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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt a resolution audwizing the receipt of $23,000 In grant funding from
the St$bs Department of Housing and Community Development.
MEETING DATE: October 18, 2006
PREPAID BY: Community Development Director, Randy Hatch
RECOAWENDED ACTIONS Adopt a resolution authorizing the receipt of $23,000 in grant
funding from the State Department of Housing and Commurity
Development (HCD).
BACK(WOUND WFORMATfON: The City of Lodi has received a Workforce Housing Reward
Program (WFH Program) award from the State Department of
Housing and Community Development in the amount of $23,000. The City applied for the grant as part
of the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 (Proposition 46) which has the goal of
encouraging new housing affordable to low-income households and to reward local governments for
approviAg housing projects affordable to lower income households and the workforce. These monies
may be used for projects that involve the construction, rehabilitation and/or acquisition of capital assets,
and caul assets with an expected life of fifteen (15) years.
Although this is not a competitive grant, staff did need to exercise some creativity in their application
process by identifying dwelling units for rent and for sale that meet the State's affordability thresholds for
low income households. Since the City had not approved any subsidized dwelling units last year, staff
identified market rate affordable units that meet the State defined criteria for affordability. This was done
by using what the State predetermined to be reasonable rent or mortgage for various sized households
and then determining which units fell within that range. Staff was able to identify 12 dwelling units
ranging from one to three bedrooms that fell within the category of either extremely, very low, or low
income housing. Identification of these units resulted in an incentive based reward from the State
Department of Housing and Community Development in the amount of $23,000.
Staff recommends that the Council take action to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to
received grant funds in the amount of $23,000 from the State Department of housing and Community
Development for a Workforce Housing Reward Program award.
FISCALIMPACT: The $33,000 award from State HCD has a positive impact on the City in that the
funds can be used for capital improvements to address impacts to the City generated by new or existing
housing.
APPROVED: �
BlaifXrng, City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-189
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTING
GRANT FINDING ($23,000) FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR A
WORKFORCE HOUSING REWARD PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City applied for and received a Workforce Housing Reward Program grant award
as part of the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 (Proposition 46), which has the
goal of encouraging new housing affordable to low-income households and to reward local governments
for approving housing projects affordable to lower income households and the workforce; and
WHEREAS, these monies may be used for projects that involve the construction, rehabilitation
and/or acquisition of capital assets, and capital assets with expected life of fifteen (15) years; and
WHEREAS, in the application process, staff identified dwelling units for rent and for sale that met
the S'tate's affordability thresholds for low-income households; and
WHEREAS, since the City had not approved any subsidized dwelling units last year, staff
identified market rate affordable units that meet the State defined criteria for affordable, Which was dome
by using what the State predetermined to be reasonable rent or mortgage for a family of various sizes and
then determining which units fell within that range; and
WHEREAS, staff was able to identify 12 dwelling units ranging from one to three bedrooms that
fell within the category of either extremely, very low, or low income housing, Those affordable units
amounted to an incentive -based reward from the State Department of Housing and Community
Development in the amount of $23,000; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to receive the
grant funds from the State Department of Housing and Community Development in the amount of
$23,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby authorize the City
Manager to receive the grard funding in the amount of $23,000 from the State Department of Housing and
Community Development in a form and manner determined by said agency.
Dated: October 18, 2006
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2006-189 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lodi in a regular meeting held October 18, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Beckman, Hansen, Johnson, Mounce, and
Mayor Hitchcock
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
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RANDI JOHL
City Clerk
2006-189