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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Here is a map of where these projects are, it's hard to get them exactly where they belong. So let's get into what we are looking to do going forward. These are our COIT programing proposals; the top line is $1 million for development for construction financing. This is the same amount that we asked for in this year's budget. This is the place where we have been trying to figure out how to make this work. The idea here is that we would combine this year's appropriation with next year's appropriation and have a fund where we could really unleash the housing development. The $600,000 for the owner occupant home repair program,this is double the request of what we asked for last year, which was $300,000 in addition to the federal funds we apply towards home repair. We keep expanding it to two (2) different corridors. This started in recent times along the Western/Lincoln Way Corridors. We are expanding to Mishawka Ave. and Miami Street. We are looking to expand it to Linden Street working with Councilmember Preston. In the discussion of the gateway center, we have also realized that it is a straight corridor coming on the Southside of town that we want to look at as well. We are excited to expand this program with more investment we can attract through our major corridors. He continued, then we have $250,000 for the Property Acquisition Commissioner sale, this is where we buy our lots during a tax sale and we only pursue these in target areas from our plan;the Southeast Master Plan or the Westside/Main Street Plan as they are our target areas. So this is a few thousand dollars per property just to do the fees assessed with it. This will help us acquire properties to do projects down the road. Then there is the proposed strategic private property to facilitate neighborhood plans. It's also called urban acupuncture in some circles. This is to look at properties that are problematic for some neighborhoods. If you could address these properties in the neighborhood, it would be so much better off. So that is what this proposal is for to get us resources to get those into better appearance and moving into a positive direction. There's also $200,000 for small scale development into neighborhoods to figure out the barriers, and why we aren't seeing the same types of development in certain areas. There are things you need to do to centralize and promote development in our neighborhoods as well. There is an $800,000 transportation project,this is roughly level that is trying to fix the streetscapes in a TIF area where there is this problem. We can make it safer and neighborhood friendly—depending on the zoning type it is in. The next two (2) items are a continuation of this year's appropriation to implement non TIF cemetery plans and non-plans. There is $197,000 in miscellaneous pieces; these are different cost centers that are required to move land and work on development. The tree maintenance project with Venues,Parks,and Arts is$130,000 and$45,000 for some neighborhood programing in addition to other development and tool creation for lots. He went on, going into Engagement and Economic Empowerment,we are looking at$125,000 for neighborhood organization support. Tentatively we have discussed$50,000 for the Neighborhood Resource Connection. This is twice (2x) what we have funded historically, it's half(1/2) of what we funded this year.It's been a big one(1)time use. If you are looking at the three(3)-year average, that's where it's at. There is also a historic contract around $75,000 that we are in. We are also looking at how can we move these funds, and have it more competitively granted or metrics that are across the City. Then we are making sure we are getting the best outcome for the dollars for the organization support. We also put in$20,000 outreaches for census outreach. Next year it will be important to make sure everything is accounted for. We want to keep people informed in relation to Washington, we want to get ahead of that. We had $25,000 which is like what we had for neighborhood engagement. This is also known as the quantitative housing study, where we went to knock on 1,000 doors/ households to collect data. I know we had a briefing before the EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011p 574.235.92211f 574.235.9173 I TTD 574.235.5567 I www.southbendin.gov 5