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IBIT ''B" 890K 9 P1072t <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNTY <br />CONCERNING--COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of Lee County finds that the County <br />faces critical social, economic, and environmental problems of a signif- <br />icant degree deriving from: 1) the growth of population and the concen- <br />tration of persons of low income in areas surrounding the city of Sanford <br />and 2) inadequate funds for needed public and private investment and re- <br />investment in housing and other physical facilities and related public and <br />social services, and <br />WHEREAS, This has resulted in the growth and persistence of housing and <br />commercial deter.ioration and a subsequent deteriorating in the quality of <br />the county environment, and <br />WHEREAS, The Board further finds that the future welfare of the county and <br />the well-being of its citizens depends on the establishment and maintenance <br />of a continuing viable county, including its social, economic, and political <br />entities, and <br />WHEREAS, It is essential to obtain Federal financial assistance in order to <br />rectify the aforesaid conditions; <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners hereby author- <br />ized its chairman, for and in behalf of the citizens of Lee County, to file <br />all required application documents and supporting data with the United States <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Community Development Block <br />Grant in the amount of Five Hundred and Fifty-eight Thousand Dollars <br />($558,000.00) for the purpose of undertaking a Comprehensive Renewal Plan <br />within its designated Community Development Area. <br />Adopted this 16th day of June, 1980. <br />n. narmon <br />Chairman <br />Lee County Board of Commissioners <br />