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C ^'~ l <br />SpUTNB~ ~ ~ ~ V ~. ~ I~- <br />04 ~\~11j1~1~~~~~'tp ` \\\ <br />.~ ~~~/ .r <br />~:~~ .id <br />~\ \PEACE// 1 y <br />r" <br />r • <br />1865 <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECI~, MAYOR <br />DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE <br />GxEGG D. ZIENTARA <br />CONTROL 1 FR <br />April 5, 2010 <br />Mr. Derek Dieter <br />President, South Bend Common Council <br />4`~' Floor, County-City Building <br />South Bend, 1N 46601 <br />Re: Ordinance to Appropriate $353,437.00 from Parks Fund #20l <br />Dear President Dieter: <br />Attached for filing with and approval of the Common Council is an ordinance <br />appropriating the suln of $353,437.00 from Parks & Recreation Fund #201. <br />South Bend has been awarded a Community Service Block Grant from the American <br />Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A copy of the grant application is enclosed for the <br />benefit of Council members. The application requested "funds to employ forty (40) seasonal <br />laborers for the Parks and Recreation Department and the Public Works Department of the City <br />of South Bend." <br />The purpose of the grant funds was to help South Bend achieve its non-housing <br />revitalization goals including neighborhood clean-up, mowing vacant lots and yards of <br />abandoned houses, boarding up abandoned houses, removing graffiti from public and private <br />property, watering trees and landscaping areas, providing custodial services for public facilities, <br />creating arts, crafts and cultural programming throughout the South Bend Park system, and also <br />providing mentoring, educational support and life skills in a safe environment for youth in <br />distressed neighborhoods after school hours. This appropriation will help achieve those goals. <br />1 will present this ordinance to the Common Council at its appropriate Committee <br />meeting and at the public hearing. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Sinc 1 <br />~;~=;~ - 7 2010 <br />Greg , Z entara •--° -;~; ~; ; _r,:; --~-•" <br />Contro ler O,~,I`~~~ ~ '~ t~. <br />COUNTY-CITY BUILDING 227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />PHONE 574/235-921 G FAx 574/235-9928 TDD 574/235-5567 CG "~ <br />