HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2005-29 RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 0 5-2 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH URGING THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO RETAIN THE
CURRENT FUNDING AND STRUCTURE FOR THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, for thirty years America's cities, including both large and small cities in
California, have used Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) funds to create jobs,
provide affordable housing, eliminate blight, and generate new economic investment; and
CDBG funds have played a critical role in community and economic development in the
City of Huntington Beach; and
CDBG funds have been a powerful economic engine and a job creator, allowing the City
to leverage private investment in multiple business projects, creating jobs for the City's residents
and attracting equity investments; and
CDBG funds represent a catalyst for increasing the quality of life of the citizens of
Huntington Beach, such as the creation of more affordable housing, making it possible for the
City of Huntington Beach to build new rental housing units; revitalization of single family
homes, providing families with clean, decent, affordable housing; removal of blighted areas, and
reduction of crime; and
The CDBG program offers a mechanism for building public infrastructure (e.g. redesign
roads, build sewage systems, etc.); and
The President has proposed a new"Strengthening America's Communities Initiative"
which combines 18 direct grant programs, including CDBG, into one with the Economic
Development Administration; and
At $3.71 billion,the new programs (which combines 18 programs) is nearly $1 billion
less than the current CDBG program alone; and
Without proper funding for CDBG, we risk undermining the economic well being of our
communities, the future generations that live here, and the nation as a whole,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach as follows:
I. We hereby request that Congress enact a FY 2006 budget and appropriations
package that funds CDBG formula grants at no less than $4.355 billion, which is level with FY
2005 allocations.
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2. We urge Congress to maintain the CDBG program separate and distinct from
other economic development programs, to provide a direct and flexible source of funding to local
governments.
3. We further urge Congress to maintain the current "dual formula" system where 70
percent of CDBG funds go to entitlement communities based on population.
4. That copies of this Resolution be sent to Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne
Feinstein, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and to the League of California Cities to the
attention of Genevieve Morelos.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 18 thday of _ April _, 2005.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Atto ey
REVIEWED, INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
1, JOAN L. FLYNN 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 an regular meeting thereof held on the 181th day of April,
2005 by the following vote:
AYES: Hansen, Coerper, Sullivan, Hardy, Green, Bohr, Cook
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CoClerk and ex-offici lerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California