HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommon Council and Mayor Roger O. Parent Proclaiming April 11-18, 1987 as National Community Development Week RESOLUTION
NO. 1491-87
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
April 13 , 19 87 .
Attest: C / "" °" City Clerk
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Attest: - ' � ' / �j1 President of Common Council.
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
April 14, 19 87.
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me C� 1 y 19 c?7 .
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. [ '191-87
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND MAYOR ROGER O. PARENT
PROCLAIMING APRIL 11 - 18, 1987 AS NATIONAL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK
WHEREAS, Mayor Roger O. Parent 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, 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, in the last several years the Federal Government has reduced
Federal assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal contributions 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 this time of Federal withdrawal from responsibility,
the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has assumed increasing
importance for meeting pressing community problems; and
WHEREAS, the Congress and the Nation has often overlooked 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 April 11 - 18,
1987 NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and have called upon the
President and all people of the United States to observe the week with
appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Mayor Roger O. Parent and the
Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, proclaim April 11 - 18,
1987 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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Roger . Pnt, ayor
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Filed In Clerk's Office
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PRESENTED -/- 1 1 -%7
IRENE GAMMON
NOT APPROVED CITY CLERK, SO. SEND, IN
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