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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON `� : Costa
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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ° .r
>. County
DATE: April 14, 1992
SUBJECT: Proclaim April 20th through April 26th, 1992 as National Community
Development Week 1992
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Proclaim April 20th through April 2.6th, 1992 as National
Community Development Week 1992 .
2 . Direct staff to communicate the County's support for the
continuation of the Community Development Block Grant Program
to Congress and to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
3 . Encourage program participants to demonstrate their support
for Community Development Block Grants to . Congress.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Since the inception of the federal Community Development Block
Grant Program (CDBG) in 1974, Contra Costa County has participated
as an Urban County. The Program serves the unincorporated County
and 14 cooperating small cities. Over the past 18 years, nearly
$60, 000, 000 has been received and used through the CDBG Program to
improve the quality of life and physical environment for many
thousands of very low, low, and moderate income County residents.
National Community Development Week occurs during a challenging
period for our nation and a time .when communities throughout the
country are confronted with budget shortfalls and recessionary
pressures.
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Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED April 14, 1992
cc: U.S. Department of HUD PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
An COUN MINISTRATOR
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As the political debate intensifies on how best to address our
economic problems, programs like CDBG will again be competing with
other domestic priorities for limited federal resources. These
conditions demand that we make a strong case for continuation and
expansion of an effective community development program that
enables us to address the physical, economic and human services
needs of our low- and moderate-income citizens.
Contra Costa County's CDBG Program has produced significant
positive results through a wide variety of effective activities.
Continuation of this program will enable the Urban County to
continue to fulfill many special needs which could not be otherwise
addressed.