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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 96-27 RESOLUTION NO. 96-27 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH DESIGNATING A 19% NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT WEEK WHEREAS, this community celebrates twenty-one years of Community Development Block Grant program funding and continues its strong network of relationships between local government, residents of community development target neighborhoods, also known as Enhancement Areas, and the many non-profit agencies providing services; and The City of Huntington Beach is a participant in the Community Development Block Grant program which funds housing rehabilitation and housing development programs, neighborhood improvement programs, economic development and a myriad of social service in this community; and The City of Huntington Beach recognizes that the Community Development Block Grant program is a partnership of federal and local government, non-profit and community efforts, individual property owners and housing developers, and that the services funded by the Community Development Block Grant program, administered by the local government and sometimes delivered by local non-profit organizations rely heavily on the dedication and goodwill of these combined efforts; and During the week of April 1-7, the City of Huntington Beach particularly celebrates its accomplishments of this last year, the opening of the Oakview Branch Library, the recipient of the Helen Putnam Award, and the completion of several public improvements and housing rehabilitations in the Enhancement Areas; and The City of Huntington Beach and its target neighborhoods have benefited from the Community Development Block Grant Program through its Citizen Participation Plan, holding public hearings on community development needs, and low and moderate income residents help insure the quality and effectiveness of the Community Development Block Grant program; The City of Huntington Beach champions efforts to provide fair housing choice in the community and participates in Fair Housing Planning. NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach designates the week of April 1-7, 1996 as National Community Development Block Grant Week in conjunction with the national celebration of the Community Development Block Grant program throughout the country BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that during National Community Development Block Grant Week 1996, the City of Hunting Beach thanks and honors all the participants whose hard work and devotion improves the quality of life in the nation's and city's neighborhoods. Copies of this resolution shall be conveyed to the appropriate elected and appointed officials in the federal government so that the City of Huntington Beach can be added to the 1 71kWw"WN119M 0 0 roll of communities committed to the preservation and full funding of the Community Development Block Grant program over the course of the next Congress. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at its regular meeting held on this lst day of Atirii , 1996. Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk ity . ttorney ��� . 3 REVIEWED ROVED: INITi D D: City Administrator ector Economic Develop ent 2 7*J9&jmekW 9M Res. No. 96-27 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, CONNIE BROCWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven, that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1st of April, 1996 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Harman, Leipzig, Bauer, Sullivan, Dettloff, Green, Garofalo NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California G/resolutJresbkpg