Creating a Division of Community Development

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ORDINANCE NO. 5689 -74 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: SECTION I. There shall be established within the city a Division of Commun y Development. SECTION II. The employees of the Division of Community Development shall be appointed by the Mayor and for the purpose of organization shall be placed under the cabinet position of Human Resources and Economic Development. The salaries of said employees shall be set by the Mayor subject to approval by the Common Council in the annual salary ordinance. New positions and salaries may be established and approved as the positions are created. SECTION III. A budget shall be presented by the Mayor to the Common Council c— it in ordinance form, making appropriations by items for the use of said Division of Community Development. The Council shall have the power to reduce said budget but may not increase it unless recommended by the Mayor. SECTION IV. The Division of Community Development may coordinate with the Redevelopment Trustees and the Redevelopment Commissioners. A. The Division of Community Development shall be authorized to, in conjunction with the Department of Redevelopment, establish and implement a Neighborhood Development Program. Any such relationship, and all contracts for such a purpose, shall be approved by the Redevelopment Commissioners. Any contract in excess of $5,000 shall also be approved by the Common Council. B. The Division of Community Development shall propose guidelines for the fair and equitable administration of the Neighborhood Development Program. Such guidelines shall be subject to public hearing and approval by the Redevelopment Commissioners, approval by the Mayor, and filed with the City Clerk. C. There shall be established an Advisory Committee for each project area composed of seven members which shall include two project area residents, three professional experts selected from real estate, mortgage or rehabilitation loans, or the construction industry, the Director of the Division of Community Development, and the Director of the Bureau of Housing. The Advisory Committee shall screen applicants for grants and loans and recommend to the Redevelopment Commission the grant recipients and amounts of grants and loans. Members of this committee shall be appointed by the Mayor and serve at his pleasure for the duration of the project. D. The Redevelopment Commissioners may establish within their jurisdiction a revolving fund to be used for loans, the buying and selling of property, and such other purposes as may be deemed necessary, including but not limited to demolition and homesteading. Any city funds appropriated and placed within said revolving fund shall be accounted for annually by the Department of Administration. SECTION V. Within the Division of Community Development may be established a Bureau of Housing. The Bureau of Housing may provide for any of the following functions for family housing: