Authorizing the US Attorney to Submit an Application - Weed & Seed

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1200 COUNTY-CTrY BUILDING 227 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601-1830 P»oNE574/235-9371 FAx 574/235-9021 TDD 574/ 235-5567 CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J. LUECKE, MAYOR COMMUNITY ~ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT September 14, 2007 South Bend Common Council 400 County-City Building South Bend, IN 16601 JEFFREY V. GIBNEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Members of the South Bend Common Council: Attached for your consideration is a Resolution requesting to accept and approve a 1~Veed and Seed application submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice by the United States Attorney Northern District of Indiana on behalf of the City of South Bend, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor, and the Need and Seed Steering Committee. Your approval of this Resolution is an important component of the application. As required, a draft of the application, a copy of which is attached, was submitted on September 13, 2007 to the U.S. Attorney for review and comment. This process allows an applicant to continually refine the application until the submittal date of September 27, 2007. Therefore, I may be providing you with an updated version of the application at your committee meeting. The Weed and Seed application for Official Recognition is the result of a community process including staff from the City of South Bend, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor, the U. S. Attorney Northern District of Indiana, fife Drug Enforcement Agency, nonprofit and social service organizations, and community residents. Representatives from those sectors just mentioned compose a Weed and Seed Steering Committee which has participated in the drafting of a community-based multi-year strategy of the area. A map of the area, and a list of the members of the Need and Seed Steering Committee is attached. Receiving Official Reco~~nition from the Department of Justice will offer the City many benefits, such as encoura~in~ continued collaboration among the partners involved which will give existing programs greater impact; developing and implementing new pro~~rams created, and becoming eligible to apply for additional funds from the Department of Justice to help pay for some of the programs implemented within the Weed Seed Target Area. I will make the presentation to the Council at the September 24, 2007 meeting. If you have any questions prior to the Council ession, please feel free to call me. Thank you for your consideration. Sin rely, ~~~~-~ Filed ]n Clerk's Office Pamela C. Mey Director SEP 1 $ 2007 cc: Steering Committee Members JOHN VOORDE CTt`f CLERK, S0. BElID, IN. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL LC PROGRAM PAMELA C. MEYER ~ DONALD E. INKS MANAGEMENT ~/ 574/235-9CG0 574!235-9371 ELIZABETH LeoNnw Fnx: 574/235-9697 574/235-9371