Committee Chair White asked, Do you know how many vacant lots there are on the map picture depicted? Mr. Mueller replied, I believe there are about one hundred(100). He then showed a chart from the presentation that depicted the breakdown of the current Housing Community Development Plan that goes through 2019. It showed the different rents and the number of households. Mr. Mueller continued, Also involved in the Strategic Plan, it was required to submit different target areas for action. He showed the target areas on the presentation and explained, The main finding is that thirty-three percent(33%) of households or roughly 13,000 people, spend more 2