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<br />SWC.~jl 3/28/88 <br /> <br />(#22) <br /> <br />ORIGINAL <br /> <br />RES 0 L UTI 0 N <br /> <br />N o. 1 0753 <br /> <br />APR 4 1988 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF APRIL 2-8, 1988 AS <br />NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Block Grant <br /> <br />("CDBG") Program has operated since 1974 to provide the resources <br /> <br />required to meet the needs of persons of low and moderate income; <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, CDBG funds are channeled to neighborhood-based <br /> <br />non-profit organizations throughout Redwood City to address <br /> <br />pressing neighborhood and human service needs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the fiscal policies of the Federal Government for <br /> <br />the last several years have been designed to reduce the federal <br /> <br />assistance <br /> <br />provided <br /> <br />to <br /> <br />local <br /> <br />governments <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />non-profit <br /> <br />organizations vested with the responsibility of meeting the needs <br /> <br />of persons of low and moderate income;and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> <br />during <br /> <br />this <br /> <br />time <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />constricted <br /> <br />federal <br /> <br />contribution to the task of meeting the needs of persons of low <br /> <br />and moderate income, the problem of maintaining a decent standard <br /> <br />of living in Redwood City has increased, as evidenced by the <br /> <br />dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive rise in <br /> <br />homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and malnutrition as <br /> <br />measures of widening economic disparity; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during this time of federal withdrawal from <br /> <br />responsibility, <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />CDBG <br /> <br />Program <br /> <br />has <br /> <br />assumed <br /> <br />increasing <br /> <br />importance as an instrument for meeting pressing community <br /> <br />problems; and <br /> <br />10753 <br />