HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $40,000.00 from Community Development Block Grant Fund Block ProjectORDINANCE No 6797 -80
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana_
June 23 10 80
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
June 24 —19-80
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Clerk
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City Clerk
IRENE K. GAMMON
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ORDINANCE NO. G1 97' 0'0
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $40,000.00 FROM
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND,
FOR A DEMONSTRATION BLOCK PROJECT, TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT:
A successful neighborhood and housing conservation strategy is
based on creative, well planned, and implementable housing rehabilitation,
public works, parks and social service programs. In order to improve the
effectivenes and efficiency of the existing housing, public works, and social
service programs, the Division of Community Development has developed a
"demonstration block project." The objective of this project is to improve
overall community development program effectiveness and efficiency by: coordi-
nating the preparation and implementation of separate activities; increasing
the impact of separate and singular community development programs; concen-
trating various activities within a limited area; and, establishing a viable
partnership between neighborhood groups, residents, and city government. In
order to implement the demonstration block activity, funds are required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City
of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. The sum of $40,000.00 is hereby appropriated for
the program year starting July 5, 1979, from the City of South Bend's Community
Development Block Grant Fund (Program Year 1979). The appropriation shall be
used within the boundaries of the Community Development "Near West Side Neighbor-
hood Strategy Area" as approved by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development under Title Twenty -four (24), the Code of Federal Regulations,
Part Five Hundred and Seventy (570) for the Community Development Program Year
1979. The appropriation shall be administered by the Division of Community
Development and the Board of Public Works as set forth below;
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PROGRAM- CD- 79 -303C
PURPOSE
Public Works Improvements
For the
Demonstration Block
AMOUNT
$40,000.00
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Common Council
FILED IN CLE "I'S OFFICE
MAY 2 1. 1980
Irene Gammon
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.
CITY of SOUTH BEND
ROGER O. PARENT, Mayor
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING • SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46801
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MARZY T. BAUER
Director
STEVEN F. COMPTON
Deputy Director
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
M E M O R A N D U M
MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
MARZY T. BAUER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
1979 CDBG APPROPRIATION "DEMONSTRATION BLOCK" PROJECT
MAY 21, 1980
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1440 County -City Building
South Bend, Indiana 48801
(219) 2849335
The Division of Community Development 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. "neighborhood strategy areas."
As you know, four such demonstration block projects are currently underway in
the Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Far Southwest C.D. "neighborhood strategy
areas." The attached $40,000.00 appropriation request will enable us to implement
a similar project in the Near West Side C.D. "neighborhood strategy area."
The objective of the demonstration block activity is to improve overall
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 partnership between
neighborhood groups, residents, and city government.
The attached appropriation ordinance for $40,000.00 will provide funds
for a variety of public works site improvements including sidewalk reconstruction
or construction, curb and gutter reconstruction or construction, and drainage
facilities on an as needed basis.
In addition, the Bureau of Housing and Division of Community Development
will attempt to bring existing housing programs together in a coordinated and con-
centrated manner through local homesteading, 312 loans, South Bend home improvement
loans, grants, rebates, and code enforcement. The site selected for the demonstration
block project in the Near West Side Neighborhood Strategy Area encompasses the 300,
400, and 500 blocks of Birdsell Street between Fassnacht Street on the north and
Linden Avenue on the south. This site has been chosen as a result of Community
Members of the Common Council
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Development and Public Works data gathering in conjunction with input from
residents in the Near Westside Neighborhood Organization.
The $40,000.00 requested will be used for the Public Works site
improvements. The "housing component" will be funded from existing housing
programs, i.e., rehab grants, loans, etc.
Should you have any questions concerning this activity or require
additional information, please call me or Steven Compton at 284 -9335.
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cc: Steven F. Compton
Patricia A. Osmon
Patrick McMahon
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
A BILL APPROPRIATING $40,000.00 FROM THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND, FOR A DEMONSTRATION
BLOCK PROJECT, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DIVISION
OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
WORKS.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion THIS BILL SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED
TO THE COUNCIL FAVORABLE.
WALTER M. SZYMKOWIAK
Chairman
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