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165 WHEREAS, this growth of foreign imports has contributed substantially to the elimination of some 800,000 American textile and apparel jobs, plus causing an adverse effect upon supporting industries such as fiber companies, textile machinery manufacturers, textile chemical manufacturers, financial institutions, utilities, trucking, and other native industries which also contribute substantially to our economic well-being; and WHEREAS, little has been done at the national level to bring about a reasonable balance between foreign imports and the normal growth of the native industries, witnessed by the fact that textile/apparel imports have increased nearly 50 percent since the first of 1984 over the same period a year ago; and WHEREAS, there is a serious need for public awareness of the economic impact, and a need for action at the state and national levels to bring about a reasonable solution; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners hereby expresses its support of the textile/apparel/fiber industries' "Crafted With Pride in U.S.A." Buy American efforts, that citizens of our region take notice of this serious problem, and that we hereby make this document a part of the record of this body. We further request that Congress take appropriate legislative action to roll back import volume to a reasonable level, with increases in imports limited to no more than market growth, and that an import licensing system be established. This, the 4th day of February, 1985. /s/ James W. Lentz James W. Lentz, Chairman Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners Ms. Rebecca Yarbrough, representative of the Centralina Council of Governments, reviewed the concerns of local governments who have been unsuccessful in obtaining Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. She outlined the Recommended Allocation Method for Distributing these funds as approved by the Centralina Council of Governments delegation on January 23, 1985. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Upright, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board endorsed the following. A RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CDBG FUNDS The Community Revitalization grant funds received by the communities in each region in North Carolina should be in the same proportion (relative to the total Community Revitalization grant funds available in the State) as the number of persons below the poverty level and the number of sub- standard dwelling units in each region bear to the total number of persons below the poverty level and the number of substandard dwellings units in the State. In making these computations the number of persons below the poverty level and the number of substandard dwelling units in entitle- ment communities should be deducted from their region's total. The attached table illustrates this allocation system. Region A, for example, has 24,800 persons below the poverty level. That is 3.81% of the State's total of 650,809 persons below the poverty level - leaving out those in entitlement communities. Region A has 2,237 substandard dwelling units. That is 2.79% of the State's total of 80,272 substandard dwelling units - leaving out those in entitlement communities. Averaging those two percentages give 3.30%. The communities in Region A should thus receive 3.30% of the $31,080,000 available in 1985 for community revitalization projects. NRCD will continue to select from applicant communities in Region A those they feel are most qualified. It will be the responsibility of all concerned (NRCD, LRO's, private consultants, communities), to see that each region submits a sufficient number of quality applications to use these funds.