HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-022 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 11-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA DECLARING THE NEED FOR A
HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE CITY OF TEMECULA AND
ACTIVATING THE TEMECULA HOUSING AUTHORITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBYRESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby
find, determine, and declare that:
A. The Housing Authority Law is codified in California Health and Safety
Code Sections 34200 et seq. (the "Law");
B. Section 34240 of the Law provides in every city, including the City of
Temecula, there is a public body, corporate and politic, known as the housing authority
of the city;
C. Section 34240 of the Law additionally provides the authority shall not
transact any business or exercise its powers unless the city council, as the governing
body of the city in which the authority is located, declares by resolution a need for the
housing authority to function within the city;
D. Section 34242 of the Law provides the governing body may adopt a
resolution declaring the need for a housing authority if it finds either that (1) insanitary or
unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city, or (2) there is a shortage of
safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city available to persons of low
. income at rentals they can afford;
E. Section 34290 of the Law provides the city council may declare itself to be
the commissioners of the authority; and
F. Section 34277 of the Law provides the mayor of the city shall designate
� the interim chairman from among the commissioners, and thereafter the authority shall
select his or her successor among its commissioners.
Section 2. Findings Concerninq Housinq Need. The City Council of the City of
Temecula hereby finds, determines, and declares that there exist in the City of
Temecula insanitary and unsafe inhabited dwelling conditions and a shortage of decent,
safe, sanitary, and affordable dwelling accommodations in the City that are available to
persons of low income.
Section 3. Authorization of Housing Authority. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that there is a need for a housing authority to function in the
City, and the Temecula Housing Authority hereby is permitted to transact any business
and exercise any power conferred upon it by provisions of the Law.
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Section 4. Legal Name of the Housinq Authority. The legal name of the
Authority shall be the "Temecula Housing Authority, a public body corporate and politic."
Section 5. Boundaries. The jurisdictional boundaries of the Authority are
concurrent with those of the City of Temecula.
Section 6. Members of the City Council to Serve as Housing Authority
Commissioners. The City Council finds that appointing the members of the City Council
as commissioners of the Authority will serve the public interest and promote public
safety and welfare in an effective and efficient manner. Therefore, pursuant to Section
34290 of the Law, the City Council declares itself to be the commissioners of the
Authority ("Commissioners"), and all the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and
immunities vested by the Law in the commissioners of the Authority shall be vested in
the Commissioners.
Section 7. Designation of Interim Chairman. The Mayor of the City shall serve
as the interim Chairman of the Authority until a permanent Chairman is selected.
Section 8. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 22" day of February, 2011.
on Roberts, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan . Jo es, MMC
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 11-22 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 22 day of February, 2011, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar,
Washington, Roberts
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Susan W. Jones, MMC
City Clerk
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