HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 7305 2022-06-13 RESOLUTION 7305
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ENTERING INTO THE JOINT
EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT TO BECOME A
MEMBER OF THE ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE
TRUST
WHEREAS, homelessness in the Orange County region has increased over time; and
WHEREAS, homelessness locally is a result of various causes that can include a lack of
affordable and supportive housing units, the high cost of workforce housing, a shortage
of jobs that result in wages that pay for local rents, mental illness and substance use, the
high cost of land and housing development, and more; and
WHEREAS, as homelessness increases, it causes crises that can be humanitarian and
financial and has community safety impacts, as Orange County residents and others
without adequate shelter reside in and on communities' public facilities, including streets,
parks, sidewalks, transit centers, riverbeds and storm channels, restrooms, libraries, and
more; and
WHEREAS, the costs of homelessness on our community resources and facilities
countywide were estimated in a 2017 study done by United Way of Orange County and
the University of California, Irvine, to be in the range of $300 million per year (based on
2014-15 dollars), and likely growing; and
WHEREAS, families, children, the aged, our veterans, and persons with mental illness
and other disabilities are all subject to homelessness depending on their individual
circumstances, and all are worthy of our community's respect and care; and
WHEREAS, the provision of adequate housing for persons formerly homeless can include
a range of housing types, from emergency and bridge shelters to transitional housing to
rapid rehousing to supportive housing to affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, in Orange County, there appears to be a shortfall of beds and units in each
housing category, making the goal of ending homelessness in our region extremely
difficult to attain without adding more housing units; and
WHEREAS, the concept of adding to the supply of supportive housing - supportive
housing meaning where a person who may have formerly been homeless is able to
secure and maintain his or her housing provided that services are provided to the
individual to help them stay successfully in housing - is deemed to be beneficial to solving
especially the needs of the chronically homeless; and ,
WHEREAS, in 2018, Orange County leaders worked to develop and secure legislation
that created a joint powers mechanism that would share the power of securing funding
for various types of housing that can address our homelessness crisis, with a focus on
developing more supportive housing units; and
WHEREAS, this legislation (AB 448) allowed for the creation of the Orange County
Housing Finance Trust (Trust), a Trust established to secure both public and private
dollars and to ensure that Orange County as a region attains its share of State resources
approved by California residents and the California Legislature to address housing and
homelessness via the provision of more housing units, especially supportive housing; and
WHEREAS, to join the Trust, cities in Orange County and the County of Orange may
execute a Joint Powers Agreement that makes them a member of the Trust and describes
the roles and responsibilities of the Trust, as well as its Governance structure; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach desires to join the Orange County Housing Trust by
authorizing the Mayor of Seal Beach to execute the Joint Powers Agreement that is
attached hereto as an exhibit.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, California, does resolve,
declare, determine and order as follows:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby authorizes the City's
membership in the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, as described by the attached
Joint Powers Agreement (Exhibit 1).
Section 2: The City Council of the City of Seal Beach hereby encourages the Trust
Governing Board to use every effort to minimize and offset the Trust's administrative
costs, including by using contracted staff, partnerships with other like-minded entities for
an office site or other administration functions, and by actively seeking bond or other non-
General Fund sources to offset these administrative costs.
Section 3: The City Council of the City of Seal Beach authorizes Mayor Joseph Kalmick
to execute the Joint Powers Agreement on the City's behalf.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular
meeting held on the 13th day of June, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members: Kalmick, Massa-Lavitt, Moore, Sustarsic, Varipapa
NOES: Council Members
ABSENT: Council Members
ABSTAIN: Council Members
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I, Dana Engstrom, Acting City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution 7305 on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on
the 13th day of June, 2022.
Dana Engstrom, Acting City Clerk
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