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E A RESOLUTION OF THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CONCERNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County finds that the County faces critical social, economic, and environmental problems of a significant degree deriving from: 1) the growth of population and the concentration of persons of low income in areas surrounding the City of Sanford and 2) inadequate funds for needed public and private investment and re-investment in housing and other physical facilities and related public and social serv- ices. and WHEREAS, this has resulted in the growth and persistence of housing and commercial deterioration and a subsequent deterio- rating in the quality of the County's environment, and WHEREAS, the Board further finds that the future welfare of the County and the well-being of its citizens depends on the establishment and maintenance of a continuing viable County, • including its social, economic and political entities, and WHEREAS, it is essential to obtain financial assistance in order to rectify the aforesaid conditions, and WHEREAS, the total project cost is estimated' to be $600,000. including local option activities, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County finds that the maximum grant under this program is inadequate to complete the planned activities, the Board of Commissioners will make a supplemental grant to the program's total cost, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.). These funds are to be used for construction of the 12--inch waterline on SR 1509 in the San-Lee Heights III impact area. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the chairman, for and in behalf of the citizens of Lee County, to file all required application documents and supporting data with the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Division of Community Assistance for a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $600,000, including local option activities for the purpose of carrying out a community revitalization program in the designated area of San-.Lee Heights III.