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Exhibit B Urban Anoka County CDBG 2005 Statement of Community Development Objectives of Funds Pursuant to Community Development Block Grant regulation, Anoka County has made available to the public the following statement of final use of 2005 - 2009 Anoka County CDBG funds. Citizens, non-project groups, and other interested persons are invited to comment upon this statement and upon Anoka County's performance of the CDBG program by contacting Anoka County Community Development, Government Center, th Floor, 2100 Third Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota 55303, telephone number 763-323-5709, Attention: Karen Skepper. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR 2005 - 2009 ANOKA COUNTY CDBG PROGRAM The following objectives have been established for assisting communities and citizen groups in the formulation of specific program activities: 1. Provide Decent Housing . Assist homeless persons obtain affordable housing . Assist persons at risk of becoming homeless . Retention of affordable housing stock . Make available permanent housing that is affordable to low-income residents without discrimination . Increase the supply of supportive housing for persons with special needs . Provide affordable housing that is accessible to job opportunities 2. Provide a Suitable Living Environment . Improve the safety and livability of neighborhoods . Increase access to quality facilities and services . Reduce the isolation of income groups within an area through decentralization of housing opportunities and revitalization of deteriorating neighborhoods . Restore and preserve properties of special historic, architectural, or aesthetic value . Conservation of energy resources . 3. Expand Economic Opportunities . Job creation and retention . Establish, stabilize and expand small businesses . Provision of public services concerned with employment . Provision of jobs to low-income persons living in areas affected by those programs, or resulting from activities under programs covered by the plan . Available mortgage financing for low-income persons at reasonable rates . Access to capital and credit for development activities that promote long-term economic and social viability of the community . Empower low-income persons to reduce generational poverty in federally assisted housing and public housing The above objectives were developed in cooperation with the communities in Anoka County and are based on need as illustrated by statistics drawn from 2000 Census data. Overall, they are a continuation of past CDBG programs, and many communities sustaining efforts begun in those years.