Resolution 2005-139
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-~
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND URGING CONGRESS TO
PRESERVE ITS FUNDING, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was
enacted as the centerpiece of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has as its primary objective "... the
development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable
living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low
and moderate income;" and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program provides flexibility to allow communities to
carry out activities that are tailored to their unique affordable housing and neighborhood
revitalization needs; and
WHEREAS, throughout its 30-year history, the CDBG program has been a
partnership among the federal, state and local governments, business, and the nonprofit
sector which carry out activities that improve the lives and neighborhoods of low and
moderate income families; and
WHEREAS, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), in FY 2004 CDBG provided funds for thousands of activities, assisting over 23
million persons and households through such activities as expanding homeownership,
eliminating slum and blight influences, improving infrastructure such as, water and sewer
systems, community centers, adult day care and after school care for children, homeless
housing facilities, employment training and job creation; and
WHEREAS, Collier County utilizes over $2,600,000 in CDBG funds each year
to provide for affordable housing development, job creation, public facilities and other.
eligible activities; and
WHEREAS, the President's FY 2006 budget proposes to eliminate the CDBG
program; and
WHEREAS, should such a proposal be enacted, it would have a devastating
effect on Collier County's affordable housing, job creation, infrastructure and public
service initiatives.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida hereby calls on the Congress to preserve the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program within the Department of
Housing and Urban Development and provide a FY 2006 funding of at least $4.7 billion
overall, with no less than $4.35 billion informulafunding.
This resolution adopted this
majority vote favoring same,
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I..J-day of April, 2005, after motion, second and
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: ':/uJ.-W. ~
FRED W. COYLE, CHi\! AN
Approved to form and"
Legal sufficiency:
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Assistant County Attorney
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