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AGREEMENT FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITH URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH BEND, INC. (SOUTH BEND PILOT HOME REPAIR PROGRAM) THIS AGREEMENT (the or this "Agreement") is made effective the day of At' P t- 2018, by and between the CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, a municipal' corporation organized and operating under the laws of the State of Indiana, acting by and through the Board of Public Works (collectively the "City" or the "Board") and URBAN ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH BEND, INC. (the "Organization"). RECITALS WHEREAS, the City finds that improving the condition and aesthetic appeal of the City's housing will encourage not only additional investment in these properties but in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally; and WHEREAS, the City finds that there are neighborhoods within the City of South Bend which neighborhoods contain a significant number of low and moderate income individuals and families and which are at risk of developing the conditions set for the in Indiana Code § 36-7-1-3 without additional services being provided in those areas; and WHEREAS, the City desires to assist resident homeowners and encourage investment in its housing stock to improve its condition and aesthetic appeal and encourage additional investment not only to that property but also in their surrounding neighborhoods and in the City more generally; and WHEREAS, the City finds that a strong housing stock is vital to the City and its surrounding neighborhoods and that providing for additional investment in the housing stock -Mll serve the property, its surrounding neighborhoods, and .the residents of the City, generally; and WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the City desires to provide for the establishment, development, and administration of certain services and programs, commonly described as a Pilot Homeowner Repair Grant Program and more particularly described at Exhibit A (the "Program") to serve resident homeowners; and WHEREAS, the Organization is an Indiana nonprofit corporation pursuant to the Articles and Bylaws of the UEA shall be organized and operated exclusively to benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and in furtherance thereof to conduct such programs and activities in and around the City, especially within the Enterprise Zone, as will (a) relieve the poor and distressed or the underprivileged, (b) advance education or science, (c) erect or