HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2005-028RESOLUTI0~1 NO. _.p005-28
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, for thirty years America's cities, including both large and small
cities in California, have used Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grants to
create jobs, provide affordable housing, eliminate blight, generate new economic
investment, fund Public Works projects; and
WHEREAS, CDBG funds have piayed a critical role in community development
in Lake Elsinore; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program offers a mechanism for building public
infrastructure, whereby Lake Elsinore is using $162,000 as part of the Spring Street
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has increased the quality of life in Lake
Elsinore, as evidenced by both the Public Works Projects and Public Service Agencies
funded throughout the years; and
WHEREAS, the President has proposed a new "Strengthening America's
Communities Initiative" which combines 18 direct grant programs, including CDBG, into
one within the Economic Development Administration (EDA); and
WHEREAS, at $3.71 billion, the new program (which combines 18 programs) is
nearly $1 billion less the current CDBG program alone; and
WHEREAS, without proper funding for CDBG, we risk undermining the
economic weil being of our communities, the future generations that live there, and the
nation as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAI~
ELSINORE that we hereby request that Congress enact a FY 2006 budget and
appropriations package that funds CDBG formula grants at no less than $4355 billion,
which is level with FY 2005 allocations; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that Congress maintain the CDBG as a separate and distinct
program from other economic development programs that provides a direct and flexible
source of funding to local governments; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that Congress maintain the current "dual formula" system
where 70 percent of CDBG funds go to entitlement communities based on population;
and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that we will send a copy of this resolution to Senatar Barbara
Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein, and to the League of California Cities, Attention:
Genevieve Morelos, 1400 K Street, 4~' Floor, Sacramento, CA, 95814.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on this 22"a day of March, 2005, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HICKh1AN, KELLEY, MAGEE,
SCHIFFNER
NOES: COLTNCII,MEMBERS NONE
ABSENT: COLINCILMEMBERS BUCKLEY
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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VICKI KASAD, CMC, ITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM
STATE OF CALIFOI2NIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, VICHI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore at a Regular Meeting of said Council on the
22"a of March, 2005, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HICKMAN, KELLEY, SCffiFFNER,
MAGEE
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
NT: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY
AIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
VICHI i:ASAYl; CivIC, CITY CLERK/
iTIiJMA1~T RES~'iFJRCES DIRECTOR
~ITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
(SEAT:)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE)
I, VICHI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 2005-28 of said Council, and that the same has not been amended or
repealed.
DA'~'E: Apri114, 2005
VICHI i~ASA~, CMC, CITY CLERK/
HUMELY RESOTJhCES DIRECTOR
~;I'~'Y OF LAKE ELSINORE
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