RES-ORA-0500 Mobile Home Park Rental Assistance Program RenewalRESOLUTION NO. ORA-
0500 A RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONFIRMING 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 2009-10 AND
MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH.WHEREAS, California Health and Safety CodeSection 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-
01B 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-Ol17 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
June 21, 1988 for the Northwest Redevelopment Project Area; the Agency and the City
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-04l2 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,
and Resolution No. ORA-0490 adopted on July 8, 2008 the
Agency approved the continuation of 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 2009-10; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to confirm and
renew the Program for FY 2009-10,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)
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 Very Low Income mobile home
residents, all within the meaning of Section 33334.2 of the California Health and Safety
Code.
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 Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($5,560) from the Project Area to
fund the Program will be of benefit to the Project Area.
4. The provisions ofthe 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 2009-10 the Program, as described in Exhibit "A" hereto, and
further directs and authorizes staff to administer the Program as described
therein.ADOPTED this 23rd day of June,
2009.
ATTEST:
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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 23rd day of June,
2009 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: None
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