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Reviewed:
City Manager
Finance Director
AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2005
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY STAFF
SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING INCENTIVE GRANT FUNDS
FROM CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
SUMMARY
Agency approval is requested for the submission of an application for Workforce
Housing Incentive grant funds from California Department of Housing and Community
Development.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the Tustin City Council 1) adopt Resolution 05-34 approving the
submission an application to the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) for Workforce Housing Incentives grant funds and authorizing the City
Manager to sign the application for the 2004 eligibility year; and 2) if the application for
funding is approved, the City may use the funds for eligible activities under the grant
program.
FISCAL IMPACT
This action will have no fiscal impact on the City at this time.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Workforce Housing Reward Program (Program) was established pursuant to Chapter
482, (SB 423), Statutes of 2002, and funded through Proposition 46, the Housing and
Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002. The Program is administered by the
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for the purpose of
providing local assistance to cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing
developments affordable to very low and low-income households. This award Program
does not use a competitive process to award funds; all cities and counties who meet the
eligibility requirements will be funded.
William A. Huston
Authorization WFH Program Application
February 21,2005
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The Program grant awards will be calculated based on the number of bedrooms in
approved and permitted affordable housing developments. The grant award amounts are
$2,000 per bedroom for very low-income units $1,500 per low-income units. In addition,
there are bonus awards for communities that can demonstrate that significant progress
has been made in building the housing to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment
(RHNA) goals. Both rental units and for-sale owner occupancy units are eligible for the
grant awards.
While the current program year is for the period from January 1, 2004 to December 31,
2005, it is expected however that two additional funding years will be available for 2005
and 2006. Grant funds must be used by the cities or counties for the construction or
acquisition of capital assets that serve to benefit the community. Eligible projects
include, but are not limited to, traffic improvements, neighborhood parks, bike paths,
libraries, community centers, and police and fire stations.
Staff will be available at the Agency meeting to answer any questions the Agency may
have.
Christine Shingleton
Assistant City Manager
James Draughon
Senior Project Manager
Attachment
RESOLUTION NO. 05-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR
WORKFORCE HOUSING REWARD PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS
FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VERY
LOW AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING UNITS
The TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
I. The Tustin City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. The State of California has established the Workforce Housing Rewards
Program (WFH Program) pursuant to Chapter 482 (SOB 423), Statutes of
2002, and funded through Proposition 64.
B. The WFH Program is administered by the California Department of Housing
and Community Development ("HCD") for the purpose of providing local
assistance to cities and counties that provide land use approval to housing
developments affordable to very low and low-income households which are
subject to a regulatory agreement recorded against the property that
obligates the owner to maintain rents on the restricted units at an affordable
level to very low or low-income household for at least fifty five (55) years, or
for ownership housing units that are initially sold to very low or low-income
households that ensure the repayment of the public funds and reuse of
those funds for a period of at least twenty (20) years;
C. The WFH Program funds must be used by cities and counties for the
construction or acquisition of capital assets that serve to benefit the
community including, but not limited to, traffic improvements, neighborhood
parks, bike paths, libraries, community centers, and police and fire.stations;
D. Participating cities and counties must have general housing elements that
conform with requirements of Article 10.6 of Chapter 3 of Division I of Title 7
of the Government Code (Government Code 65580 et sea.); and
E. The Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency wishes to apply for grant
funds through the WFH Program as permitted under the law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin resolves as follows:
1. Approve the submission of an application to the Department of Housing and
Community Development for grant funds pursuant to the Workforce Housing
Reward Program. The Executive Director is authorized to submit an
application necessary to meet the requirements of the WFH Program.
2. If the application for funding is approved, the City of Tustin agrees to use the
WFH Program funds for eligible activities under the WFH Program.
Resolution No. 05-34
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council held on the
21st day of February 2005.
LOU BONE, Mayor
PAMELA STOKER
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE) ss
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the
City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution
No. 05-34 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City
Council, held on the 21st day of February 2005, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: .
PAMELA STOKER
CITY CLERK
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