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49 <br /> <br />f. APPROPRIATION: $31,500 - Amphitheater Band Stage (carried over) <br /> <br />g. RESOLUTION: Proclaiming CDBG Week <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the week of April 1- April 7 has been designated as National Community <br />Development Week; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville is a participant in the Community Development <br />Block Grant (CDBG) Program which funds a myriad of physical programs such as sidewalk <br />improvements, drainage improvements, handicapped access improvements, street <br />improvements, and housing programs, including the Homeowner Rehabilitation Program, the <br />Weatherization Program, the downpayment and Closing Cost Assistance Program and the <br />Housing Opportunities Partnership Program (HOP); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City through the CDBG Program, funds economic development <br />programs such as the Economic Development Loan Program; and social service programs <br />such as Clark School's Science, Technology and Math Outreach Program, the Opportunity <br />Alternative Education's Project Opportunity, the AIDS Support Group's HIV Supportive <br />Services Initiative, the Monticello Area Community Action Agency's Camp Horizon <br />Program, and Piedmont Virginia Community College's West Main Street Center; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville has six CDBG Target Neighborhoods. Three <br />of these, Starr Hill, Fifeville and Tenth and Page, have been the focus of a comprehensive <br />revitalization; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in Charlottesville and in communities throughout the nation, over twenty <br />years of Community Development Block Grant funding have developed a strong working <br />network of relationships between our local government, residents of CDBG target <br />neighborhoods, and the many non-profit agencies that provide services and help make <br />possible our commitment to those neighborhoods; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville recognizes that the Community Development <br />Block Ca-ant Program is a partnership of federal and local governments as well as non-profit <br />and community efforts, and the services funded by the CDBG Program rely heavily on the <br />dedication and goodwill of our combined efforts; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that during National Community <br />Development Week 1996, the City of Charlottesville will give special thanks and recognition <br />to all participants whose hard work and devotion to the neighborhoods and their low <br />moderate income residents help insure the quality and effectiveness of the Community <br />Development Block Grant Program; <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Charlottesville hereby joins the <br />service providers and others in petitioning the U. S. Congress and administration to recognize <br />the outstanding work being done locally and nationally by the Community Development <br />Block Grant Program, and its vital importance to the community and tot he people who live <br />in its low income neighborhoods; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be conveyed to the <br />appropriate elected and appointed officials in the federal govemment and that this <br />community's name and the names of its nonprofit service providers be added to the roll of <br />those committed to the preservation and full funding of Community Development Block <br />Grants and maintenance of its essential features over the course of the next Congress. <br /> <br />h, RESOLUTIONS: <br /> <br />Approving cafe permits for - 1) The Nook; 2) Flamingo <br />Rotisserie; 3) Monsoon Cafe; 4) Sal's Restaurant; and <br />5) Chap's Restaurant <br /> <br /> <br />