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Sessic~ 1626, Mi/K~M Page 7 Sept~m}~ar 19., 1994 O O Police - O:-.-.--lity ~elatic~s $ 45,500 Housing (incl, w~c~ $60,000 revolving loan fund) 153,620 Streets and Alleys 102,512 C~m.ercial (inspections, lighting) 26,000 Forestry 32,000 Other (a~m~nistraticm, hrmBless, nl~m~litiC~S) 33,000 He no~a~ that if needs or policies dlange, transfers are pcesible during the next six ~a,~dm. Mr. Sdlocm~_r moved ~ of the above allocation. Tba motic~ died for lack of a seccra. Mrs. ~L~son again sugges~a that m~my be allocat~ for police officers to walk beats in all neigb/x=hocds. She asked what University City will nece_ive fL~ the federal or~ bill. Mr. Ollendorff said it was uncertain, but the City's last applicatiel wBs highly ra~--~ two or three an~tie3al po- lice officers and mcr~y for r~,~ati~l problems, alth~uc~l nothin~ is certain. ~ to Mrs. Tn(m~De3n, he said the Police/C~...-jnity Relations alloca- tic~ was primarily in tba Loop and Parkvie~ Gardens, where large numbers of people are concentrate_. Mr. Cotton agree~_~__ with Mrs. Tr~ln re~ more beat officers. He a~a Oouncil to refer to the revised pLupoeal be circulated today that r~a]locates a portic~ of C~,~unity Develu~aent furas. He ~]led attentic~ to two sh~es done in the area north of Olive (Neighborhood ~nt Plan; Tax ~ Financing C~mdssic~ s,3~q of Olive). ~3ese re~ suggested there were vi- sual barriers to attracting ~ shcR0ers north of 0live, and ~a~/~sized that the esthetic dlax~ctar of the Olive o..~L,ar~ial area Tm~.~t he impmoved. He suggested that up~a/ng Olive and enhancing p~u~erty north of Olive requires allocating funds differently. He supports fuma~n~ in Parkview Gardens and especially the L0cp, which is the anchor of the c~nity; however, he felt more should be spent c~ Olive and north of Olive in o~r~e~r to make any differ- ence. He moved that Ommcil accept the City Manager's recu~endations but L~ve the following amounts f~um each category: $4,000 f~ Parkview Gar- dens Housir~ Code e/lforce~e~t; $35,500 f~mu the Revolvir~ Loa~ Ft~ld; $6,250 f~, Etzel Avenue P~irs; $6,250 f~a~ Alley l~c~wcructicm; $12,500 f~au Forestry; and $5,000 £~ Parkview Gardens P~uperty A~isitic~, for a total of $69,500. This would he realloca~a to the Neig~33orhood S~hilizatic~ Pro- gram ($35,500) and Olive North Revitalization Projects ($34,000), as shown on Mrs. Janice Isbell, 6849 Rc~erts, said her block unit has been working for several years to eliminate crime among teenagers in this area. Working with the U. City Sports Asscciatic~, they are requesting fu~a~ng for two $11,400.35 for an after-sdlool tutorir~ program to serve 75 youn~ers during the school year, and $15,733.31 for a pro~n called ~zzu (Students Educating Each Other AEjainst Drugs). She a~cribed how the proax~m~ would work, adding it was inF_rative to reach children before gangs and drugs do.