HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2024-089 - Authorizing Application to and Participation n the Prohousing Designation ProgramI I I I 1 0 1 0 9 1 1
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WHEREAS, Government Code section 65589.9 established the Prohousing Designation Program
("PDP" or "Program"), which creates incentives for jurisdictions that are compliant with state
housing element requirements and that have enacted Prohousing local policies; and
WHEREAS, such jurisdictions will be designated Prohousing and, as such, will receive additional
points or other preference during the scoring of their competitive applications for specified housing
and infrastructure funding; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development ("Department") has
adopted emergency regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 25, § 6600 et seq.) to implement the Program
("Program Regulations"), as authorized by Government Code section 65589.9, subdivision (d);
and
WHEREAS, the CITY OF REDDING ("Applicant") desires to submit an application for a
Prohousing Designation ("Application");
1. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to submit an Application to the Department.
2. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it is currently in compliance with applicable
state housing law.
3. Applicant acknowledges and confirms that it will continue to comply with applicable
housing laws and to refrain from enacting laws, developing policies, or taking other local
governmental actions that may or do inhibit or constrain housing production. Examples of
such local laws, policies, and actions include moratoriums on development; local voter
approval requirements related to housing production; downzoning; and unduly restrictive
or onerous zoning regulations, development standards, or permit procedures. Applicant
further acknowledges and confirms that the Prohousing Policies in its Application comply
with its duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing pursuant to Government Code sections
8899.50 and 65583. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms that its general plan is
in alignment with an adopted sustainable communities' strategy pursuant to Public
Resources Code sections 21155- 21155.4. Applicant further acknowledges and confirms
that its policies for the treatment of homeless encampments on public property comply and
will continue to comply with the Constitution and that it has enacted best practices in its
jurisdiction that are consistent with the United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness' "7 Principles for Addressing Encampments" (June 17, 2022, update).
4. If the Application is approved, Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to enter into,
execute, and deliver all documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to
participate in the Program, and all amendments thereto (the "Program Documents").
5. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the Application, the terms
and conditions specified in the Program Documents, the Program Regulations, and any and
all other applicable law.
6. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute and deliver the Application and
the Program Documents on behalf of the Applicant for participation in the Program.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 5th day of November, 2024, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Johnson, Mezzano, Munns, and Audette
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Winter
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
T(FrWSSA AUDETTE, Mayor
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HARLENE TIPTON, -City Clerk
The undersigned, Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk of the City of Redding, does hereby attest and certify
that the foregoing is a true and full copy of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redding,
Applicant's governing body, adopted at a duly convened meeting on the date above-mentioned,
and that the resolution has not been altered, amended, or repealed.
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SIGNATURE: DATE:
NAME: Sharlene Tipton TITLE: City Clerk