HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-R-24RESOLUTION NO. 99-R- Z/'~-
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT FOR FULL FUNDING
OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM IN THE YEAR 2000
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is celebrating its
25th year; and
WHEREAS, CDBG is the Federal Government's most successful domestic
program; and
WHEREAS, CDBG's success is principally due to its utility and flexibility; and
WHEREAS, CDBG has previously provided cities and counties with annual
predictable levels of funding (with the exception of set-asides) to address their unique
Iow-and moderate-income neighborhood revitalization needs; and
WHEREAS, CDBG has moved people from dependency to self-sufficiency and
taxpaying status; and
WHEREAS, CDBG requires and fosters community participation in identifying
community needs and targeting resources; and
WHEREAS, CDBG promotes public/private partnerships which leverage
substantial private resources in affordable housing, and community and economic
development; and
WHEREAS, CDBG fosters intergovernmental and multi-jurisdictional
cooperation; and
WHEREAS, based on HUD's most recent report to congress, between FY 1998
and FY 1996, an estimated 14 to 17 million households benefited from the CDBG
program; and
WHEREAS, during the same period CDBG created 114,799 jobs through the
economic development programs it funded; and
WHEREAS, in FY 1993 CDBG entitlement communities spent their CDBG grants
in the following manner:
35.8 percent for housing rehabilitation, assisting 200,000 households,
22.7 percent for public works and infrastructure,
14 percent for monitoring and program administration,
12 percent for public services,
7.3 percent for acquisition and clearance of property,
6 percent to prevent slums and blight, and
6 percent for economic development
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of
Jeffersonville recognizes that the Federal Government will have a budget surplus in
2000; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of
Jeffersonville supports lifting the 1997 budget caps (PL 105-53) when a surplus exists;
and
BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of
Jeffersonville urges the U.S. Congress to fully fund CDBG in the year 2000, at a
minimum at the FY 1999 level of $4.750 billion as an investment in the future of
Americas communities.
Passed and adopted this ,Z./ dayof ~_~--~,d~-.- ,199~by
the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.
Presiding Officer
Presented by me as Clerk and Treasurer to the Mayor of said City of
Jeffersonvillethis ~.-! dayof~, 19,9~. ~ (~
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C. Richard Spencer, Jr.
Clerk and Treasurer
Approved and signed by me this ~.-/day of ~, 199_~_.
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