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Session 1684, Minutes December 16, 1996 Page 5 No one else asked to speak and the public hearing was closed at 7:41 p.m. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION The City Manager recommended approval of an application for Community Development Block Grant funds for the year beginning in Spring, 1997. Proposed uses are similar to those approved by the Council in recent years. They are as follows: Parkview Gardens Police $ 36,355 Northeast Police $ 3,000 Parkview Gardens Code Enforcement $ 45,000 Commercial Code Enforcement $15,000 Trees, Forestry $ 35,000 Food for the Homeless $ 3,000 Elderly Housing Program $ 1,390 Home Rehab Administration $ 1,000 Rehabilitation of Private Property $10,000 Rehabilitation of Private Property (Parkview Gardens) $ 44,890 Reconstruct alley south of Crest (66th Street to Sutter) $ 55,000 Curbs (50 locations) $ 25,000 Sidewalk (6800 block of Etzel) $17.000 Total $291,635 Transfers may be made to other programs during the year if urgent needs arise or if funds are not needed for specific programs. Staff has held the required public hearing prior to presentation of this proposal, and Council received copies of all verbal and written comments from that meeting. Mr. Ollendorff said the rehabilitation of private property allocations do not include the $80,000 revolving fund for rehabilita- tion of single family homes occupied by low income residents. Mrs. Thompson said she was again questioning the discrepancy between the amounts for Parkview Gardens Police and Northeast Area Police. Mr. Ollendorff said the Police overtime budget is about $160,000, but that amount is over and above the amounts shown in the Community Development budget so it is not as uneven as it seems. He noted that more policing is needed in commercial and multi-family areas where there are large concentrations of people. Mrs Thompson felt more police resources should be used to combat gangs and to raid houses where drugs are sold. Ms. Shirley Richman, 840 Oakbrook Lane, member of the Advisory Council of Community in Partner- ship (CIP), said all should bear the responsibility of helping the homeless, and other communities should be urged to take part in this program as University City does. Mr. Ollendorff concurred. Ms. Richman described some of the services provided by CIP in the 50 bed shelter in the County. She introduced CIP's new director, Ms. Michelle Smart.