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U d <br /> N a <br /> 1865 a <br /> OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br /> KAREEMAH FOWLER, CiTy CLERK <br /> RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS JULY 9, 2018 4:13 P.M. <br /> Committee Members Present: Karen White, Jo M. Broden, Regina Williams-Preston, <br /> John Voorde <br /> Committee Members Absent: None <br /> Other Council Present: Sharon L. McBride, Tim Scott, Gavin Ferlic, Jake Teshka <br /> Other Council Absent: Oliver Davis <br /> Others Present: Bianca Tirado, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer, Casey Colvin, <br /> Gabriel Murei, David Boling, Elivet Navarro <br /> Presenters: James Mueller <br /> Agenda: Bill No. 18-28- Cities of Service"Love Your Block" grant <br /> opportunity <br /> Committee Chair Karen White called to order the Residential Neighborhoods Committee meeting <br /> at 4:13 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the <br /> presenters. <br /> Bill No. 18-28- Cities of Service "Love Your Block" grant opportunity <br /> James Mueller, Executive Director of Community Investment with offices on the 14th floor of the <br /> County-City Building, stated,I am filling in for our Director of Engagement who couldn't be here. <br /> This grant opportunity is similar to the previous one(1) in that it is trying to leverage AmeriCorps <br /> members to do home repair programs. The program is called Love Your Block and the idea is to <br /> fix things one(1)block at a time to increase progress in the neighborhoods. The details are that, if <br /> we are awarded, we get $25,000 and two (2) full-time AmeriCorps members to work on this for <br /> us. It would be a resident-driven home repair task force to complete small scale repairs and then <br /> also try to connect residents to certain vocational apprenticeships. The reason this is in resolution <br /> is the Cities of Service raised the specter of all the elected officials signing on so there is broad- <br /> based support. <br /> Committee Chair White asked, In terms of the Love Your Block Grant and the other grants that <br /> really target home repair and education,will all of these still hold true to make sure the experience <br /> is the same for everyone? <br /> Mr. Mueller replied, Yes, that is the idea. And then on our other home repair program, we have <br /> tried to make it seamless to the residents even though there are two (2) separate streams, one (1) <br /> INTEGRITY1 SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY <br /> JENNIFER M.COFFMAN BLANCA L.T[RADO JOSEPH R MoiNAR <br /> CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DE=/DmE=R of Poucy ORDUVnNCE VIOLATION CLEAR <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211 f 574.235.9173 1 www.southbendin.gov <br />