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R-7164 . . ATTlICHl1ENT B CjED:BJS:wp city council Meeting 2-11-86 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 7164 (CCS) (City Council Series) RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUPPORTING CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program has provided the City of Santa Monica with a stable source of funding to be used exclusively for community development and affordable housing projects benefiting Santa Monica's lower income residents; and WHEREAS, the city of Santa Monica allocates one hundred percent of its funds to projects primarily benefiting lower income residents and neighborhoods, exceeding Federal targeting requirements; and WHEREAS, the primary recipients of these funds reside in the city's lower income and minority neighborhoods; and WHEREA$, the majority of CDBG funds support the City's affordable housing program and represents its only stable source of funding; and WHEREAS, CDBG funds effectively leverage private funds to expand affordable housing opportunities; and WHEREAS, CDBG funds are also used for essential social services to those residents most in need, including the very lo~ income and the homeless; and - 1 - . . WHEREAS, decreases in other Federal housing and social service programs have greatly increased the demand on the city to fund these programs, exceeding the city's ability to do so; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS; SECTION 1. The City of Santa Monica opposes any further reductions in the Community Development Block Grant Program in FY 1986 including the recent action by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to defer $500 million in FY 1986 funds. SECTION 2. The City of Santa Monica opposes any additional decreases in funding for FY 1987. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~l-..~~ ROBERT M. MYERS 0 city Attorney - 2 - . e Adopted and approved thlS 11th day of February, 1986. f//~~l.~ Mayor --- I hereby certlfy that the foregolng Resolution No. 7164(CCS) was duly adopted by the Clty Councll of the Clty of Santa Monlca at a meetlng thereof held on February 11, 1986 by the following Councll vote: Ayes: Councilmembers: Conn, Epstein, Jennings, A. Katz, H. Katz, Zane and Mayor Reed Noes: Councilmembers: None Abstaln: Councilmembers: None Absent: Councllmembers: None ATTEST: ~.~. Cl ty ""Clerk