LATE ADOPTED - JUNE 8, 2004

Agenda Item No. 29

Introduced by the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION ADOPTING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS

RESOLUTION #04-188

WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant application process requires a Community Development Statement which identifies a summary of the needs and problems of the community, including those of low and moderate income persons, and also identifies the impact a proposed CDBG grant will have on addressing these needs and problems; and

WHEREAS, the long-term activities of retention and job training as identified within the Community Development State are possible ways to address the identified needs and problems of the community; and

WHEREAS, the short-term activity of encouraging the expansion of Neogen Corporation within the City of Lansing and other employers, as identified within the Community Development Statement, is a contemplated way to address the identified needs and problems of the community; and

WHEREAS, the description of the effect the proposed CDBG project will have on the community is accurately identified in the Community Development Statement; and

WHEREAS, there will be no displacement of persons as a result of CDBG program assisted activities.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby adopts the attached Community Development Statement as a summary of the community's development and housing needs as set for in Title I of the federal housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.