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Home My WebLink AboutResolution - City Council - 79-232 - 1979-06-05Public Works RESOLUTION NO. 79~232 RESOLUTION OF THE FRESNO CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING CHANGES IN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. TO THE NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1979 WHEREAS, the City of Fresno has suffered from chronic unemployment for a number of years; and WHEREAS, Fresno' s unemployment for the past five (5 ) years has been substantially above the national average rate of unemployment, and seasonal unemployment has persisted at even higher levels; and WHEREAS, the percent of persons with poverty incomes in Fresno continues to be higher than the national average and WHEREAS, Fresno has participated in the Economic Develop- ment's Overall Economic Development Program process, and that participation has resulted in significant private investment as well as public investment which in a joint partnership have created and saved many jobs in Fresno; and WHEREAS, the City supports the Economic Development Administration efforts to deal effectively with unemployment through the stimulation of private investment; and WHEREAS the Council of the City of :Fresno believes that the Federal Economic Development Administration should be reauthorized, refunded, and streamlined, in the manner specified in the proposed National Public Works and: Economic Development Act of 1979. f NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Fresno City Council opposes any modifications to Senate Bill 912 which change the primary purpose of the proposed legislation from the historical concern for chronic unemployment by the addition of arbitrary eligibility criteria relating to It economic growth" and targeting RAQ:new 5/31/79 CLERK'S CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF FRESNO ) ss CITY OF FRESNO 11 JACQUELINE L. RYLE, City Clerk of the City of Fresno, certify that the foregoing Resolution Was adopted by the Council of the City of Fresno, California at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of June , 1979 J.ACQUEL INE" L. RYLE City Clerk jry nBty}_ ':. T.' f,m. l.M'.u✓`n'L"..�,Jt. L'.