GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE DRS85113-LG-119  (03/01)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Title:     Community Development Assistance Funds.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senator Shaw.

Referred to:

 

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to appropriate funds to cumberland county for community development projects.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Cumberland County the sum of seven hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($725,000) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year to aid the county with community development projects. These funds shall be allocated as follows:

(1)       $200,000 to acquire and develop land for the Martin Luther King Parks for tourism development and attraction of economic development.

(2)       $150,000 for the Cumberland Regional Improvement Corporation to acquire and develop land for affordable homes.

(3)       $50,000 for HIV/STD prevention and education in the Cape Fear region.

(4)       $25,000 to purchase equipment and develop staff for The Bicycle Man program.

(5)       $50,000 to support the Old Wilmington Road Association youth programs, including tutoring and summer field trips.

(6)       $25,000 to aid the E.E. Smith youth programs, including after-school mentoring, Steel Magnolias and Brothers Keeper.

(7)       $25,000 to support the Downtown Chess and Checker Club in its efforts to mentor children and provide a facility for senior citizens.

(8)       $50,000 to aid Fayetteville State University's choir.

(9)       $100,000 to support the Washington Street Elementary School Rehabilitation, which will be used as senior citizen apartments and a community and medical center.

(10)     $25,000 to provide support for the Multicultural Museum's collections of African-American military memorabilia.

(11)     $25,000 to support the Alpha Academy's programs for children.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.