HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.03.10 - 27911Miscellaneous Resolution #05046
BY: Commissioners Eric Coleman, District #23, Mattie M. Hatchett, District #10
RE: Board of Commissioners - Supporting the Community Development Block
Grant Program and Urging Congress to Restore CDBG's Full Funding
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was enacted,
and signed into law by President Gerald Ford, as the centerpiece of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has as its primary objective "... the development of
viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living
environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and
moderate income;" and
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has considerable flexibility to allow communities to
carry out activities that are tailored to their unique affordable housing and neighborhood
revitalization needs; and
WHEREAS, throughout its 30-year history, the CDBG program has been a partnership
among the federal, state and local governments, business, and the nonprofit sector
which carries out activities that improve the lives and neighborhoods of low and
moderate income families; and
WHEREAS, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in
FY 2004, CDBG provided funds for thousands of activities, assisting over 23 million
persons and households through such activities as expanding homeownership
activities; eliminating slums and blighting influences, improving infrastructure, such as,
roads, water and sewer systems; libraries; community centers; adult day care; after
school care for children; homeless housing facilities; employment training;
transportation services; crime awareness; and business and job creation; and
WHEREAS, fifty Oakland County communities share formula allocations totaling
approximately $4.36 million through the urban county CDBG program and an additional
five CDBG entitlement communities receive approximately $4.78 million annually -
Farmington Hills, $435,291; Pontiac, $1,773,237; Southfield, $592,869; Royal Oak,
$1,562,355 and Waterford, $422,712 - totaling $9.14 million in CDBG funding to
Oakland County; and
WHEREAS, each year these CDBG programs renovate well over 300 substandard
houses; complete over 250 major CDBG infrastructure improvement projects, including
streets, sidewalks, water, sewer and drainage systems; enhance fire protection; make
accessibility upgrades, develop park and recreation facilities; renovate senior, youth and
community centers; meet critical human service needs for over 14,500 seniors, disabled
and other special needs populations; provide transportation programs; assist over 3,000
persons with housing related problems through comprehensive housing counseling;
eliminate impediments to fair housing; work to end chronic homelessness throughout
Oakland County; and much, much more; and
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WHEREAS, the President's FY 2006 budget proposes to completely eliminate the
CDBG program; and
WHEREAS, should such a proposal be enacted, it would have a devastating effect on
services, activities and projects designed to benefit more than 333,700 low and
moderate income citizens residing in fifty-five Oakland County communities. In the
absence of CDBG funding, fifty-five communities would not have the capacity to keep
low and moderate-income neighborhoods from deteriorating by delivering critical home
improvement programs, infrastructure improvements and necessary human services;
and
WHEREAS, Oakland County CDBG creates jobs, leverages limited community
resources and spurs local economies through highly successful public and private
partnerships. Without CDBG, this success and the intent of the longstanding federal
Housing and Community Development Act would be lost.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby calls on the Congress to preserve the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Program within the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and to provide a FY 2006 funding of at least $4.7 billion overall, with no
less than $4.35 billion in formula funding.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
requests the Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to
President George W. Bush, the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Congressman Mike Rogers, Congressman Joe Knollenberg, Congressman Thaddeus
McCotter, Congressman Sander Levin, Senator Carl Levin, Senator Debbie Stabenow,
the Clerks of the 61 Cities, Village and Townships in Oakland County, the Michigan
Association of Counties, the National Association of Counties and Oakland County's
Legislative Lobbyists.
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Resolution #05046 March 10, 2005
Moved by Coleman supported by Wilson the rules be suspended to bring Miscellaneous Resolution
#05046 — Board of Commissioners — Supporting the Community Development Block Grant Program and
Urging Congress to Restore CDBG's Full Funding to the floor for immediate action.
Vote on suspension of rules:
AYES: Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott,
Suarez, Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson,
Gregory, Hatchett, KowaII, Long. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the rules were suspended.
Moved by Coleman supported by Wilson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez,
Wilson, Woodward, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory,
Hatchett, KowaII, Long, Melton. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 10, 2005
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 10th day of March, 2005.
Ruth Johnson, County Clerk
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