(10)AR 031511 Colton Housing Authority

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RESOLUTION NO. R-28-11 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING A NEED FOR THE COLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, DESIGNATING THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE COLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND DESIGNATING THE FIRST CHAIRPERSON OF THE COLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY WHEREAS, the Housing Authority Law is codified in Health and Safety Code Section 34200, et seq. (the "Law"); and WHEREAS, Section 34240 of the Law provides that in every city there is a public body corporate and politic known as the housing authority of the city; and WHEREAS, Section 34240 of the Law provides that the housing authority shall not transact business or exercise its powers unless the city council of the city adopts a resolution declaring a need for the housing authority to function in the city; and WHEREAS, Section 34242 of the Law permits the adoption of a resolution of the city council declaring the need for a housing authority, if the city council finds either: (i) that unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city; or (ii) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; and WHEREAS, the need for a housing authority to resolve the shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the City and to assist the City in meeting the objectives and polices in its adopted and certified Housing Element is demonstrated by the City's adopted and certified Housing Element; and WHEREAS, Section 34290 of the Law provides that the City Council may declare by resolution that itself and its members shall be the commissioners of the Colton Housing Authority; and WHEREAS, Section 34277 of the Law permits the City Council to designate the first Chairperson of the Colton Housing Authority. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated into and made an operative part of this Resolution. SECTION 2. Findings. There is a need for the Colton Housing Authority to function in the City because of a shortage of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable dwelling accommodations in the City that are available to persons of low income, as demonstrated, in part, in the City's adopted and certified Housing Element. SECTION 3. Formation of Housing Authority. In light of the foregoing findings evidencing a need for the Colton Housing Authority to function in the City, the Colton Housing Authority is hereby authorized and permitted to transact any business and exercise any power conferred on the Colton Housing Authority under the Law or other applicable law. SECTION 4. Commissioners. The members of the City Council are hereby declared to be the