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277 the records of receipts of expenditures granted the City may be subject to audit by the DEPARTMENT and by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and that funds granted to the City for defraying the expenses of the City be used only for such purposes as authorized in the Code of Virginia. RESOLUTION: Authorizing application for Transit Internship Grant - $18,469 BE IT RESOLVED by the Charlottesville City Council that the Transit Manager is authorized, for and on behalf of the City of Charlottesville, hereafter referred to as the CITY, to execute and file an application to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia, hereafter referred to as the DEPARTMENT, for a grant of financial assistance in the amount of $18,469 to defray the costs borne by the CITY for Apprenticeship Program and to accept from the DEPARTMENT grants in such amounts as may be awarded, and to authorize the Transit Manager to furnish to the DEPARTMENT such documents and other information as may be required for processing the grant request. The City certifies that the funds shall be used in accordance with the requirements of Section 58.1-638.A. 4 of the Code of Virginia, that the City will provide funds in the amount of $972 which will be used to match the state funds in the ratio as required in such Act, that the records of receipts of expenditures granted the City maybe subject to audit by the DEPARTMENT and by the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and that funds granted to the City for defraying the expenses of the City be used only for such purposes as authorized in the Code of Virginia. e. RESOLUTION: Proclaiming CDBGWeek WHEREAS, the week of March 24 - March 30 has been designated as National Community Development Week; and WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville is a participant in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program which funds a myriad of physical programs such as sidewalk improvements, drainage improvements, handicapped access improvements, street improvements, and housing programs, including the Homeowner Rehabilitation Program, the Weatherization Program, the Downpayment and Closing Cost Assistance Program and the Housing Opportunities Partnership Program (HOP); and WHEREAS, the City, through the CDBG Program, fi_mds economic development programs such as the Economic Development Loan Program; and social service programs such as Clark School's Science, Technology and Match Outreach Program, the Alternative Education's Project Opportunity, the AIDS Support Group's HIV Supportive Services Initiative, Teensight's Primary Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Ridge Street's Youth Landscape Cooperative and Piedmont Virginia Community College's West Main Street Center; and WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville has six CDBG Target Neighborhoods. Four of these, Starr Hill, Fifeville, Tenth and Page, and Belmont have been the focus ora comprehensive revitalization; and WHEREAS, in Charlottesville and in communities throughout the nation, over twenty years of Community Development Block Grant funding have developed a strong working network of relationships between our local government, residents of CDBG target neighborhoods, and the many non-profit agencies that provide services and help make possible our commitment to those neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville recognizes that the Community Development Block Grant Program is a partnership of federal and local governments as well as non-profit and community efforts, and the services funded by the CDBG Program rely heavily on the dedication and goodwill of our combined efforts; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that during National Community Development Week 1997, the City of Charlottesville will give special thanks and recognition