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1200 COUNTY-CITY BUILDING <br />227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 <br />PHONE 574/235-9371 <br />FAx 574/235-9021 <br />TDD 574/ 235-5567 <br />CITY OF SOLTI'H BEND STEPHEN J. LuECxE, MAYOR <br />COMMUNITY ~L ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />JEFFREY V. GIBNEY <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />July 16, 2010 <br />South Bend Common Council <br />Fourth Floor Council Chambers <br />400 County-City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Dear Council Member: <br />The attached bill for your consideration and approval will appropriate funds from a $285,000.00 <br />Department of Labor grant the City was awarded for to develop a system to successfully <br />prepare/train/retrain members of the City's local workforce for current and future jobs related to businesses <br />located within the Airport Economic Development Area of the City of South Bend, and secondly, to <br />provide this customized training to 40 at-risk individuals and place at least 25 of them in new jobs. <br />The funds will be appropriated into the Community Development Fund (fund # 212) and used to <br />contract for the development and training services. We look forward to your approval of this <br />ordinance. <br />Please note, these funds cannot be used for general government purposes, only to develop the system <br />and provide the training. Jeff Gibney or I will present this bill at your August 9th meeting. <br />If you have any questions, please call Jeff at 235-9375 or me at 235-9330. Thanks. <br />Sincerely, <br />liza th Leonard <br />Director, Financial & Program Management <br />cc: Jeff Gibney <br />John March <br />r~ . __ ~,..._ fikd3~~~,r.e~v ~~~~~~ <br />1 J U L 2 1 2010 <br />~otl~ vao~oe <br />CITY Ct~1IK, S0. Rcfi1~J, tN. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />PAMELA C. MEYER DONALD E. INKS <br />574/235-9660 574/235-9371 <br />FAX: 574/235-9697 <br />FINANCIAL SZ PROGRAM <br />MANAGEMENT <br />ELIZABETH LEONARD <br />574/235-9371 <br />~~ r'~ <br />i" Iv <br />~, <br />~~ <br />