7034-95 National Community Development Week

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RESOLUTION NO. 7034-95 BY: Boscia, Flannery, George Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smith A RESOLUTION declaring April 10 through April 16, 1995, National Community Development Week and recognizing the Community Development Block Grant program and the importance it serves to our community. WHEREAS, this year marks the 21 st Anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The City of Lakewood is a participant in the CDBG entitlement progran~ which funds a myriad of social service, housing, neighborhood revitalization, and infrastructure improvement activities in this community; and WHEREAS, in this City, twenty-one years of CDBG funding has developed a strong working network of relationships between the federal and local government, residents of targeted neighborhoods, community efforts, and non-profit agencies and organizations which provide services and help make possible our commitment to those neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, Lakewood, Ohio has clearly demonstrated the capacity to administer and customize the CDBG program to identify and resolve local concerns; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant program has had a significant impact on our local economy through job creation and retention, physical redevelopment and improved local tax bases; and WHEREAS, thousands of Lakewood citizens have benefited from participation in ~Community Development Block Grant funded programs; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and the Mayor hereby declare the week of April 10 through April 16, 1995, to be National Community Development Week in the City of Lakewood. Section 2. That the City of Lakewood hereby petitions the U.S. Congress and Administration to recognize the outstanding work being done locally 'and nationally by the Community Development Block Grant program and its vital importance to the community. Section 3. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to Congressman Martin Hoke, 21270 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126; U.S. Senator John Glenn, 1240 East 9th Street, Suite 2957, CleVeland, Ohio 44199; U.S. Senator Mike DeWine, 200 North High Street, Room 405, Columbus, Ohio 43215; and John E. Riordan, Director, Community Planning and Development Division, Columbus Office, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 200 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2499; and that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the meeting. Adopted: 5Z'//~//~'- / / Approved:~-~ ~/? ?J~ PRESIDENT MAYOR