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COUNCIL MEMBERS: MARK A. CRABTREE, Mayor M. GENE TEAGUE, Vice-Mayor BRUCE H. T. DALLAS ELIZABETH H. HASKELL TERRY L. ROOP CITY OF MARTINSVILLE RESOLUTION Enclosure #3 DAVID B. WORTHY City Attorney JOHNATHAN B. PHILLIPS Clerk of Council EARL B. REYNOLDS, JR. City Manager WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville has constructively utilized U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Block Grant Program funding over the years from the competitive Small Cities Program administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development; and WHEREAS, the funds from the Community Development Block Grant Program have been targeted toward improving community infrastructure and housing in depressed neighborhoods inhabited by low- and moderate-income persons and in a manner so as to provide definitive, cost-effective, and long-lasting improvements to the City's neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the ~mds from the Community Development Block Grant Program have been effectively employed by numerous other Small Cities Program eligible cities, counties, and towns across the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Nation; and WHEREAS, .the City of Martinsville has been informed that the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives are considering reductions of FY 1999 monies for the CDBG Programs of 13% and 8%, respectively, for the FY2000 program; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled August 10, 1999, that it does hereby request that the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives consider approving, at a minimum, level funds for the CDBG Program, and also consider increasing the funding by 2.88%, from $67,595,000 up to $69,543,000, as requested by the Executive Branch. Attest: Johnathan B. Phillips, Clerk of Council Date Adopted 55 WEST CHURCH STREET P. O. BOX 1112 PHONE: (540)656-5180 MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA 24114 FAX: (540) 656-5280