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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS URGING
CONGRESS TO REJECT THAT PORTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED
2006 FEDERAL BUDGET THAT CALLS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM AND REQUEST THAT CDBG
REMAIN FULLY FUNDED.
WHEREAS, since its creation by President Richard Nixon more than 30 years ago, the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program has been the signature partnership
between the federal government and local government to create jobs, increase economic
development opportunities, expand home ownership, and maintain neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, in previous years, CDBG provided the City of Denton with approximately
1.2 million per year that was used to benefit homeowners through the reconstruction or the
repair of existing homes, assist new homebuyers with down payment and closing costs, provide
loans to local small businesses owned by low-income persons, benefit thousands of residents by
improving streets, sidewalks and parks in their neighborhoods and provide social services to
thousands of families and individuals in need, through assistance to local agencies; and
WHEREAS, for every dollar invested through CDBG programs, approximately $4.43 in
private or other grant dollars is leveraged for housing, social services and economic
development; and
WHEREAS, the 2006 Federal Budget as released February 8, 2005, proposes to transfer
the CDBG program and 17 other programs from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to the Department of Commerce along with a reduced level of funding, thereby
eliminating the CDBG program in the future; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National
Community Development Association and the National Association of Counties have joined
with a coalition of business leaders to denounce the elimination of CDBG in the 2006 Federal
Budget; and
WHEREAS, the coalition to stop the elimination of CDBG has bi-partisan support,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Denton:
SECTION 1. That Council hereby strongly urges the Congress to reject that portion of
the Administration's proposed 2006 Federal budget that calls for the elimination of the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, and to require that CDBG remain fully
funded at the $4.7 billion level and continue to be administered by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
SECTION 2. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, safety and welfare and for the reason
that the Community Development Block Grant program is a vital component of the partnership
between the federal and local governments to create jobs, increase economic development
opportunities and expand home ownership.
SECTION 3. That the City Council authorizes the City Manager or his designee to send
a copy of this resolution to U.S. Senators John Comyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison and
Representative Michael Burgess.
SECTION 4. That this resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the f day of W¿ !lA-M 2005.
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EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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