2006/03/14 City Council Resolution (2)RESOLUTION NO. 2006 - 68
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK,
CALIFORNIA
SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, for more than thirty years America's cities, including both small
and large in California, have used Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grants
to create jobs, provide affordable housing, eliminate blight and generate new economic
investment, and
WHEREAS, CDBG funds have played a critical role in community and
economic development in the City of Rohnert Park; and
WHEREAS, CDBG funds represent a catalyst for creating more affordable
housing, CDBG funds have made it possible for the City of Rohnert Park to provide a
housing rehabilitation program and a home earthquake resistant program for low and
moderate - income households; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program offers a mechanism for building public
infrastructure, for example the program has enabled the City of Rohnert Park to
rehabilitate existing aging recreational facilities to meet public health standards and
American Disabilities Act requirements; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has increased the quality of life in the City of
Rohnert Park, by designating almost $500,000 dollars for necessary infrastructure
projects and housing programs since 2001 which most likely would not have been
possible absent CDBG funding, and
WHEREAS, the President has proposed to reduce the CDBG program to $3.03
billion - 25 percent lower than its current funding level of $4.18 billion; and
WHEREAS, without proper funding for CDBG, the economic well being of the
City of Rohnert Park and other communities in California will be threatened.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Rohnert Park that the council request that Congress enact a FY 2007 budget and
appropriations package that fully funds CDBG at no less than the $4.18 billion, which is
equal to the FY 2006 allocations.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this le day of March, 2006
ATTEST:
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
May - Tim smith
BREEZE: AYE FLORES: AYE MACKENZIE: AYE
VIDAK- MARTINEZ: AYE SMITH: AYE
AYES: (5) NOES: (0) ABSENT: (0) ABSTAIN: (0)