HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2006-17RESOLUTION NO. 2006- I7
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR URGING CONGRESS
TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM IN THE
FISCAL YEAR 2007 FEDERAL BUDGET
WHEREAS, for over thirty years, the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
have been used by urban and rural American cities to provide positive community and economic
development programs; and
WHEREAS, CDBG funds have played a critical role in the community and economic development in
Diamond Bar; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has benefited the Diamond Bar community by funding the Home
Improvement Program, public structure ADA retrofit projects, infrastructure improvements, and youth
and senior social programs; and
WHEREAS, the President has proposed a Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget that includes $1 billion in
cuts to the CDBG program, which would bring CDBG funding to its lowest level since 1990; and
WHEREAS, the proposed cuts would drastically reduce the funding pool available to cities across
America.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar urges
Congress to oppose the President's proposed Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget that includes $1
billion in cuts to the CDBG program.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that Congress maintain the CDBG program and ensure that it is fully funded
in the Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget.
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar shall adopt the Resolution and the City
Clerk shall certify to the adoption.
SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar asks all elected local and State
officials to urge Congress to protect the CDBG program in the Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget by
opposing the President's proposal.
SECTION 3 That certified copies of the resolution be circulated to the following:
Senator Barbara Boxer
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congressman Gary Miller
Assemblyman Bob Huff
Genevieve Morelos, League of California Cities
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 21St DAY OF MARCH 2006.
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Carol Herrera, Mayor
I, Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was passed, adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on 21 st day of March, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang: Tanaka, Tye,
NPT/Zirbes, M/Herrera
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: -sone
Tommye tribbins, City Clerk
City of Diamond Bar
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