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PLEASE CALL ME BEFORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, TO LET ME KNOW THE NUMBER AND NAMES OF CITY OFFICIALS FROM YOUR CITY WHO WILL ATTdND THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. The League is urging that federal programs for cities be maintained at current (1987) levels. While city officials acknowledge an obligation to aid in the reduction of the federal deficit, it is clear that cities have already andayetotherry a federalsdeficitihastely actuallyyburden f increased over the same period. Please provide the following information where applicable and have such data available for Representative Vento on April 10 or be sure to mail a complete analysis to him as soon as possioie to let him know how your city has been (and will be) affected by federal cutbacks: 1.. The amount of GHS your city received last year (1986) and the effect tn— elf that revenue source on your city during the next biennium 1987-89). The amount of Communit Develo ment Block Grant funds your city received n 19 b an how those funds were used. Information on COBG funds available to the city over the last 6 years (since 1981).would also be helpful. In that regard, it is important to demonstrate the extent of the decline in the amount of federal aid available during that period. 3. Costs of complying with federal mandates such as extension of Medicare coverage; accelerated Social Security payments; Fair Labor Standards (FLSA); municipal bond restrictions and increased reporting requirements; etc. Be sure to account for and specify the administrative and personnel problems and increased costs created by the changes in many of these areas in recent years. 4. Effect on our cit of anr further loss of federal aid in the form of housing ass stance, airport development unds, transit assistance, highway funding, wastewater treatment construction grants, etc. 5. Com are the amount of federal aid lost as a ercent of total tax revenue o the cit for services an no a the exten to which your. city has replace missing federal doliars with local revenue sources. Indicate extent of tax shift to local ro ert taxes. Explain how Cha governor's proposed reductions in LGA and property tax relief will impact your city in combination with anticipatedh loss of at least 10 percent of CDBG funds; 25 percent of transit assistance; along with uncertain level pf funding for housing highwayoimprovements e(President rcent eReagan wide uhas gvetoed the athe st byears); Surface Transportation Act just approved by Congress),etc.