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RESOLUTION
No. 572 -77
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
Attest:
August 29
19 77.
ity Clerk
President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
August 30 19 77
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me ad...g y I gA& 3G 6 -19-2-7 .
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. S
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT TO THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION, A GRANT APPLICATION FOR LOCAL
PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT
FUNDS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE EAST BANK RE-
TAINING WALL; CONSTRUCTION OF AN EAST BANK WALKWAY
AND CANOE PORTAGE FACILITY, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of South Bend is the Chief Executive
Officer of the City, and is the Applicant for a Public Works Employment Grant
under Title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City
of South Bend, Indiana:
SECTION I. Hereby established the authority of the Mayor of the
City of South Bend to submit an application for Local Public Works Grant
funds in the amount of Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars ($310,000) to
the U.S. Department of Commerce under Title I of the Public Works Employment
Act of 1976, as amended.
SECTION II. The Director of the Department of Public Works and the
Director of the Department of Human Resources and Economic Development will
be designated the Administrative Agents for this project. For every category
established under this Resolution, the Mayor shall submit to the Common
Council a line item budget prior to the expenditures of any grant money
received upon approval of this application.
SECTION III. This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Irene Gammon
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND,
CITY of SOUTH BEND
PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Carl Ellison
Director
Jon R. Hunt
Deputy Director M E M O R A N D U M
TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
FROM JON R. HUNT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 9C49W
SUBJECT: SUBMITTAL OF EDA GRANT APPLICATIONS
DATE AUGUST 22, 1977
219/284 -9335
On November 12, 1976, the City of South Bend submitted a grant appli-
cation to the Economic Development Administration in the amount of $1,248,575.
This grant application, approved in Resolution form, on October 26, 1976, con-
sisted of two Construction Components:
(1) Component A was to be the reconstruction of a river
bank retaining wall; construction of a lighted,
landscaped pedestrian walkway; and, the construction
of a canoe portage facilities along the reconstructed
retaining wall.
(2) Component B was to be the demolition, reconstruction,
and widening of the Colfax Bridge.
Funding was denied because of the City's relatively low unemployment
rate and the relatively small number of unemployed. Under "Round II" funding,
we prepared a preapplication package which qualified the City for a funding
level of $528,000. To take advantage of this potential funding source, the
City resubmitted a modified grant application in the amount of $310,000, which
consisted of Component A above. To utilize the balance of the $528,000, the
City submitted a new grant application for the construction of a 370 space sur-
face parking lot to serve the Civic Center. Construction costs include land-
scaping, lighting, and service and access drives.
The Department of Human Resources and Economic Development intended
to submit a resolution to the Council authorizing submittal of the new grant
application. Under the original schedule, the resolution was to be presented
on August 29th, and the application was to be submitted to EDA on September 1,
1977. However, the deadline for submittal to EDA, was moved forward to August
19, 1977. This made it impossible to comply with the oridnance requiring
Common Council Members
August 22, 1977
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approval by the Council prior to submitting a grant application. Therefore,
in order to comply with Section 2 -27(b) of the ordinance, the Department is
submitting the attached resolution for the August 29th meeting. Should you
have questions or require additional information, please contact Jon Hunt at
284 -9335.
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CC: Carl Ellison
Pat McMahon
Tim Eckerle
Enclosure