99-034 RESOLUTION NO. 99-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA SUPPORTING FULL
FUNDING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR 2000; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is celebrating its
25th year; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG is the federal government's most successful domestic
program, principally due to its utility and flexibility; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG has previously provided cities and counties with annual
predictable levels of funding (with the exception of set-asides) to address their unique
Iow and moderate income neighborhood revitalization needs; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG has moved people from dependency to self-sufficiency
and tax-paying status; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG promotes public/private partnerships which leverage
substantial private resources in affordable housing, and community and economic
development; and
WHEREAS, between 1993 and 1996, an estimated 14-17 million households
have benefited from the CDBG program and approximately 114,799 jobs have been
created through the economic development programs it funded.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Resolution No. 99-34
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Section 1. The City of Aventura recognizes that the federal government will
have a budget surplus in the year 2000.
Section 2. The City of Aventura supports lifting the 1997 budget caps (PL
105-53) when a surplus exists and urges the U.S. Congress to fully fund CDBG in the
year 2000, at a minimum, at the FY 1999 level of $4.750 billion, as an investment in the
future of America's communities.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Resolution to the
Republican and Democratic Leadership in the House and Senate.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Rogers-Liber,t whO
moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner ]~oZzberg , and upon
being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger absent
Commissioner Jay Beskin ,/es
Commissioner Ken Cohen yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Jeffrey Perlow yes
Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
ATTEST: r
TERESA M. ~OI~3KA?CMC/AAE, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY