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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 199
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District on the
celebration of its fiftieth anniversary.
WHEREAS, local governments were encouraged to collaborate regionally following
the passage of The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 that established
the Economic Development Administration in the United States Department of Commerce
to provide grants to economically distressed communities to support employment and
industrial and commercial growth ; and
WHEREAS, the municipalities and parishes of central Louisiana organized in 1967
to create the Kisatchie-Delta Economic Development Council, Inc. and received status of
501(c)(4); and
WHEREAS, in 1968 the organization was the first regional organization in Louisiana
chartered by the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature enabled the organizations as public
commissions, establishing the purpose and delineation of regions legally by amendment of
R.S. 33:140.61 and 140.62; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature found that problems of growth and
development in urban and rural regions of the state, along the boundary lines of local
governmental units could not be resolved by a single unit without affecting other units in the
region; and
WHEREAS, Kisatchie-Delta's purpose is to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation
and to insure the orderly and harmonious coordination of state, federal, and local
comprehensive planning, and development programs for the solution and resolution of
economic, social, physical, and governmental problems of the state and its citizens; and
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WHEREAS, such activities have drawn in federal investments and leveraged private
sector activities worth more than one billion dollars; and
WHEREAS, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Kisatchie-Delta Regional
Planning and Development District, a celebration will be held on July 18, 2017; and
WHEREAS, today the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District
still plays a large role in supporting local communities and their businesses and industry
throughout central Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District and
board members and local leaders upon the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the organization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
executive director of the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning District, Heather Smoak Urena.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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