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RES-ORA-0516 Mobile Home Park Rental Assistance Program RenewalRESOLUTION NO.ORA- 0516 A RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONFIRIMING AND RENEWING THE MOBILE HOME PARK RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED VERY LOW INCOME MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ORANGE FOR FY 2010-11 AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2 and the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan for the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area, which merged and amended the Tustin Street, Northwest, and Southwest Redevelopment Project Areas (collectively referred to herein as the Project Area), as adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange (the City Council), authorize and direct the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the Agency) to expend not less than twenty percent (20%) of all taxes which are allocated to the Agency pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33670 for the purposes of increasing, improving, and preserving the community's supply of Low and Moderate Income housing available at affordable housing cost to persons of Low or Moderate Income and Very Low Income; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Health and Safety CodeSection 33334. 2, the Agency has established a Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund (the Housing Fund) in connection with the Project Area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2 and in carrying out its Low and Moderate Income housing activities, the Agency is authorized to provide subsidies to, or for the benefit of, Very Low Income, Lower Income and Low or Moderate Income households and to maintain the community's supply of mobile homes; and WHEREAS, Section 33334.2 of the California Health and Safety Code provides that Housing Fund monies may be used outside the Project Area if a finding is made by resolution of the Agency and the City Council that such use will be of benefit to the Project Area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. ORA-0019 and Resolution No. 6026 adopted by the Agency and the City Council, respectively, on November 22, 1983 for the Tustin Street Redevelopment Project Area; Resolution No. ORA- 0113 and Resolution No.7079 adopted by the Agency and the City Council, respectively, on June 14, 1988 for the Amended Tustin Street Redevelopment Project Area; Resolution No. ORA-0058 and Resolution No. 6654 adopted by the Agency and the City Council, respectively, on July 8,1986 for the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area; Resolution No. ORA-0117 and Resolution No. 7097 adopted by the Agency and the City Council, respectively, on June 28,1988 for the Amended Southwest Redevelopment Project Area; and Resolution No. ORA-0115 and Resolution No. 7086 adopted by the Agency and the City Council, respectively, on June 21, 1988 for the Northwest Redevelopment Project Council found that the use of taxes allocated from specific redevelopment project areas for the purpose of increasing, improving and preserving housing outside the Project Area would be of benefit to the Project Area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. ORA-0193 adopted December 12, 1989, the Agency approved on a one-year pilot basis a Mobile Home Park Rental Assistance Program the Program) authorizing the expenditure of Housing Fund monies to finance the Program and provide rental subsidies to Very Low Income mobile home park residents; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. ORA-0220 adopted on January 8, 1991,Resolution No. ORA-0237 adopted on January 28, 1992, Resolution No. ORA-0256 adopted on November 10, 1992, Resolution No. ORA- 0274 adopted on December 14, 1993,Resolution No. ORA-0283 adopted on December 13, 1994, Resolution No. ORA-0298 adopted on December 12, 1995, Resolution No. ORA-0325 adopted on November 26, 1996,Resolution No. ORA-0334 adopted on June 24, 1997, Resolution No. ORA-0341 adopted on May 26, 1998, Resolution No. ORA-0345 adopted on June 8, 1999, Resolution No. ORA-0374 adopted on June 27, 2000, Resolution No. ORA-0395 adopted on June 26, 2001, Resolution No. ORA-0412 adopted on June 25, 2002, Resolution No. ORA-0427 adopted on June 24, 2003, Resolution No. ORA-0434 adopted on June 22, 2004, Resolution No. ORA-0443 adopted on June 28, 2005, Resolution No. ORA-0455 adopted on June 27, 2006,Resolution No. ORA-0466 adopted on June 26, 2007, Resolution No. ORA-0490 adopted on July 8, 2008, and Resolution No. ORA-0500 adopted on June 23, 2009 the Agency approved the continuation pf the Program. The aforementioned resolutions are collectively referred to as the Prior Resolutions; and WHEREAS, in implementing the Program, the Agency has successfully assisted up to fifty (50) qualified Very Low Income mobile home park residents annually since its inception; and WHEREAS, funding is available from the Housing Fund to continue the Program to assist the one (1) current Program participant during FY 2010-11; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to confirm and renew the Program for FY 2010-11,as more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, and to authorize the expenditure of additional Housing Fund monies pursuant thereto as more particularly described below.NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:1. The Agency finds and determines that the expenditure of Housing Fund monies for rental subsidies to eligible and qualified "Very Low Income households" (as defined by Section 50105 of the California Health and Safety Code) residing in mobile home parks, as contemplated by the Program, shall directly and specifically benefit and protect the community's supply of Low and Moderate Income housing, particularly the supply of mobile homes, available at affordable housing cost to persons and families of Low and Moderate Income, reducing the housing costs otherwise paid by 2. The Agency finds and determines that the commitment and expenditure of Housing Fund monies to pay for rental assistance pursuant to the Program are specifically authorized by paragraphs (8) and (10) of subdivision (e) of California Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2. 3. The Agency hereby finds that the expenditure of Housing Fund monies in the aggregate sum of Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars ($6,223) from the Project Area to fund the Program will be of benefit to the Project Area.4. The provisions of the Prior Resolutions, except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this Resolution, are hereby ratified and confirmed.5. Based on the above findings and determinations, the Agency hereby confirms and renews for FY 2010-11 the Program, as described in Exhibit "A" hereto, and further directs and authorizes staff to administer the Program as described therein.ADOPTED this 8th day of June, 2010. ATTEST:l.~Mary E. hy, Agency I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Orange Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 8th day June, 2010 by the following vote:AYES: DIRECTORS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau NOES: DIRECTORS: None ABSENT: DIRECTORS: None ABSTAIN: DIRECTORS: None Mary E.