Resolution #52: Local-Federal Partnership on Law Enforcement/Public Safety 1) commends the Administration for proposing a continuation of the local-federal partnership on public safety; 2) calls on Congress and the Administration to support highly flexible, direct law enforcement assistance which will strengthen the local-federal partnership on public safety and allow communities to: continue to promote the implementation of department-wide community policing; deploy additional officers and maximize the efficiency of existing officers through the use of overtime; address officer retention issues; deploy needed public safety technologies with maximum flexibility; improve youth and school safety; strengthen efforts to reduce the sale and use of illegal drugs; address concerns related to drugs in prisons and offender re-entry; support alternative sentencing programs; and increase local prosecutions; and 3) affirms that federal assistance for this important local-federal public safety partnership must be fully maintained in FY 2002 and beyond through the appropriations process.

Resolution #53: Support for Federal Legislation to Reduce Predatory Lending urges member cities to look at appropriate options for direct action by city governments to reduce predatory lending; and supports the recommendations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board to strengthen the Home Owner and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), and calls for Federal regulation and legislation to combat predatory mortgage lending.