HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - RDA 07-07 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. RDA 07-07
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF SAN JACINTO APPROVING THE ALLOCATION AND
AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF LOW-MOD HOUSING
FUNDS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF RESIDENCES, OWNED BY
QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS, SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY LOCAL
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is
engaged in the activities necessary to execute and implement the redevelopment
plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for the Agency's San Jacinto Redevelopment Project
Area ("Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency is undertaking certain activities necessary for
redevelopment in the Project Area pursuant to the provisions of the California
Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code, §§ 33000 et seq.) ("CRL")
and the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency is required to set aside at least 20% of its tax
increment revenue generated from the project area for the purpose of increasing,
improving, and preserving the community's supply of low and moderate income
housing (CRL 33334.2); and
WHEREAS, Section 33334.2(e) of the CRL authorizes the Agency to exercise
its powers for the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of affordable housing for
extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income persons or families ("Low-Mod
Housing"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(e)(7) of the CRL, in preserving Low-
Mod Housing, the Agency may rehabilitate buildings or structures; and
WHEREAS, as a result of severely high and damaging winds commencing on
or about 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on the 21st day of October, 2007 ("Emergency
Conditions"), many Low-Mod Housing units, including mobile home units, located in
the Project Area have been severely damaged; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to make available a total of One Hundred
Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) of Low-Mod Housing Funds for the repair and
rehabilitation of Low-Mod Housing units damaged by the Emergency Conditions; and
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WHEREAS, the Agency desires to make this funding available, in the form of
a grant, to qualifying low to moderate income households, as defined in the CRL and
in Title 25 California Code of Regulations Section 6932, in an amount not to exceed
Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) per household; and
WHEREAS, without an allocation of such funding, many qualifying Low-Mod
Housing owners may not be able to make required repairs, and the units may
become unfit for human habitation; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has Low-Mod Housing Funds available, in the
requested amount, from the proceeds of the Agency's tax-exempt bond issue of
2005, which funding can be allocated for this purpose for the current budget year;
and
WHEREAS, allocating funds for the rehabilitation of Low-Mod Housing units
severely damaged by the Emergency Conditions will be of benefit to the Project Area,
as the rehabilitation work to be carried out pursuant to this authorization and funding
allocation will reduce physical blight in the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the grant program will provide resources to assist with the repairs
necessary to ensure these affordable units are preserved as part of the community's
affordable housing stock.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of San Jacinto:
Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true
and correct and are incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth in this
Resolution.
Section 2. Funding Allocation. The Agency Board hereby approves the
allocation of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) of Low-Mod Housing
Funds for the purpose set forth in this Resolution, and hereby directs the Agency's
Finance Director to make the appropriate transfer of funds into an account for the
purposes set forth herein.
Section 3. Qualified Households. For purposes of this Resolution, qualified
low to moderate income households shall be home or mobile home trailer owners,
residing within the San Jacinto Redevelopment Project Area, that meet the eligibility
definitions for persons and families of low or moderate income, lower income, very
low income and extremely low income, as set forth in the CRL and the California
Code of Regulations, whose homes or mobile home units have been significantly
damaged by the Emergency Conditions ("Qualified Household").
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Section 4. Significant Damage. For purposes of this Resolution,
"significant damage" shall mean damage that could result in the housing unit being
removed from the community's affordable housing stock, including damage that
impairs the structural viability of the affected residence, or that threatens to make the
residence uninhabitable. Significant damage, as used herein, does not include
damage that is purely aesthetic.
Section 5. Allocation Per Qualifying Household. The total amount of
funding to be provided per Qualified Household shall not exceed Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000). The funding shall be in the form of a grant, and shall be used solely
for the purpose of emergency repairs and rehabilitation necessitated by the
Emergency Conditions ("Emergency Repairs"). The Agency finds that this level of
assistance does not qualify as substantial rehabilitation of the unit.
Section 6. Disbursement of Funds. The Agency may disburse the
allocated funds to a Qualified Household for reimbursement of approved Emergency
Repairs upon presentation to the Agency of receipts for such repairs, and upon
presentation of any other evidence of Emergency Repairs as may be required by the
Agency. Alternatively, in its sole discretion, the Agency may arrange to pay allocated
funds for approved Emergency Repairs directly to a contractor hired by a Qualified
Household.
Section 7. Adoption of Additional Guidelines. The Executive Director of
the Agency is hereby authorized to adopt additional guidelines, as may be necessary
or convenient, for implementation of this Resolution and disbursement of the funding
as authorized herein.
Section 8. Further Acts. The Executive Director of the Agency is
authorized (with the concurrence of the City Attorney) to execute and deliver on
behalf of the Agency any documents and instruments as may be necessary or
convenient in the furtherance of the actions authorized by this Resolution.
Section 9. CEQA Compliance. The Agency has determined that pursuant
to Section 15378(b)(4) of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA")
Guidelines the funding allocation contemplated in this Resolution is not a "Project"
subject to CEQA review and is therefore exempt from CEQA requirements because it
is a government funding mechanism or other governmental fiscal activity which does
not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially
significant impact on the environment.
Section 10. Notice of Exemption. The Agency Board hereby authorizes and
directs Agency staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk of Riverside
County within five (5) working days following adoption of this Resolution.
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This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Agency Board.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 26th day of October, 2007 by the
following vote:
Ayes: Ayres, Mansperger, Stubblefield
Nays: None
Absent: Carlson, Ritchie
Abstain: None
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