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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-04-22; Housing Commission; MinutesMinutes of: HOUSING COMMISSION Time of Meeting: 6:OO P.M. Date of Meeting: APRIL 22,1999 Place of Meeting: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER: Debbie Fountain called the Special Meeting to order at 6: 15 p.m. and introduced Jim McNeill, the new Housing Commissioner. She stated that the City Council would appoint a fifth member soon. ROLL CALL: Present: Commissioners Latas, McNeill, and Rose Absent: Commissioner Scarpelli Staff Present: Debbie Fountain, Housing and Redevelopment Director Craig Ruiz, Management Analyst Roberta “Bobbie” Nunn, Housing Program Manager Dennis Turner, Principal Planner Mike Grim, Planning Department APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Due to the number of Commissioners present, the approval of the minutes will be carried over to the next meeting. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA: There were no comments from the audience. NEW BUSINESS: 1. REVISED SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN - RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF SUBMITTAL OF THE REVISED SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. Bobbi Nunn reviewed the background of the request and stated that the purpose of the administrative plan is to establish program policies in compliance with HUD regulations and requirements. It allows housing agencies to establish discretionary policies that meet local objectives; it provides for consistent and effective administration of the program; it establishes procedures and guidance for housing agency staff; and most importantly, it ensures program integrity and minimizes arbitrary practices. Plan Format: The Carlsbad Housing Department utilizes a model administrative plan developed by a nationally accepted consulting firm. The model plan incorporates HUD requirements and advisable guidance or procedure. Text that is in bold format represents housing agencies’ local policies. The mandatory provisions addressed are the treatment of income changes resulting from reduced CalWorks benefits due to fraud or failure to comply with work requirements or denial or termination of program benefits for individuals convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine. Income Targeting Reauirements: A new law requires that 75 percent of new admissions must be at or below 30 percent of the annual median income, the permanent repeal of federal preferences and HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, 1999 Page 2 authorization for local preferences, and the exemption from the minimum rent requirement of $50 for hardship circumstances. The proposed discretionary policies that are recommended to be changed or more clearly defined are the admissions policies. Staff is recommending deleting the federal preference requirement. The local preference policy is that the City establish equal preference for the elderly, persons with disabilities, and families; that the City gives preferences to applicants who have income at or below 30 percent of the area median income or extremely low income families; and that the City deletes the higher-ranking preference for mobile home residents. Staff has clarified the residency preference, which includes applicants who either live or work in Carlsbad. Applicants must live in Carlsbad a minimum of 90 days prior to being pulled from the waiting list and work an average of 20 hours per week in the City. The minimum hour requirement may be waived to accommodate a person with disabilities. The Interim Recertification policy now defines when an interim redetermination of tenant rent will be calculated and the minimum rent requirement proposes that the City increase the minimum tenant rent requirement from $25 to $50. Ms. Nunn asked if there were any questions of Staff. Commissioner Latas asked about clarification of mobile home preference. Ms. Nunn stated that the City used to give a higher-ranking preference to mobile home owners. These folks would receive extra points, which would put them higher on the waiting list, she said. The way the admissions policy is structured now is fairer because everyone is given the same preference when they are at or below 30 percent of the median income. This system is based more on date and time of the application versus a point system. Ms. Fountain mentioned that the plan is fairly thick with a lot of boilerplate information that the federal government requires be in the plan with a lot of information the City has no control over. Ms. Nunn’s presentation went over some of the discretionary areas where the City can make decisions. Most of the discretionary information is in boldface print in the report the Commissioners received. The rest of the information is boilerplate information that the City has little control over. Ms. Fountain added that Staff is hoping to get a recommendation from the Commission to move the document forward to the City Council. Staff is looking for comments from the Housing Commission about the document and its policy decisions or anything of concern contained within the document. The document needs to go to the City Council for final approval, then it would be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Commissioner McNeill asked for clarification about qualifying for the program by living in Carlsbad for 90 days. Ms. Nunn responded that there is a residency preference, which is not unusual. She added that all five housing authorities in San Diego County have their own residency preference to help residents in their own jurisdiction. She added that in the past there had been no clear criteria set