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• <br /> I am pleased to say that the City of South Bend will receive an additional $566,447 of <br /> federal Community Development funds for 1993. The additional funds include $434,000 of <br /> new CDBG funds and $132,477 of additional program income earned by various CDBG <br /> funded programs and projects. We are proposing that one hundred (100) percent of the <br /> additional funds be committed to phase one of the Good Neighbors/Good Neighborhoods <br /> initiative. <br /> PROPOSED APPROPRIATION <br /> (1) Emergency Housing Repair Program - $75,000 <br /> This additional appropriation would be added to the $75,000 of CDBG funds already <br /> appropriated by the Council. With a total of $150,000, the City, acting through its Bureau <br /> of Housing, would do emergency repairs for immediate health and safety situations for lower <br /> income and elderly home owners in the community. <br /> (2) Christmas in April - $80,000 <br /> This additional appropriation of$80,000 would increase the City's 1993 commitment <br /> to Christmas in April to $100,000. This would enable the program to undertake its planned, <br /> full-scale program of over 50 housing rehabilitation projects in the Southeast Neighborhood. <br /> These funds, coupled with the donated talent, time, material and private funds will result in <br /> approximately $750,000 of housing rehabilitation in the Southeast Neighborhood. <br /> (3) Colfax Youth Center - $50,000 <br /> The City Administration and Council have already committed $50,000 of 1993 CDBG <br /> funds in the form of a challenge grant to South Bend Heritage for the Colfax Youth Center. <br /> This additional appropriation of federal CDBG Funds would bring the City's commitment to <br /> $100,000. South Bend Heritage plans to raise another $700,000 - $800,000 of non-CDBG <br /> funds to acquire, rehabilitate and expand the old Werntz Hardware Building into a <br /> community education, recreation and training complex for young residents of our inner-city <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> (4) Neighborhood Public Safety Programs - $200,000 <br /> We are also proposing for the first time to use federal Community Development funds <br /> to expand and enhance our neighborhood public safety programs. This proposal has two <br /> components: <br /> (a) Expanded Neighborhood Watch Program - $100,000 <br /> Approximately $100,000 of CDBG Funds would be committed to an expanded <br /> Neighborhood Watch program. This will allow for the addition of two uniformed <br /> officers to build a stronger and expanded Neighborhood Watch program. A key part <br /> of our efforts to reduce crime in our neighborhoods is a more efficient and effective <br />