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3 <br /> APRIL 2 - 9, 1988 <br /> WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has operated <br /> since 1974 to provide local governments with the resources required to meet <br /> the needs of persons of low and moderate income; <br /> WHEREAS, community development block grant funds are used by thousands <br /> of neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations throughout the Nation to <br /> address pressing neighborhood and human services needs; <br /> WHEREAS, in the last several years the Federal Government has reduced <br /> Federal assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal contributions to the <br /> task of meeting the needs of low and moderate income the <br /> heusproblems <br /> have grown as evidenced by the dwindling supply y c <br /> massive rise in homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and <br /> malnutrition; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from responsibility, <br /> the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has assumed increasing <br /> importance for meeting pressing community problems; <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress and Nation has often overlooked the critical <br /> value of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM and the significant <br /> number of organizations and projects that rely on its funds for support; <br /> WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared April 2-9, 1988 <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners proclaim April 2-9, 1988 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call <br /> upon all citizens of our county to support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK <br /> GRANT PROGRAM. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> E. REPORTS <br /> 1. Receipt of Planning Board Resolution - Master Recreation and Parks <br /> Plan <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Halkiotis to accept the following resolution as information. <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> The Board of Orange County Commissioners has repeatedly stated its <br /> commitment to orderly, open government. Key to that commitment has been an <br /> attempt to abandon ad hoc decision making, instead following regularized <br /> channels to achieve reasoned and fully informed choices. <br /> Considering this goal, as well as the stipulated process by which <br /> Orange County reaches land use decision, the Planning Board must protest <br /> the manner in which the Commissioners addressed the issue of greenways <br /> prior to receiving the Planning board's recommendation, which they <br /> requested at the conclusion of the February 22 hearing. <br /> It is indeed unfortunate that presentations at public hearings did <br /> little to assuage fears, or communicate county intentions, regarding green- <br /> ways. Further, despite repeated requests by the Planning Board, little <br /> effort was made to explain to the public the different ways in which green <br /> corridors might be achieved in Orange County. This made it easy for <br /> citizens already leery of government to see the worst in attempts to <br /> establish public walkways and/or wildlife corridors. <br /> The Planning Board must ultimately defer to the wisdom of the <br /> Commissioners regarding the establishment of such greenways. <br /> It cannot, <br /> however, become a party to the circumvention of the very processes from <br /> which it derives its authority, and by which the citizens of Orange County <br /> are assured a full and fair discussion of issues. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> 2. Seven Mile Creek Resolution from Town of Hillsborough <br />