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J�(Y OFN, . COUNTY OF HAWAII -.*.e.A 1•; STATE OF HAWAII 1f,T[OF•MF'�' RESOLUTION NO. 51 13 A RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO SUPPORT CONTINUED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; and WHEREAS, the CDBG program seeks to promote viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities for persons of low and moderate income; and WHEREAS, under the current formula, Hawai`i County receives about $2,500,000 in CDBG funds per year to fill essential community needs; and WHEREAS, CDBG funds must benefit 51 percent or more of low- and moderate- income families in the area; and WHEREAS, the CDBG program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs; and WHEREAS, the potential future budget cuts to the CDBG program would have a negative effect on communities nationwide; and WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference will convene March 2-6 in Washington, D.C.; and WHEREAS, the NACo Legislative Conference will consider a resolution supporting continued funding for the CDBG program; and WHEREAS, funding for the CDBG program will help the citizens of the County of Hawai`i and other communities across the United States build communities and recover from the recent economic downturn; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the National Association of Counties is urged to approve a resolution supporting continued federal funding for the community development block grant program.