01-17-2012 - Designating the Community Development Commission a - Item 14 Attach 3 (2).docORDINANCE NO. __________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, TO FUNCTION AS THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA HOUSING AUTHORITY AND TRANSFERRING ALL DUTIES, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WEST COVINA HOUSING AUTHORITY TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has established as one of it's primary goals the promotion and enhancement of economic, business, and redevelopment opportunities within the City, and
in furtherance of this goal it is the policy of the City of West Covina to aggressively promote development and redevelopment activities in the areas of affordable housing, community
development and community enhancement, while addressing the spread of blighted areas within the City, and
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has continually promoted the sound development of areas within the City for the general welfare of the inhabitants of the community and creating employment
and affordable housing opportunities for its residents, and
WHEREAS, the West Covina Redevelopment Agency currently owns and may continue to acquire properties that could be developed to enhance the affordable housing opportunities within the
City of West Covina, and
WHEREAS, City Council of the City of West Covina desires to maintain its position as a leader amongst communities of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County in the promotion and
attraction of housing development and redevelopment opportunities, and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Sections 34100, et seq., created Community Development Commissions within all communities in the State of California, and provides that the City Council
may vest the Community Development Commission with all duties, powers, and responsibilities of the members of a housing authority may delegate to said Commission other powers regarding
community development and redevelopment, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission provides an effective and efficient means of identifying, designing, implementing, and managing affordable housing development, community
enhancement, community development and other housing development and redevelopment efforts, goals and objectives including providing for flexibility in identifying future housing developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of West Covina, amends City Council Ordinance No. 2109 previously adopted December 16, 2003 to expand the duties of the Community Development
Commission to include the functions of the West Covina Housing Authority pursuant to the provisions of California Health and Safety Code Sections 34112 and 34115.5.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34115.5, the City Council does hereby declare the need for the Community Development Commission to function with respect to the
powers, duties and obligations of a housing authority and to assume the powers, duties and obligations of the City of West Covina Housing Authority. In making this finding the City
Council takes this action in furtherance of the goals, objectives and policies of enhancing housing development and redevelopment opportunities and in furtherance of the housing needs
and objectives of the City.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds that at the present time the City of West Covina Housing Authority does not have any tenants. However, within one year of the time that the housing
authority has tenants, the City Council shall appoint two additional commissioners to the Community Development Commission in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Section
34120.
SECTION 4. If any part of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, including the application or provision
to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5: The proposed action is considered to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines,
in that the proposed action consists of a transfer of existing governmental functions, and it can be seen with certainty that the proposed action will not have an adverse effect on
the environment
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance by the City Council of the City of West Covina and cause it to be posted in three conspicuous places in the
City of West Covina, and it shall take effect on the thirty-first (31) day after it is approved by the Mayor.
APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS _____ DAY OF ____________, 2012.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
I, LAURIE CARRICO, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. _________ was regularly introduced and placed upon its first
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of ________, 2011. That thereafter said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the _____ day of __________ 2011 by the following vote.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney