2020/02/11 City Council Resolution 2020-015 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-015
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF FUNDING APPLICATION FOR FY 2020-2021
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO CREATE TWO LOW-INCOME
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNERSHIP UNITS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
HOUSING LAND TRUST
WHEREAS,the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG")program was created
by the federal Housing and Community Development Acts of 1974 and 1987 to develop viable
communities through the provision of decent housing, a suitable living environment and the
expansion of economic opportunities, primarily for lower income persons; and
WHEREAS,the City of Rohnert Park staff has identified that there is a community
benefit to providing affordable housing for families working in essential fields such as education,
public safety and health care; and
WHEREAS,the Housing Land Trust of Sonoma County(HLT)is a nonprofit corporation
with experience in the sale and operation of affordable ownership opportunities, including
opportunities in the City of Rohnert Park, and is qualified to manage affordable units in the City;
and
WHEREAS,the City of Rohnert Park is already partnering with HLT on stewardship and
preservation of 2 units within the CentreVille complex, and 36 units in the Southeast Specific
Plan; and
WHEREAS,on September 24, 2019,the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
adopted Resolution No 2019-to create four affordable moderate-income ownership units in
partnership with HLT—a program known as the"Essential Workforce Housing Program"; and
WHEREAS, City of Rohnert Park staff has identified the expansion of the Essential
Workforce Housing Program ("Project",) which would add two additional homes at the low-
income level (80% area median income or less,) as an eligible project for an application of FY
2020-2021 CDBG Capital Projects Funding; and
WHEREAS, City staff has prepared a grant application for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021
Sonoma County Community Development CDBG Program for the Project; and
WHEREAS,the Sonoma County Community Development Commission("SCCDC")as
the designated local administrative body for the CDBG Program requires that a municipality
submitting a CDBG program funding application must include a City/Town Council Resolution
endorsing the project for which the CDBG funding is being pursued.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park as follows:
1. The City Council does hereby authorize staff to submit a funding application for FY
2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant to add two low-income homes to the
Essential Workforce Housing Program.
2. The City Council does hereby approve the attached CDBG funding application (Exhibit
A) and authorizes the City Manager or his designee to submit the application in
substantially similar form and adjust the funding request based on any new information
that may be submitted prior to the decision of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors.
3. The City Council does hereby delegate authority to the City Manager to approve and
execute any Funding Agreement in relation to this CDBG grant application and any
amendments thereto.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 11th day of February, 2020.
CITY OF ROHN
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Joseph Callinan, Mayor
ATTEST:
JoAnne M. Buergler, City Clerk
ADAMS: 4Yf BELFORTE: i STAFFORD: �-MACKENZIE: CALLINAN:
AYES: ( ) NOES: ( 0 ) ABSENT: ( (-77) ABSTAIN:
Resolution 2020-015
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