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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-74-03322 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 644 RESOLUTION NO. / 7 `°" kIS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF $75,000,000 OF IMPOUNDED MODEL CITIES FUNDS AND THE FULL FUNDING OF THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM UNTIL THE ENACTMENT OF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS° WHEREAS, the President of the United States has impounded $75,000,000 authorized and appropriated for this federal fiscal year by the United States Congress for Model City programs in 147 metropolitan cities and counties throughout the United States pursuant to Title 1 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended; and WHEREAS, the President, further, initiated action to stop further funding of the Model Cities Program as of June 30, 1974, and to replace it with a proposed Community Development Act; and WHEREAS, the President through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development directed that the drastically reduced funds which were not impounded be used to phase out further funding of the Model Cities Program as of June 30, 1974; and WHEREAS, in fact, the proposed Community Development Act, which was to provide funds for a wide range of programs, will not, in all probability, be implemented until July 1, 1975 at the earliest; and WHEREAS, no funds have been allocated by the Congress of the United States for either theMModel Cities Program or for the wide range of related programs which were to be funded through the proposed Community Development Act; and 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 MMUS, this action by the President and this inaction of the Congress will cripple the ability of both the national and local governments and citizens to meet and con- structively resolve critical human and physical problems con- fronting urban America in general and Dade County in particular; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The City Commission of the City of Miami hereby calls for the release of $75,000,000 of impounded Model Cities Funds and the full funding of the Model Cities Program until the enactment of the proposed Community Development Act. Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate governmental officials. PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of 4 " ` , 1974. PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: MICHEL E. ANDERSON Assistant City Attorney APPRO :,�i, AS TOAL 4HN S. LLO ty Attorney CORRECTNESS: "DOCUMENT INDEX ITEM NO"__-" C1TV COMMISSION M r.E.T1NG OF Ai'3; : 3 RESui.ut fLs NO 7 REWKKS. . 36 2.