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RESOLUTION NO' 7969-05 BY: Corrigan, Di1n'ª't}-!I Iltl1lmr, FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. A RESOLUTION opposing President Bnsh's proposed cutting of the CDBG Program and other programs vital to the community öf Lakewood. WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM has been in existence since 1974 ànd is celebrating 31 years of providing local governments with the resources required to meet the needs of persons of low- and moderate-income; and, WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood recognizes that the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM fosters partnership hetween government, husiness, and nonprofit organizations, and that the services funded by the Program, which are delivered by the City of Lakewood and by non-profit organizations, rely heavily on the combined efforts of this partnership; and, WHEREAS, under the current system 7,178 low- and moderate-income residents of Lakewood are eligible for services administered through programs funded by the CDBG program; and, WHEREAS, under the proposed plan, the programs that greatly improve the standard of living for low- and moderate-income residents of the City of Lakewood would be eliminated or drastically cut in theiJ: scope of service; and, WHEREAS, the total amount of CDBG funding to be received in FY 2005 by the City of Lakewood is $2,481,510; and, WHEREAS, the total amount of CDBG funds received by the City of Lakewood has been approximately $56 million which has leveraged nearly $100 million of private investment in this City; and, WHEREAS, with the proposed cuts, the City of Lakewood would no longer be ahle to support services and programs that are critically important to its efforts to repair its rapidly aging in&astructure and housing stock; and, WHEREAS, President's Bush's 2006 proposed Budget would eliminate the CDBG, Section 108 Loan, and the Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) programs, thereby negatively impacting the City'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 Lakewood. Now therefore; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO' Section 1- The City of Lakewood hereby stands opposed to the proposed elimination of the CDBG and other federal programs that serve the City of Lakewood residents so well and hereby petitions the D.S Congress and the Bush 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 2: The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution immediately upon passage and approval to the President of the United States Section 3- It is found and determined that all fonnal actions of this Council concerning and relating to this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Adopted' ¿f,h. Î ?-).., 2-00-;- 9~·~ President Approved: ;;r. Áh· ),3. dO":; --}zACUë 7. {jJ~ Clerk ~/~~ Mayor r;r / .