up that established what a resident was. HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, 1999 Page 3 Ms. Nunn added that Staff would always assist people who qualify for the residency preference prior to assisting someone else. If someone applied from Vista, they would get the date and time of their application. If they eventually moved to Carlsbad or started working in Carlsbad, they would then be eligible for the residency preference and their name would go up on the waiting list accordingly. ACTION: VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ACTION: VOTE: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: Motion by Commissioner Rose, and duly seconded, that the Housing Commission ADOPT Resolution No. 99-002, RECOMMENDING that the Housing and Redevelopment Commission APPROVE submittal of the revised Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Administrative Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2-0- 1 McNeill, Rose None Latas Commissioner Latas stated that he abstained because he did not have time to read the document. Motion by Commissioner Latas, and duly seconded, to table Resolution No. 99-002 until the next meeting of the Housing Commission. Latas, Neill, Rose None None 3-0-0 2. 1999 DRAFT UPDATE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ELEMENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY PLAN - STAFF RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL TO SUBMIT DRAFT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR INITIAL REVIEW. Debbie Fountain explained that Staff is bringing this document to the Commission to get a recommendation to submit this document to the Housing and Community Development Department for the State. On the eighth there was public comment on the report, and Staff wanted to get a consensus on the Commission’s opinion on any concerns or suggestions for changes in the document before it is submitted to HCD. Ms. Fountain commented that Staff will be looking at comments received from the public and any comments received from the Housing Commission in an internal staff meeting during Friday afternoon, April 23, 1999, with the Housing Policy Team. The Team will be taking a look at all the comments so far and decide whether it is necessary to make any substantial changes to the document before it is submitted to the State. Ms. Fountain stated that this document will be back before the Housing Commission again, so this is not the last chance for comments by the Commission. Staff wants to make sure that the Housing HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, 1999 Page 4 Commission does not have any major objections to the information that has been provided before it gets submitted to the State for their preliminary review. Ms. Fountain said that Dennis Turner and Mike Grim from the Planning Department were present to answer questions and to take comments. She added that the Policy Team would take the information and decide if there are any changes to be made to the document before submittal to the State. She said Staff anticipates that they will get comments from the State that would be reviewed before going through a formal public hearing process before the Housing Commission, Planning Commission, then the City Council before it is resubmitted to the State. Ms. Fountain explained that this special meeting was called because of the tight schedule the City is trying to follow to get the document into the State to start the review process to show them the City is making a good effort to get the Housing Element adopted. Ms. Fountain opened the item for discussion and said that Staff is available to answer questions. She said that a lot of the document is basic background and information, and the key parts of the document are where the policies, programs, and objectives are. If there is something, as a program, Staff has missed in the Housing Element; or if the Housing Commission has any comments of priorities or program, Staff would like to hear those comments. There will not be a major revision of the document at this point, but Staff would like to hear about suggestions and comments for a program that may not be addressed or not addressed well enough. Commissioner McNeill commented about the acquisition and rehabilitation issue in Objective 1.6. He said he has a problem with the City getting into the real estate market. He said that one of the other objectives is for the City to acquire land and land bank it, which he thinks is a good concept. Commissioner McNeill disagrees with the idea of the City acquiring rental properties, rehabbing them, and then putting them back on the market for rent. Ms. Fountain explained that Staff is proposing to target some of the very low income groups at the 30- or 40-percent of median income by taking existing units that may or may not need a lot of rehab, get them rehabbed, and then rent restrict the projects. She added that the City is not looking to be in the business of owning and operating public housing or rental units. She said that generally what would need to happen is the City would have to heavily subsidize those projects. If a private property owner came in and they would be willing to rent restrict the units to 30 percent of median income, the City would have to write them a substantial check. What Staff is proposing is leaving the options open for the City to purchase property and sell it at a subsidized amount to a non-profit organization with an agreement that the units would be rent restricted for 55 years. In no case would it be a situation where the City would be gaining a profit by buying and selling property. The thought was that in some cases, so the City would not lose a project, the City may need