HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommon Council & Mayor Joseph E. Kernan Proclaiming March 28 - April 3, 1994 as National Community Development WeekAttest:
RESOLUTION
NO. 2108 -94
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 281 19 9,4
City Clerk
Attest: President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 29,
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 3113t 199 _.
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 2108 -94
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND MAYOR JOSEPH E. KERNAN
PROCLAD41NG MARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 1994, AS NATIONAL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK
WHEREAS, Mayor Joseph E. Kernan and the Common Council of the City of South
Bend note the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT has been a valuable asset
to South Bend since 1975; and
WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has
operated since 1974 to provide local governments with the resources required to meet the
needs of persons of low and moderate income; and
WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT funds are used by
thousands of neighborhood -based nonprofit organizations throughout the Nation to address
pressing neighborhood and human service needs; and
WHEREAS, during this time of limited Federal resources available to the task of meeting
the needs of low and moderate income persons, the problems have grown as evidenced by the
dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive rise in homelessness, and the resurfacing
of hunger and malnutrition; and
WHEREAS, during the last two decades, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM has assumed increasing importance for meeting pressing community
problems; and
WHEREAS, the Congress and the Nation are working to acknowledge the critical value
of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM and the significant
number of organizations and projects that rely on its funds for support; and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared March 28 - April 3, 1994
NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and have called upon the President
and all the people of the United States to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies and
activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Mayor Joseph E. Kernan and the
Common Council of the City of south Bend, Indiana, proclaim March 28 - April 3, 1994
NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizens of our city
to participate in ceremonies and activities celebrating the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
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