HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-033RESOLUTION NO, 84- 33
® RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA REQUESTING THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO REVIEW AND
MODIFY THE CRITERIA USED IN RANKING CITIES AND
® COUNTIES UNDER THE FLORIDA SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS the method used by the Department of
Community Affairs to rank cities and counties on a statistical
basis utilized county -wide statistics;
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WHEREAS this method places counties such as ours at
a tremendous disadvantage to the detriment of those needy
residents in Indian River County; and
WHEREAS Indian River County contains some very
affluent areas with individuals whose income when averaged with
other areas produces a statistically deceiving medium income of
$23,100.00 for our County; and
WHEREAS the weighting of this statistic by the high
incomes of a small percentage of our residents works to the
substantial disadvantage of the poor individuals in our County who
could benefit from the intent of this program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY that
1. The legislature of the State of Florida is urged to
review and modify the criteria used for ranking cities and
counties under the Florida Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant Program.
2., Indian River County urges the leai_slat»ro and
Department of Community Affairs to adopt census tract data as a
base to evaluate levels of poverty or some other method where a
ranking is accomplished that fairly reflects the economic level of
those individuals admitted for participation in the program.
3. The Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners is
authorized and directed to submit a copy of this Resolution to
each member of the Indian River County Florida Legislative
Delegation.
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The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
Bird who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded
by Commissioner lVodtke and, upon being put to a vote, the
vote was as follows:
Chairman Don C. Scurlock, Jr. Aye
Vice -Chairman Patrick B. Lyons Aye
Commissioner Richard N. Bird Aye
Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman Absent
Commissioner William C. Wodtke, Jr. Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly
passed and adopted this 23rd day of May , 1984.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
Attto
Cil '
FREDA WRIGHT
Clerk
APPROVED�AlFORMAND LEGA�//
By �'�
GAR��''/ i : D Bu G
CF ty/ Attorney
By_
DON C. SCURLOCK, jRIV'
Chairman