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RESOLUTION NO. &_
SE RIES OF 1993
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER BULLOCK
A RESOLUTION IN SUFPORT OF A JOB CORPS CENTER IN THE METROPOLITAN
DENVER AREA AND ENCOURAGING THAT IT BE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD.
WHEREAS, the Englewood City Council is supportive of the Job Corps Program, which
dea ls with youth who are in need of social skills and job training to help them integrate
into mainstream society; and
WHEREAS , through Council's participation in the Denver Regional Council of
Gove rnm ent's J ob Corps Cent... task force , the Council learned that thousands of youth
from our area are in nee d of this type of program and are located to other states to rec'!ive
training ; and
WHEREAS, the abundance of local participants demonstrates the need for a facility to
serve the Front Range a rea of Colorado; and
WHEREAS , the nation 's atte ntion is focusing on how to encourage , educate and train
our youth fo r their future ; and
WHEREAS, the federal government may spend up to $16 million in the region's
eco nomy for the site acqu.isidon, design, architecture, engineering, co nstruction ,
remodeling, and rehabilitation for a Job Corps Center;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH.E CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO, THAT:
~-The City Council of Englewood, Colorudo hereby strongly supports a metro
area Job Co rps facility which will provide market!, le job skills training to its students;
will provide mo tivated, skilled employees for locnl ,mployers to hire; and will provide a
<enter which will employ approximately 140 people with a payroll of $4 -$5 milli on a year.
~-The Eo glewood Ci ty Council encourages and supports the Job Corps Center to
locate within the C. , of Englewood.
ADOPTED , AMENDE D AND APPROVED this 7th day of September, 1993 .
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Patricia H. Crow , City Clerk
I, Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk for ~!),City of Englewood , Colorado, hereby certify the
abov e is a true copy of Resolution No.~ Series of 1993. _ a
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Patricia H. Crow