CC Resolution 2005-024
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
CONGRESSIONAL PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, for 30 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 La Quinta; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program offers a mechanism for building public
infrastructure, whereby the City of La Quinta used $1,600,000 to construct a new
Senior Center, construct and rebuild streets and sidewalks in areas designated for
redevelopment, and provide public parking improvements; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has increased the quality of life in the
City of La Quinta, as evidenced by the construction of the La Quinta Senior Center,
sidewalks, paving and lighting of public parking lots and annual assistance to the
Boys and Girls Club with an after-school program for children of low- and
moderate-income families; 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 $1 billion less 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, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of La Quinta, California, as follows:
Resolution No. 2005-024
Support of Preservation of CDBG Funds
Adopted: March 15, 2005
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1 . That 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; and
2. 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. That Congress maintain the current "dual formula" system where 70 percent
of CDBG funds go to entitlement communities based on population; and
4. That copies of this resolution be sent to Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne
Feinstein, and to the League of California Cities, Attention: Genevieve
Morelos, 1400 K Street, 4th Floor, Sacramento, CA, 95814.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
La Quinta City Council held on this 15th day of March, 2005, by the following vote
to wit:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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JU EEK, CMC, City Cle
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
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Resolution No. 2005-024
Support of Preservation of CDBG Funds
Adopted: March 15, 2005
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: