Establishing a non-reverting Next Door Neighbor Program Fund Appropriating $25,000

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• SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE NO. 7994-89 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NON-REVERTING NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR PROGRAM FUND AND APPROPRIATING $25,000 FOR THAT PURPOSE. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT: The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, believes that it is in the best interest of public health, safety and welfare to establish a non-reverting Next Door Neighbor Program Fund in order to provide grants to neighborhood groups for the purpose of funding all or portions of projects designed to enhance neighborhoods within the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL of the City of South Bend, Indiana as follows: SECTION I. A separate, non-reverting fund known as the Next Door Neighbor Program Fund is hereby established for the purpose of providing grants to various neighborhood groups to be used to finance all or portions of neighborhood improvement projects. SECTION II. The maximum grant award to any neighborhood group for any individual project shall be $1,000.00 SECTION III. Applications for grants shall be made upon forms supplied by the Mayor' s Office and completed applications shall be submitted to that office. All applications shall be available for public inspection in the Mayor's Office. SECTION IV. The Next Door Neighborhood grant review and selection committee shall review all applications and made awards pursuant to criteria established by the committee. The committee shall consist of nine (9) members, five (5) of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor and four (4) of whom shall be appointed by the Common Council. Three of the Mayoral. appointees shall serve three ( 3 ) year terms and two ( 2) Mayoral appointees shall serve two ( 2) year terms. Two of the Common Council appointees shall serve three (3 ) year terms and two of the Council appointees shall serve two ( 2) year terms. SECTION V. On or before March 31 of each year, the Mayor shall submit a written report to the Council which summarizes the activities funded the previous year, specifies the balance in the Non-Reverting Next Door Neighborhood Program Fund and reports on income and expenses of the Stanley Coveleski Stadium Revenue. In addition, the Mayor shall propose an amount to be appropriated to the Next Door Neighbor Program Fund for the following year. SECTION VI. The sum of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) is hereby appropriated from the Stanley Coveleski Stadium Revenues in order to fund the Next Door Neighbor Program Fund established herein. SECTION VII. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. G