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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 11-01 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. RDA 11-01 COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss CITY OF SAN JACINTO ) A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO APPROVING THE ALLOCATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF 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) ("Low-Mod Housing Funds"): 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 severe and long lasting rains commencing on or about 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on December 17, 2010 ("Emergency Conditions"), many Low- Mod Housing units located in the City have or may have been severely damaged; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to make available a total of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of Low-Mod Housing Funds for the repair and rehabilitation of Low-Mod Housing units damaged by the Emergency Conditions; and 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 the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) 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; and WHEREAS, allocating funds for the rehabilitation of Low-Mod Housing units severely damaged by the Emergency Conditions will he 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 City; and WHEREAS, the City Council, pursuant to adoption of Resolution No. 3204, and the Agency Board, pursuant to adoption of Resolution No. RDA 08-11, both dated August 7, 2008, have previously authorized use of Low-Mod Housing Funds outside of the Project Area, finding that such use is of benefit to 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; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to accept applications for participation in the program authorized hereunder until the earlier of exhaustion of the allocated funds, or April 30, 2011. 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 fifty-thousand dollars ($150,000) 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 owners residing within the City of San Jacinto 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 have been significantly damaged by the Emergency Conditions ("Qualified Household"). 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 fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). 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 one or more contractors retained by the Agency to complete the approved Emergency Repairs. Section 7. Program Duration. The Agency shall accept applications for participation in the program authorized under this Resolution until the earlier of exhaustion of the allocated funds, or April 30, 2011. ..r Section 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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. 3 This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Agency Board. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 6th day of January, 2011 by the following vote: Vote: Bartel, Di Memmo, Kotyuk, Ledezma, Miller Ayes: None Nays: None Abstain: None City of San Jacinto Redevelopment Agency Scott Miller, Chairman ATTEST: r •. ichard Miller, Agency Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP Jeffre S. Balling , Agency Counsel 4