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7, NkQGR €S$ -REPQR :S- (Gent' d d Neighborhood Development Program;: This `NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOP- was fc rmerly referred to as the Ohio- Keasey -area,. MENT PROGRAM which is more properly referred.to;as: the "Nea:r Southeast Section ", as, the area involved As Targer than hio- Keasey Street area. Last Tuesday, Decem- ber If, 1969, a meeting was held,wi;th:;the area:resi dents and hopefully a Project—Area Commi:ttee..ean be structured by the early part of next year. The membership consists of alarge segment of people in various occupations in the.area. :,Harland.Bar- tholoff ew and Associates .will, assist, our -staff: in preparing the program. This work .-has been held : n abeyance at the request of the Federal Government because of added and new rev:ised,guidelines for the NIP approach; however;, at :this .point, we feel ,- we car begin the program;.- The ltentati.ve plan :of appro ch is to evaluate the more deteriorated areas under the conventional renewal approach. A meeting is scheduled for January 6; 1970';: and, hopefully, the Project Area Committee. wi 11: be established shortl thereafter. Mrs. Guy P. Curtis asked if the;SQ.utheast Section comes under the same program.as :: the Northeast or the over-all renewal program, or what: is the pre- sent prospectus on that? Mr._ Belliniger apprised. the first stage will - be problem identification and;: analysis. Extensive areas of substandard condi- tions iill require more extensive treatment along the 1i_es. of. renewal and will take more time to get in '.o action phase. We will.not have to wait for tW general urban renewal phase.i:n. areas only needing code enforcement. Mrs.. Curtis al.s.o -asked . what the extent of the loan ,is whi.ch;;people, may.; get in Code Enforcement? Mr. Bellinger,st.ated the sae basic loan is ava- ilable- to property ;owners: as and r the conventional renewal program. :The: loan m ximum is $13,350, and property owners.with low i n ome are eligible for grants provided: they meet c rtain eligibility .requirements. . The . g rant . ; maxim is $3,000, and the early part of-next year it will be raised to $3,500.. Mr. Bellinger apprised Large scale, clearance ,i s not being forecast for the Southeast area ;;however.;, in any older section of South Bend -- whether NDP or conventional renewal - -there will be clearance areas. If the Federal Government shouldscrap the NDP program, then another approach,;._wi ll:.be us.e&- perhaps conventional. i 6.