to purchase the property and then sell it to a non profit after the non profit has their hnding. Sometimes it takes a non-profit several months to get the financing together; and in that time, one could lose the opportunity to buy a piece of property. This is leaving the options open that either the City could purchase the property, or a private non-profit or a for-profit developer could buy it and work with the City to get rehab money. Ms. Fountain said they may buy land and buildings. In the land banking, the City would buy the land and then the City would do an RFP or something to get the land out into the private community. HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, 1999 Page 5 Commissioner Latas said that he made some written comments to the Planning Commission. He said he would like to see some more definitive language in the document about how housing for the very low income and extremely low income will be facilitated. He said these groups are specifically mentioned in the re-certification process; so it would be in the City’s best interest to include language about these groups in this document. Commissioner Latas asked Staff to look at Sections 3.5 and 3.6, and said that Section 3.6 mentions that the City builds inclusionary housing based on 15 percent of the Master Plan. The inclusionary units are usually built at 80 percent of the median income. Instead of doing this, Commissioner Latas suggests building the units on a percentage basis like the Goals in Section 3.5 with a 40/20/20 percentage. He would like to see a percentage of those throughout any inclusionary building by the City. He thinks if the City builds one extremely low building, the City will have to subsidize more money than if the City builds a building that has the income levels disbursed. The City would not have to subsidize so heavily if the income levels were 80/50/30 as opposed to a building that is straight 30 percent, he said. Dennis Turner, Planning Department, responded to Commissioner Latas and asked if he was calling for a change to the Ordinance in addition to changes to the language in the Element. He said that the City is working on some possible changes to the Inclusionary Ordinance. How the City is going to deal with the self-certification goals and objectives is part of an on-going discussion the City is having. This may be a direction the City might go in, he said. Commissioner Latas was not sure it is specified where the City should normally build 80 percent of the median income. Dennis responded that some projects have gone quite a bit deeper than 80 percent. Ms. Fountain responded that the basic requirement is 15 percent at 80 percent of median, but in many cases, the City has had projects funded by other funding sources, like the tax credits, taking them down to 50 or 60 percent. Ms. Fountain asked whether Commissioner Latas is asking to change the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to require this. She said Staff is looking at changes to the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance that would give people more credit. If, for example, somebody got down to the 30 percent (very low), they might not have to provide 15 percent-they may only have to provide 10 percent if they got down to that. Staff has been looking at ways to give credit for doing more of the types of units that Staff would consider desirable-larger bedrooms, etc. Commissioner Latas gave a copy of his written comments to Ms. Fountain. Ms. Fountain would like the Housing Commission as a group to make recommendations as a consensus on the document. She said she would take forward Commissioner Latas’ comments. Commissioner Latas commented that all the Master Plans have open space requirements. He said the problem from the animal world point of view is that when you make these small little pockets of land open space, they are not contiguous and they do not provide a real habitat for the coyotes, the rabbits, and the endangered species that love our chaparral. If the developer was allowed to over- build, they could pay a fee that could be put into an endangered-species land fund-a buying fund to buy some of the sensitive land in Carlsbad. He suggested other new projects could pay an in-lieu fee to over-develop and thereby give the City money to buy sensitive land to keep with the County’s Endangered Species Act. HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, I999 Page 6 Ms. Fountain responded that his is not an affordable housing issue, so it would not go in this document. She shared with the Commission that the City is working on a Habitat Management Plan. She added that this issue is coming up for review by the City and encouraged Commissioner Latas to discuss his concerns and suggestions with one of the Council members. Mike Grim of Planning responded that Commissioner Latas was going off of Goal 5, which is part of resource conservation--water and energy conservation. He thinks Commissioner Latas is following up on comments he made at the workshop whereby habitat itself is a resource to conserve, and we should have the Housing Element at least address the linkage between the existing habitat preservation programs, possibly in the Open Space Element to somehow tie the two together to show a relationship between housing and open space. Ms. Fountain commented that there has to be a tie to affordable housing. Mr. Grim said that affordable housing is just one of the many goals of the Housing Element. Another is resource conservation. Mr. Turner stated that since the City has quite a large policy package dealing with open space, including an Open Space Element, which is one of the other elements of the General Plan, the Housing Element being one of eight or nine elements. Part of the Growth Management Program addresses the requirement of developers to provide open space as one of the growth management facilities that they have to provide. He added that 15 percent of the otherwise developable area in a development must be provided as open space in any development. He added that there is a Habitat Management Program that is nearing adoption. If this is an area that the Commission wants to have more information about, it may be appropriate to have a briefing on the larger subject to inform the Commissioners of the nuances of open space; then Staff could explore what types of additional programs could tie housing together. Under State law, all the elements of the General Plan-the Land Use Element, the Noise Element, etc.