HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 1014RESOLUTION ~Qj ` _----_
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PACIFIC RETIREMENT SERVICES'
APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDS TO SERVE THE HOUSING NEEDS OF
CENTRAL POINT'S LOW-INCOME SENIORS.
WHEREAS the City Council of Central Point recognizes that a significant number
of the community's older citizens pay a disproportionately high percentage of
their income for housing, and thus reducing their ability to secure adequate
medical care and other essential services; and,
WHEREAS the number of persons falling within both the upper age and lower
income bracket is expected to constitute an increasing percentage of the
community's population over the next ten to twenty years, thus exasperation the
present shortage of quality affordable housing; and
WHEREAS the City Council understands the plans Pacific Retirement Services
has to construct and operate a federally assisted senior housing facility in the
Twin Creeks Development in the city of Central Point, subject to funding by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and,
WHEREAS Pacific Retirement Services has established and excellent reputation
as one of Oregon's finest providers of elderly housing, as well as a wide range of
quality services for its residents, and thus fulfills a vital need in the communities it
presently serves.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE to support Pacific Retirement Services' in their
application for federal funding for the construction and operation of a proposed
low income senior housing facility in the Twin Creeks Development in the city of
Central Point, Oregon.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development is hereby urged to act favorable upon Pacific Retirement
Services' application for funding of this important and much needed project.
ADOPTED BY THE CENTRAL PAINT CITY COUNCIL this~~day of (ii ;; 1, 2004.
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Hank C. Williams -Mayor
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City Recorder