Laserfiche WebLink
FL 5 Rural Development priorities <br />" Lmc also urges congress to makaimprovements and buion a siness ', and .o <br />provide needed financing for public rovide for public water facilities. <br />assistance and to enable cities to p <br />Congress should also examine proovidew to bfor ethe creation ofrrural <br />federa <br />programs for rural areas and p <br />investment grant funds for deveC�oP�onprovideafor erural technology <br />infrastructure. Federal profto <br />assistance and training as well as ass isnnusrealso bsland <br />funded, <br />unemployed workers in such communities, <br />The League welcomes the support of Senator Sasser (Chairman of the <br />Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommmiclton Government <br />cities ofthe losscOfncy <br />and Federalisml to examine the imp <br />to provide of General Revenueded arinto ruralroduce ecomnunitieseingaed to <br />manner similar to that first 'introduced <br />duced as the Targeted fiscal <br />Assistance Act of 1986 by <br />As in t.e past, city officials continue to insist that federal aid to <br />cities must recognize differences among states and localities and to <br />direct funds to cities with the least fiscal capacity to meet local <br />d with +.t_e increasingly <br />needs. With <br />the loss ofover official0 are ionfacannually in General Revenue <br />Sharing, i <br />diffia C1 <br />cult task of find alternative revenue sources to fund basic <br />+��ain a local infrastructure. It is imperative that <br />services 6;iu ac,..-- <br />the federal government recognize its responsibility to assure access <br />- tb a minimum level of services at the local.leie declinesnd to assist cities <br />severely impacted by local and reg' <br />NLC surveys and Census Bureau information undersubstandardce the yhousing <br />ies <br />faced by cities in rural areas: olitan areas; unemployment rates <br />exists in locations beyond il1etercent in such communities; 38 percent <br />nationally average over nine p <br />of the nation's poor live in locations which include smaller cities. <br />FL 6 Underground Storage TanP Regu_ late°ns <br />unaer ruuu.-- <br />y stability ired to enable <br />Sufficient evidence is available to demonstrate that cities have e <br />incentive, fiscal capacit and financiallsleaksreclean up <br />them to respond effectively <br />contaminated areas and to Make prechalt autionary measures to prevent sus <br />occurrences. <br />t, should be <br />cities, along with state and federal levels ponsibilityof nrequirements <br />exempted from the proposed EPA financial responsibility <br />for such city -owned or operated underground storage tanks. If EPA <br />