Appropriating $100,000.00 Community Development Block Grant

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CITY of SOUTH BEND PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Jon R. Hunt Director V. LaMar Wilson Deputy Director TO: FROM: SUBJECT: M E M O R A N D U M MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL JON R. HUNT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 1978 CDBG APPROPRIATION "DEMONSTRATION BLOCK" PROJECT DATE: MAY 9, 1979 � • II II � o • �bb0O'aa • 1440 County -City Building South Bend, I ndiana 46601 219/284 -9335 The Community Development Program in conjunction with the Department of Public Works and Bureau of Housing has developed a "demonstration block" activity consisting of the coordinated delivery of housing rehab and public works services to two or three block frontage within the C.D. "target areas." As you know, three such demonstration block projects are currently underway in the Northeast, Northwest, and Southeast CD "target areas ". The attached $100,000.00 appropriation request will enable us to implement similar projects in the Far Southwest and Near Westside C.D. "target areas ". The objective of the demonstration block activity is to improve over- all community development program effectiveness and efficiency by coordinating the preparation and implementation of separate activities; increasing the impact of separate and singular community development programs; concentrating various activities within a limited area; and, establishing a viable partner- ship between neighborhood groups, residents, and city government. The attached appropriation ordinance for $100,000.00 will provide funds for a variety of public works site improvements including street repaving, street reconstruction or construction, curb and gutter reconstruction or con- struction, street lighting, tree planting, sidewalks, street fixtures, drainage, sewer, or water facilities on an as need basis. In addition, the Bureau of Housing and Community Development Program will attempt to bring existing housing programs together in a coordinated and concentrated manner through local homesteading, 312 loans, South Bend home improvement loans, grants, and code enforcement. A.-list of alternative sites has been compiled by the Community Development Program, Public Works and Bureau of Housing for the proposed demonstration projects in the Far Southwest and Near Westside C.D. "target areas." Additional input in the form of alternative sites or general areas has been supplied by various neighborhood groups. rn Y