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~~ G . f f <br />4 ~~ ~ <br />~ `~~ /f ~ <br />~. ~~ t ~ „ <br />~ `~ ~PEAC~~j ~ ~ <br />~4 i~ <br />~^fS <br />~ k <br />I865 <br />CITY OF SQLI'H ~FND STEPHEI~~ J. 1_,t7ECKE, ~AYpR <br />E~ TENS ~ h~€;~I~IS'~""~"I~N ~~AI~~E <br />GREGG D. ZTENT'A[tA <br />CONrROI.l.•ER <br />Apnl 5, 2010 <br />lutr. Derek Dieter <br />President, South Bend Cominan tu'auncil <br />4`~' Floor, County-City Building <br />South bend, IN 46601 <br />Re: Ordinatace to Appropriate $353,437.00 from Parks Fund #201 <br />1)ea~• President Dieter: <br />~. <br />,~ ,~~ _ ~~ <br />Attached for filing with and appa-oval of tlae Common Cauncil is an ordinalace <br />appropriating the suna of $353,437.00 frown Parks ~ Recreation fund #201. <br />South Bend has been awarded a Community Service Block Grant from the American <br />Recavery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A copy of the grant application is enclosed for the <br />benefit of Cauncil members. The application requested "funds to employ forty (44) seasonal <br />laborers far the Parks and Recreation ®epartment and the Public Works Department of the City <br />of South Bend." <br />Tlae purpose of the grant funds was to help South Bend achieve its nan-pausing <br />Devitalization goals including neighborhood clean-up, mowing vacant lots and yards of <br />abandoned houses, hoarding up abandoned houses, removing graffiti frolaa public and private <br />property, watering trees and lasadscaping areas, providing custodial services for public facilities, <br />creating arts, crafts and cultural prag~•aanming throughout tlae South Bend Park system, and also <br />providing mentaring, educatianal support and life skills in a safe environment for youth in <br />distressed neighborhoods after school houa-s. This appropriation will help achieve those goals. <br />l will present this o~•dinaaaee to the Conaman Cauncil at its apprapriate Committee <br />meeting and at the public hearing. <br />Thaaak you for your consideration. <br />Sine 1 <br />Greg , Z entara <br />Contra ler <br />,,, i <br />=..w..r ... ~....._ _ _. <br />~ f~,, ~: 1~Ji~ ~ <br />~a~~..._ _ . _. __....._,,..._.._r~ <br />fa l'PYI ,_ ., _ .t ~si~. <br />CouNxlY-CITY BUILDING ~~.]~. JFI-PERSOPv BOULEVARI] SOLTI3 Br.ND, INDIANA 4GGOI-1g3O <br />PHONE 574/235-9216 FAX 5741235-9928 TDD 5741235-5567 ~G"~ <br />