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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 91-120 <br />RONALD TALLON ON BEHALF OF <br />BY: MAYOR ED BOYLE AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL <br />A RESOLUTION URGING PROMPT ACTION ON THE MICKEY LELAND <br />MEMORIAL HUNGER RELIEF ACT (H.R. 1202) <br />WHEREAS, between 3.5 to 5 million children are among <br />the hungry in America; and <br />WHEREAS, the Mickey Leland Memorial Hunger Relief Act, <br />named after the late Mickey Leland, the founder and chairman <br />of the House Select Committee on Hunger, would provide <br />vitally needed help to hungry people throughout the nation; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the key to enactment of this critical piece of <br />legislation is in the hands of the House Ways and Means <br />Committee, which must identify and provide a revenue source <br />for the proposal; and <br />WHEREAS, the cost of this legislation is pegged at <br />approximately $500 million in the first year and $5 billion <br />over the next five years; and <br />WHEREAS, the bill assists families at the brink of <br />homelessness to deduct high shelter costs, which can exceed <br />50 percent of their incomes; and <br />WHEREAS, food stamps currently provide an average of <br />less than 70 cents per person per meal or 96 cents per <br />person per meal for a family of four; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed bill would raise basic food stamp <br />benefits to a level that more closely reflects the actual <br />current cost of purchasing the Thrifty Food Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 1202 would-also change rules that <br />currently deny food stamps to needy people and that set a <br />$4,500 limit on the fair market value of vehicles food stamp <br />recipients may own. <br />