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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-60
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF 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) 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 San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program is a key mechanism for funding code enforcement
efforts to improve the condition of the City's housing stock, as well as the demolition of
seriously blighted structures; and
WHEREAS, CDBG funds have improved public safety in the city of San Bernardino
by funding the replacement of aged fire apparatus with new apparatus needed to serve the
City's most distressed neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has increased the quality of life in the city of San
Bernardino by providing funds to non-profit agencies, which in turn provide an important
safety net of services to senior citizens, low-income families, and other disadvantaged members
of the community; and
WHEREAS, the President has proposed a new "Strengthening America's Communities
Initiative" which combines 18 direct grant programs, including CDBG, into one within the
Economic Development Administration (EDA); and
WHEREAS, at $3.71 billion, the new program (which combines 18 programs) is nearly
$] billion less than the current CDBG program alone; and
WHEREAS, without proper funding for CDBG, we risk undermining the economic
well being of our communities, the future generations that live there, and the nation as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of San Bernardino, California, as follows:
1. 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 at the level
with FY 2005 allocations.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
2. We hereby request that Congress maintain the CDBG as a separate and distinct
program from other economic development programs that provides a direct and flexible source
of funding to local governments; and
3. We hereby request that Congress maintain the current "dual formula" system
where 70 percent of CDBG funds go to entitlement communities based on population.
4. Copies of this Resolution will be sent to Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator
Dianne Feinstein, and to the League of Cali fomi a Cities, Attention: Genevieve Morelos, 1400
K Street, 4th Floor, Sacramento, CA, 95814.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor
joint
and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on the
21st day of March
8 Council Members:
ESTRADA
LONGVILLE
MCGINNIS
DERRY
KELLEY
JOHNSON
MCCAMMACK
, 2005, by the following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
Approved as to
Form and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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March,
Ju ith Valles, Mayor
C ty of San Bernardino