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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of, or in opposition to, the legislation. There were none. She then turned the floor back to the Committee for further comment or main motion. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 28-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Regina Williams-Preston seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Substitute Bill No. 29-18-June 2018 Appropriation Ordinance- Civil City Funds Committeemember Ferlic made a motion to accept the Substitute version of Bill No. 29-18. Committeemember John Voorde seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Ms. Hockenhull stated, In front of you are our Civil City requests for additional appropriations. The most significant are the AmeriCorps grant request for funds to come out of the General Fund. That is the first half of the page there. It will be partially funded through a grant,partially through the General Fund and also some Water and Wastewater Funds. We also have some Fire Department overhauls for engines and things like that. Continuing on down the page, these are actually reductions in the budgets for Venues, Parks & Arts. Along the lines of the maintenance situation I spoke to previously, we are just reducing the budget here to increase the budget in the other Fund and they all offset. We are also establishing Fund#312 to pay for the debt service for the Park's Bond and then decreasing the budget for the Hall of Fame Bond. We are just cleaning everything up. We had originally budgeted everything in Fund #313 to pay for the Hall of Fame and Parks Bond. We now have a new Fund for just the Parks Bond. The Disparity Study is also one here and is coming out of COIT Fund #404. The other large one (1) on here is for our equipment purchases. We have a new lease to pay for various vehicles and things throughout the City. We have our lease proceeds and so now we are just requesting it to be approved. Therese Dorau, Director of Sustainability with offices on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, We are launching a new program that is partially funded with a confirmed AmeriCorps State of Indiana grant that will be a comprehensive approach to housing quality issues for low-income families. I'm sure we are all aware that some of South Bend's housing stock has moderate to serious repair needs. We have a sense that this housing is disproportionately occupied by low-income, fixed income and renting families. There is also a very high energy burden. Low- income households, nationally, have three (3) times greater portion of their income spent on utilities that higher income households do. This creates a lot of barriers for economic vitality for the individuals as well as for the community. We do not have the appropriate housing stock. The solution we are proposing is to create kind of a S.W.A.T. team of volunteers, AmeriCorps members, that can create and make simple repairs, energy and water efficiency upgrades and lead abatement all at once. Ms.Dorau continued,We are looking to leverage the programs that already exist in our community and in our other Departments. We also want to educate residents in utility bill management and public safety around their homes. We want to do that by going into homes and creating trusted relationships and having hands-on case management to prevent paperwork barriers that stop people from programing. The AmeriCorps Grant is$149,130 and the grant begins on September 1St,2018. It is renewable for a three(3)year period in which case we can reapply for the same or an expanded EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 P 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TTD 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov 2