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Date .Tune 28, 1999 Item No. 99-248
IteN/3ub]eCt: Resolve -- Homeless Assistance 19"
Responsible Department: Health 8 Welfare
This isa resolve expressing support for the City's application
to HUDfor funding under the 1999 Continuum of Care while thanking
the Congressional Delegation for their past support in such
endeavors and requesting their assistance with making HUD
aware of the application and the need for continuation of the
HhelterPlusCare housing contained therein.
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Assigned to Councilor Farsbam 99-248
x CITY OF BANGOR Janne 28, 1999
(TITLE.) �UOIVC,.-sow,resamg..zt,mts.. aw...Appreciatiou. to the wasna-eoagteaaannal
Delegation for Past Support of Efforts Toward Meeting the
Needs of the Homeless and Encouraging Them to Take Whatever
Action Necessary to Encourage a Favorable Decision on Baugor's 1999
..-_... Continuum of Care Application
BY Na Cih'Council of the City ofBanpo+:
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WHEREAS, the City of Bangor takes great pride in the standard of living
enjoyed by its citizens; and -
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some of those citizens find it difficult to maintain even a
minimal standard of living for themselves and their families
due to homelessness; and
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many of those homeless citizens have found themselves without
safe and adequate permanent housing for an extended period of
time; and
WHEREAS,
the Bangor Community Alliance For Healthy Housing Options, a
consortium of shelter. providers in the City of Bangor, has
in cooperation with representatives of the entire Bangor
community - identified gaps in the current service system
which may help homeless individuals in obtaining and maintain-
ing permanent housing through Bangor BhelterPlusCare; and
WHEREAS,
renewalfunding is needed to meet thesehousing needs of _
homeless individuals, and
WHEREAS,
the Department of Housing and Urban Development recently
published a Notice of Ponding Availability for homaless,,
related projects; and
WHEREAS,
the City Council has authorized submission of a grant
proposal, to HUD, designed to address these needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT "HOUSE) BY THE CITY CODNCIL OF THS CITY OF BANOOR
THAT the City council, on behalf of the citizens of Bangor,
hereby express our thanks and grateful appreciation to the
members of the Maine Congressional Delegation for their
support in past efforts toward meeting the needs of homeless
citizens in Bangor and encourage them to take whatever action
necessary to make the Department of Housing and Urban
Development aware of Bangor's application under the 1999
Continuum of Care and to encourage a favorable decision on the
grant application.
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