HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-269-04.21.2003 This Resolution prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
RESOLUTION NO. 2003-269
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING NATIONAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT WEEK TO COMMEMORATE THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM IN THE CITY
OF WATERLOO, IOWA.
WHEREAS, the week of April 21-27, 2003 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, twenty-eight years 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.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that during National Community
Development Week 2003, 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, and
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, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA, 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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