8087-06 Oppose Bush's Cuts to CDBG

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RESOLUTIONNO 8087-06 BY'Antonio, Butler, Dever, FitzGerald, A P,.ESOLUT[ON opposing President Bush's proposed FY 2007 cuts to the CDBG Program and other programs vital to the community of Lakewood; WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM has been in existence since 1974 and is celebrating 32 years of providing local governments with the resources ~equked to meet the needs of persons of low- and moderate-income, and; WHEREAS, the C~ty of Lakewood recognizes that the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMBNT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM fosters pm'tnersbJp between goverrmlent, business and non-profit organizations, and tha* the services funded by the Progrmn, which are delivered by the City of Lakewood, and by non-profit organizations, rely heavily on the combined efforts of this partaership; and, WHEREAS, under the current system 22,473 low- and moderate4ncome residents of the City of Lakewood are eligible for services administered tln-ough programs funded by the CDBG program; and, WHEREAS, under the proposed plan, progrmns that greatly imprdve the standard of living for low- and moderate-income residents of the City of Lakewood would be eliminated or drastically cut in their scope of service; and, WHEREAS, the total mount of CDBG funding to be received in FY 2006 by the City of Lakewood is $2,236~i99; and, WI~REAS, the total amount of CDBG hinds received by the City of Lakewood has been approximately $58 million which as leveraged nearly $i00 million of private investment in this City; and, WHEREAS with the proposed cuts, the City of Lakewood would no longer be able to support services and programs that are critically importm~t to its efforts to repair its rapidly aging infrastructure and housing stock; and, WHEREAS, President Bush's 2007 proposed Budget would thrther cut and/or ehmmate the CDBG, Sectton 108 Loan, Economic Development Initiative and the Brownfield redevelopment program, thereby negatively impacting the C ty's ability to help and encourage businesses to expand job opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents, and to retain businesses in the City of I~akewood. Now- therefore; BE IT RESOLVED BY THt~ CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO' Section t. The City of Lakewood hereby stands opposed to the proposed funding reductions and elimination of the CDBG and other federal programs that serve the City of Lakewood residents so well and hereby petitions the US Congress and the Bush Administration to recognize the outstanding work being done locally and nationally by the COM1MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, and its vital importance to the community Section 2 The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution immediately upon p~msage and approval to the President of the United Slates Section 3 It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to ti{is Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that ali deliberations of the Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were ih meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements President Clerk