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RESOLUTION NO. 1597 -88 <br />JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND MAYOR JOSEPH E. KERNAN, <br />PROCLAIMING APRIL 2 -9, 1988, AS NATIONAL <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK. <br />WHEREAS, Mayor Joseph E. Kernan and the Common Council of the <br />City of South Bend note the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT has <br />been a valuable asset to South Bend since 1975; and <br />WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br />operated since 1974 to provide local governments with the resources <br />required to meet the needs of persons of low and moderate income; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT funds are used by <br />thousands of neighborhood -based non - profit organizations throughout <br />the Nation to address pressing neighborhood and human service <br />needs; and <br />WHEREAS, in the last several years the Federal Government has <br />reduced Federal assistance to local governments and non - profit <br />organizations; and <br />WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal contributions <br />to the task of meeting the needs of low and moderate income <br />persons, the problems have grown as evidenced by the dwindling <br />supply of affordable housing, the massive rise in homelessness, and <br />the resurfacing of hunger and malnutrition; and <br />WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from <br />responsibility, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br />assumed increasing importance for meeting pressing community <br />problems; and <br />WHEREAS, the Congress and the Nation has often overlooked the <br />critical value of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM and <br />the significant number of organizations and projects that rely on <br />its funds for support; and <br />WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared April <br />2 -9, 1988, NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and have called upon <br />the President and all people of the United States to observe the <br />week with appropriate ceremonies and activities; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Mayor Joseph E. Kernan and <br />the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, proclaim <br />April 2 -9, 1988, NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon <br />all citizens of our City to participate in ceremonies and <br />activities celebrating the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />PROGRAM. <br />embe of the Common Council <br />JosbTff E. Kernan, Mayor <br />