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HomeMy WebLinkAbout112210_ra01 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~~.. _1<' ~... d-a. :r:+.e,m .------- .~-- - . ----. -- FOR THE WEEK OF: November 22:2010 I. Description - A brief description of the agenda item. Joint Resolution with Clallam County and the City of Port Townsend regarding establishing a Peninsula Housing Authority. II. Issues - A short outline of the major issues or areas that should be given particular attention. The Jefferson County Housing Authority Board has been working with the Clallam County Housing Authority Board to merge the 2 Board's into one agency to serve both counties as a way to manage affordable housing on the OIY!TlPic Peninsula in a more efficient and effective manner. ~ d~ oF- -P;",rl ~~".....p h.&>.s ....(r.,......<j ~;:'I'ro>""'~ 'M.."'- it.....s ",l_ .,.s,,~. III. Action - What is the nature of the action the Board is being asked to take (discussion, approval of a contract, support for a grant, etc.). Review and approve the Resolution as presented to merge these two Housing Authorities-into the Peninsula Housing Authority. IV. You may also want to express the department's position or recommendation. Suggested wording for the motion (a motion to approve/adopt/accept and a motion to deny/remand) would help especially If there are specific items or wording that needs to be covered In tha motion. Recommend approval. II' ~7//0 Date o ~';" RESOLUTION . 2010 RESOLUTION ~.~~ ~~< ~~ O.9!lRTTO~ ~ - RESOLUTION 10-037 ~rnffi~TI ESTABUSHING THE PENINSULA HOUSING AUTHORITY 1. On March 10, 1941, the County of Clallam created the Housing Authority of the County of Oallam as an Independent agent of Oallam County with the power to plan, construct, maintain, operate and manage affordable housing Oallam County. 2. On February 24, 1970, the County of Jefferson created the Housing Authority of Jefferson County as an Independent agent of Jefferson County with the power to plan, construct, maintain, operate and manage affordable housing Jefferson County. 3. In June 2010, the Housing Authority of the Jefferson County and the Housing Authority of the County of Oallam notified the U.S. Department of HousIng and Urban Development of their Intent to merge Into one agency. 4. The City of Port Townsend does not operate a housing authority. It approves this resolution not to operate a housing authority, but to state Its approval of the formation of the Peninsula Housing Authority as a joInt housing authority to succeed to the Housing Authority of the County of Oallam and the Housing Authority of Jefferson County. If the Peninsula Housing Authority formed pursuant to this Resolution Is dissolved, assets and liabilities would be the responsibility of the activated or reactivated Housing Authorities of Jefferson County and Oallam County. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED by the govemlng bodies of Oallam County, Jefferson County, and the aty of Port Townsend: 1. There Is hereby created as an agency of Clallam and Jefferson Counties, an authority known and designated as the uPenlnsula Housing Authority" (herein called the uAuthority"). The Authority shall be successor entfty to the Housing Authority of the County of Clallam and the Housing Authority of Jefferson County. On and after the effective date of this Resolution, all assets, property or other items of value tJtfed to the Housing Authority of the County of Oallam or the Housing Authority of Jefferson County shall be titled to the Peninsula Housing Authority. 2. The Authority Is hereby delegated (a) the power to exercise publiC and essentfal governmental functfons and have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out or effectuate the purposes and provisions of the State of Washington Housing Authorities Law, Sectfon 3S.82 of the Revlsed Code of Washington (ROO). 3. The Authority Is hereby authorized to enter Into public-private partnerships and joint ventures, Indudlng the creation of private non-for-profit organizations, as may be necessary to secure funds and contracts to plan, develop, construct, acquire, maintain, operate and manage affordable housing developments. 4. The govemlng body of the Authority shall be the Board of Housing Commissioners, hereafter referred to as ~e Boardn; established pursuant to the ROO 35.82.300. The Board shall consist of eIght (8) members. The Oallam County Board of Commissioners shall appoint fIVe (5) members who shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners shall appoint three (3) members who shall serve a term of three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. The Board shall have the authority to fix the explratlon date of members' terms within the Authority's Bylaws. After the appolnlment of the Inltlal Board, each member shall serve a flve (5) year term. Members may serve successive terms. Membership on the Board of Housing Authority COmmissioners shall conform to applicable federal and state laws. Oallam COunty shall appoint one member of the Board who Is Directly AssIsted, for a total of one (1) member who Is Directly Assisted. For purposes of this Sectlon, "Directly Assisted" means either being a public housing resident Identlfled as the tenant on a leasei or being a recipient of assistance from the Authority's Housing Choice Voucher Program. If a member appointed as a Directly AssIsted COmmissioner no longer qualifies as a Directly AssIsted person, as defined above, that member shall be removed from the Board, creatlng a vacancy to be filled by appointment of a Directly Assisted person. This removal shall occur only upon a majority vote of the Board. 5. All costs of the Authority shall be the responsibility of the Authority pursuant to federal, state and local law. 6. This resolutlon becomes effectlve following executlon by all partles. ADOPTED this day of 2010 ClALLAM COUN1Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HowardV. Doherty, Jr., Chair Th)\t~~~ $tephen P. lharlnger Michael C. Chapman ATTEST: Trlsh Holden, CMC, Oerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUN1Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Davld Sullivan, Chair Phil Johnson, Member John Austln, Member ATTEST: Lorna Delaney, CMC, Oerk of the Board CllY OF PORT TOWNSEND Michelle Sandoval, Mayor ATTEST: Pamela Kolacy, MMC, aty Oerk