HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-026 CC Resolution
I
I
I
RESOLUTION NO. 05-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA REQUESTING THAT CONGRESS ENACT A
FY2006 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE THAT
FUNDS CDBG FORMULA GRANTS AT NO LESS THAN $4.355
BILLION, WHICH IS LEVEL WITH FY 2005 ALLOCATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE
AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, for thirty years America's cities, including both large and small cities in
California, have used Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grants to create jobs,
provide affordable housing, eliminate blight, and generate new economic investment;
WHEREAS, since incorporation, the City of Temecula has used CDBG funds for capital
projects in the redevelopment area. Projects include the original improvements to the Senior
Center ($40,000), a 3,100 square foot expansion of the Senior Center ($616,300), Pujol Street
Sidewalk improvements ($240,000), and Rotary Park improvements ($30,000).
WHEREAS, the City of Temecula currently has the Old Town Gymnasium project, and
8,500 square foot Gymnasium, with a project cost estimated of $2,487,500, for which $1.2
million is presently funded by CDBG. An additional application for $216,500 is pending approval
for Fiscal Year 05-06. The location of the Gymnasium is in a low and moderate-low income
area with a high youth population and easily accessed from neighborhood housing;
WHEREAS, in keeping with the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guideline of
providing no more than 15% of CDBG funds to non-profit public service organizations, the City
of Temecula, on average, awards annually $72,000 to public service organizations;
WHEREAS, the CDBG program has increased the quality of life in the City of Temecula,
by providing funding to these non-profit organizations, which provide essential services to low
and moderately-low income citizens by extending a variety of assistance, including school
supplies and clothing for children, emergency food aid, scholarships for the Boys and Girls Club
and YMCA summer camp, outreach counseling programs for victims' of domestic violence and
trauma intervention;
WHEREAS, CDBG funds represent approximately $500,000 annually for the funding of
projects and public services that are productively directed to low and moderately-low income
families in the community, the loss of which would severely impact the City's ability to provide
needed services in the City of Temecula, undermining the economic well being of our City, the
future generations that live here, and the nation as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Temecula
hereby request that Congress enact a FY 2006 budget and appropriations package that funds
CDBG formula grants at no less than $4.355 billion, which is level with FY 2005 allocations;
R:/Resos 2005/Resos 05-26
I
RESOLVED FURTHER, that Congress maintain the CDBG as a separate and distinct
program from other economic development programs that provides a direct and flexible source
of funding to local governments; maintaining the current "dual formula" system where 70 percent
of CDBG funds go to entitlement communities based on population;
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a meeting held on the 8th day of March, 2005.
ATTEST:
/
I
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 05-26 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a meeting thereof held on 8th day of March, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES:
5
COUNCILMEMBERS: Edwards, Naggar, Roberts, Washington,
Comerchero
NOES:
o
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
o
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
o
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
I
R:/Resos 2005/Resos 05-26
2