HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-252-03/28/2005 This Resolution prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-252
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING NATIONAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WEEK TO COMMEMORATE THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM IN
THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA.
WHEREAS, the week of March 28 - April 3, 2005 has been
designated as National Community Development Week. Waterloo,
Iowa is a participant in the Community Development Block Grant
Program which funds a myriad of social service, economic
development, and housing programs in this community, and
WHEREAS, in this community and in communities throughout
the nation, 31 of Community Development Block Grant Program
funding has developed a strong network of relationships between
this local government, residents and the many nonprofit agencies
that provide services and help make possible our commitment to
those neighborhoods, and
WHEREAS, this community recognizes that the Community
Development Block Grant Program is a partnership of Federal,
State and Local government, business, nonprofit and community
efforts, and that the services funded by the Federal CDBG
Program, administered by the local government and often
delivered by local nonprofit organizations, relies heavily on
the dedication of and good will of our combined efforts.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA, that during National Community Development Week 2005, the
City of Waterloo, Iowa will give special thanks and recognition
to all participants whose hard work and devotion to the
neighborhood and their low- and moderate-income residents help
insure the quality and effectiveness of the Community
Development Block Grant Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
along with the service providers and others whose names are
appended to this resolution, hereby petition the U. S . Congress
and Administration to recognize the outstanding work being done
locally and nationally by the Community Development Block Grant
Program, and of its vital importance to the community and to the
people who live in its lower income neighborhoods .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be
conveyed to the appropriate elected and appointed officials of
the Federal government and that the City of Waterloo, Iowa' s
name, and the names of its nonprofit service providers, be added
to the roll of those committed to the preservation and full
funding of the Community Development Block Grant Program and
maintenance of its essential features over the course of the
next session of Congress .
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