-are supposed to be internally consistent. To the degree the City has an Open Space Element and there might be linkages or ties to housing programs, there should be consistency between them, he said. Commissioner Latas responded that Goal 5 says nothing about housing and land use, and it seems inappropriate. Mr. Turner said that before Staff starts articulating programs to do the linkage, maybe the Commission should know about what else is in the General Plan under growth management and use it for a knowledge springboard to articulate a policy or program. Mr. Grim said that on page 11 of the Element is the City’s discussion on how it relates to other General Plan elements. Obviously, since housing is a land use, one of the most closely tied elements is the Land Use Element. Page 1 1 is grouping all of the goals and objectives of the Land Use Element into five themes. The first is preservation-to preserve the neighborhood atmosphere, retain the identity of existing neighborhoods; but also maximize open space and ensure slow preservation. Mr. Turner added that one of the other elements of the General Plan is the Conservation Element. He said that language could be added to better cross-reference these parts of the General Plan. He said that the Planning Department could come back and better educate the Commission about what some of the other elements do and don’t do, and their inter-linkages with the Housing Element. HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, I999 Page 7 Mr. Turner commented that the Commissioners could be provided with a copy of the General Plan. Ms. Fountain asked if the Commissioners had any other questions or comments about the document. Mr. Turner wanted to reemphasize that this document is a very preliminary draft. He said he is quite sure the City will get feedback from the State about the document and will have to make some changes. He added that they will come back to the Housing Commission and will take great pains to make sure the Commission is clear to what changes have come and from whom and why and how the City is going to react to those comments. Commissioner Rose asked if the State dictates the changes. Mr. Turner responded that based upon what happened with the last element in 1991, the State’s comments could range from general philosophical disagreement where they would say, “We would like to see more of something”; or, they could come back and with very detailed word-smithing changes that they might want to see. The State will give the City letters of comments. Last time those letters of comments ran 15 to 18 pages of detailed point-by-point comments on every page of the Element. The City tried to respond as best as possible. There were many, many phone calls with Staff trying to make sure that everybody understood the meaning of the comments. There were a lot of comments about inclusionary and about density, and a lot of comments about programs the State thought the City hadn’t implemented. Finally, after a lot of back and forth exchange, an Element was drafted, and the State said they would give the City conditional certification of the Element if the City followed through and wrote some of the Ordinances called for-like inclusionary, like density bonus, and second dwelling units. So it took another year of continuing back and forth and finally drafting an Element before the City got full certification. It is uncertain what could happen-it could be substantive, it could be very detailed, they may like the programs, or they could come back and give a lot of feedback to do a lot of different things. Mr. Turner mentioned that they did not have the final regional numbers (estimate of need for the four income groups). It would be the City’s intent to submit the preliminary draft element without those numbers, he said. The State staff has told the City that they would review the Element without dealing with the regional share numbers, but the State cannot complete the review and give final comments until they have these numbers. It looks like it will be at least a couple of months before there are a set of numbers and a period to review those numbers before they come final. This likely means that our Element will go through two stages of review at the State: the technical data and background information and then the policy section which will be based on those regional share numbers. Ms. Fountain asked if there were any other comments about the draft element. She added that this element is very similar to the Housing Element that the City had before in terms of programs and projects. ACTION: Motion by Commissioner Rose, and duly seconded, that the Housing Commission provide formal comments on the 1999 Draft Housing Element and, by minute motion, support submission of the Draft Element to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department for initial review and comment. HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, 1999 Page 