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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> underway but we are still doing a lot of work nevertheless. Just last night there was a great story <br /> on the City Cemetery. We trained some of our team as we had drought conditions this So our <br /> mowing crew was left without a lot to do and so we retrained them how to reset the headstones in <br /> the City Cemetery. There are over 1,000 that need resetting due to either vandalism, storm damage <br /> or actually groundhogs. We've done close to two hundred(200) already. We are also cutting new <br /> paths, both walking and driving paths. There has been some street scape work happening and that <br /> is all in preparation for the new entry work that will happen down the road. We are really investing <br /> in the property because it is important. <br /> He continued, Leeper Park is seeing some upgrades. The Rose Garden got irrigation and there are <br /> some new benches around Leeper Park. We recently rededicated the Powell House Foundation. It <br /> was burnt down, vandalized and over grown to the point that we didn't even know it was there. <br /> We've installed some new dugouts out at Veteran's Memorial Park. That is a public-private <br /> partnership with IUSB. They use it about six(6)weeks a year and we, the public, get it the rest of <br /> the year. Just _yesterday, we unveiled the Center for Learning Information Connectivity and <br /> Knowledge (CLICK) SB at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. Our team built out this space. IT <br /> worked with the partnership between the library and MetroNet to get high speed internet out there <br /> and now it is a great computer lab for youth and the seniors. It is at no cost to the City as it is really <br /> run by the library. We will be opening that same CLICK SB site at the Charles Black Center. <br /> He went on, All the old Safetyville structures were removed at Rum Village and new pathways <br /> and new landscaping is being put in. We are a matter of weeks away from introducing that to the <br /> public. Kelly Park is also a matter of weeks away from celebrating its Grand Opening. It is a real <br /> gem and great story about the two(2)women's efforts for that park. It has been quite a community <br /> effort. The Blacksmiths of Indiana made the sign as well as the bike racks for this park. And that <br /> is what makes our parks special is when people invest in them. Sometimes some of the things that <br /> we can do is just only enough to keep up with what I call the orthodox level. When residents come <br /> together is when we see some special things unfold. The Charles Black Center is slated for a mid- <br /> October opening. That is a $4.5 million project. So we are finishing up that as well as the other <br /> projects. We are getting close on the Erskine Clubhouse. That building has a lot of history. That is <br /> a TIF funded project. <br /> He continued, The work on the downtown riverfront parks and trails is actually scheduled to be <br /> awarded at next Tuesday's Board of Public Works meeting. On deck in terms of major projects <br /> we have Pulaski, Leeper, Pinhook, Coal Line Trail, the O'Brien and then all the neighborhood <br /> parks and partnerships. So this (referencing a slide in the presentation) is sort of our legend here. <br /> There are a lot of basketball and tennis courts that need upgrading. He then showed a map with <br /> different symbols denoting the different improvements slated for different areas and parks <br /> throughout the City. He stated, Your packet doesn't have Ravina Park but it is in this presentation, <br /> so, pencil in Ravina Park. Then the new parks and partnerships, if you'll remember this <br /> (referencing a slide in the presentation) map, this is the park score map. This lets us know where <br /> people don't have a park, really, in their neighborhood. Usually those are areas with a higher <br /> density of children. They are tricky areas and in some instances they become areas that can't have <br /> a park because it is house after house after house. We are trying to address three(3)of the four(4) <br /> areas we have identified. We know we are still missing one (1) but that area is so challenging. I <br /> literally rode my bike up and down every street and there are no parcels of land. But we will still <br /> address some of the partnerships in that area. <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227W Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TM 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 13 <br />