8 VOTE: 3-0-0 AYES: Latas, McNeill, Rose NOES: None ABSTAIN: None DIRECTOR REPORT: Ms. Fountain said that Laurel Tree has pulled its building permits. The Rancho Canillo 116-unit apartment project is under construction and is moving forward rather quickly. They are moving along with their first-time homebuyer project, which will be the condos. This project is going to the City Council for approval the middle of May. Cherry Tree Walk, a 42-unit town home project, has contracts for purchase of all of those units to be occupied in June. The Poinsettia Properties got its bond allocation and will be going for approval to issue the bonds in May. There was discussion about market-rate projects under construction near the Laurel Tree project and Poinsettia Properties. There was discussion about the possible extension of Aviara Parkway; of Canyon Road; and of Melrose. It was suggested that somebody from TrafficBngineering give the Commission a summary of what is going on in the City. Mr. Turner mentioned that four times a year the City has Council meetings that focus on different quadrants of the City. During each of those presentations, the Council sits in the audience and listens to the Staff talk about all the development that is going on-the major stuff in the whole City and the smaller stuff that focuses on each quadrant. One of the standard presentations is fiom the Engineering Department on all the traffic improvements and activities that are going on in that particular quadrant. The next quadrant meeting will be on May 25, and it will be on the southwest quadrant. This meeting can also be viewed on television. There is a presentation on all the development projects going on. There is a review of the Growth Management Program. Mr. Turner said the meeting is basically a little “State of the City” address. There was discussion about how roads go in with different phases of the Master Plan development and of habitat issues. ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion, the Special meeting of April 22, 1999, was adjourned at 7: 15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, - DEBBIE FOUNTAIN HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 22, I999 Page 9 Housing and Redevelopment Director KATHY VAN PELT Minutes Clerk MINUTES ARE ALSO TAPED AND KEPT ON FILE UNTIL THE WRITTEN MINUTES ARE APPROVED. Q A REPORT To TkE HousiNc, CoMMissioN A STAR: RobERTA HowiNc, PR~RAM MAM~EF ITEM NO. 1 DATE: APRIL 22, 1999 SUBJECT: REVISED SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN 1. RECOMMENDATION That the Housing Commission ADOPT Resolution No. 99-002, RECOMMENDING that the Housing and Redevelopment Commission APPROVE submittal of the revised Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Administrative Plan to the US. Department of Housing and Urban Development. II. BACKGROUND The Housing and Redevelopment Department (“Housing Agency”) administers the Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program for the City of Carlsbad. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the Housing Agency (HA) to submit an Administrative Plan that establishes program policies which are consistent with HUD requirements and local objectives. HUD further requires that the Administrative Plan be revised to comply with changes in the federal regulations. Any revisions of the Administrative Plan must be adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Agency and a copy must be provided to HUD. In accordance with the Conforming Rule, the administrative plan must cover HA policies on the following subjects: 1. Process used by the HA to select applicants from the waiting list, including applicants with federal and other preferences, and procedures for closing and reopening the HA waiting list; 2. Issuance or denial of vouchers or certificates, including HA policy governing the voucher or certificate term and any extensions or suspensions of the term; 3. Any special rules for use of available funds when HUD provides funding to the HA for a special purpose, including funding for specified families or a specified category of families; L ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS APRIL 22,1999 PAGE 2 4. Occupancy policies, including: 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. IO. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 111. a. Definition of what group of persons may qualify as a '"family"; b. Definition of when a family is considered to be "continuously assisted"; Program for encouraging participation by property owners of suitable units located outside areas of low income or minority concentration; Assistance to a family that claims that illegal discrimination has prevented the family from leasing a suitable unit; Statement of the HA policy on providing information about a family to prospective owners; Disapproval of owners; Subsidy standards; Family absence from the dwelling unit; Process to determine who remains in the program if a family breaks up; Informal review procedures for applicants; Informal hearing procedures for participants; Process for establishing and revising voucher payment standards, including affordability adjustments; Special policies concerning special housing types in the program; and Policies concerning payment by a family to the HA of amounts the family owes the HA. DISCUSSION On October 21, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the HUD fiscal year (FY) 1999 Appropriations Act, which includes the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA). The FY I999 HUD Appropriations Act and the QHWRA enact measures that transform the Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Programs. On February 18, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal Register to provide initial guidance on the QHWRA. The purpose of the notice was to advise HAS of certain assisted - ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR SE 3N 8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 3CRAMS APRIL 22, 1999 PAGE 3 housing provisions that are effective immediately and to provide guidance on what action needs to be taken in the future and which actions require policy determinations. The required new provisions that have been addressed in the City’s revised Administrative Plan are: 1. Determination of program ineligibility for individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing methamphetamine (commonly referred to as “speed”) for certain housing assistance. 2. Establishment of certain exceptions to the minimum rent requirement for hardship circumstances. 3. Treatment of income changes resulting from reduced welfare (CALWorks) benefits because of fraud or failure to comply with work requirements. 4. New income targeting requirements which state that not less than 75% of new admissions to the program must have incomes at or below 30% of the area median income. 5. Permanent repeal of federal preferences and authorization for local preferences. In addition to the statutory requirements which must be included in all Administrative Plans, there are discretionary policies that may be included within the Plan as well. Discretionary policies that were changed or more clearly defined in the City’s Plan are as follows: IV. Admissions Policy Local Preferences Policy Residency Preference Over Fair Market Rent Tenancy Option (OFTO) Policy, Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities Income Reporting Responsibilities Interim Recertification Policy Minimum Rent Requirement RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Housing Commission adopt Resolution No. 99-002, recommending that the Housing and Redevelopment Commission approve submittal of the revised Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Administrative Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. EXHIBITS 1. 2. Housing Commission Resolution No. 99-002 Administrative Plan for Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Programs (Revised March 7999) I 1 c L C * E - 1 E 9 io 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HOUSING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 99-002 A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Commission ("Housing Agency") SUBMITTAL OF THE REVISED SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED administers the Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) .quires a Housing Agency to develop an Administrative P Ian that establishes program iolicies for implementation that are consistent with HUD requirements and local Ibjectives; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urther requires that the Administrative Plan be revised to comply with changes in federal egulations; and WHEREAS, federal regulations provide that the Administrative Plan and any evisions of the plan must be adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing igency and submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Housing Commission of ?e City of Carlsbad, California as follows: 1. The above recitations are true and correct. 2. That based on the information provided within the Housing Commission Staff Report and testimony presented during the public meeting of the Housing Commission on April 22, 1999, the Housing Commission ADOPTS Resolution No. 99-002, recommending to the Housing and Redevelopment Commission APPROVAL of submittal of the Revised Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Administrative Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. I L < L C b E 7 e 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 3. The Housing Commission hereby recommends that the Housing and Redevelopment Director be authorized to execute all appropriate documents required for the submittal of said Administrative Plan. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the Housing :ommission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 22nd day of April, 1999, by the Dllowing vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: CARLSBAD HOUSING COMMISSION IEBBIE FOUNTAIN IOUSING AND REDMLOPMENT DIRECTOR 2 Eso. No. 99-002 KE 2 STAff: CRAiq Ruiz MANA~EMENT ANA~YST ITEM NO. 2 DATE: APRIL 22,1999 SUBJECT: 1999 DRAU HOUSING ELEMENT I. RECOMMENDATION That the Housing Commission provide formal comments on the 1999 Draft Housing Element and, by minute motion, support submission of the Draft Element to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department for initial review and comment. 11. DISCUSSION On April 8, 1999, a public workshop was hosted by the Housing Commission to solicit comments on the City of Carlsbad’s Draft Housing Element. At this he, staff is requesting formal comments from the Commission on the Draft Element. In addition, staff is requesting that the Commission support submission of the draft document to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) for their initial review and comment. It is important to note that the above recommended actions will not be the final opportunity for the public or Housing Commission to provide input into adoption of the City’s Housing Element. Once the City receives preliminary comments from HCD, staff will revise the document accordingly. The revised document will then be presented to the Housing Cornmission, Planning Commission and City Council as a public hearing item for review and approval. The approved Housing Element will then be submitted to HCD again for final certification. 111. EXHIBITS 1. 1999 Draft Housing Element (SubMi-rrEd pREVi0Udy UNdER SEPARATE COVER)