RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION CREATING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SPECIFYING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND MEMBERSHIP THEREOF, AND STANDING RULES FOR ITS GOVERNANCE

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

 

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors has previously created the Community Development Committee (CDC), whose purpose is to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors through the Office of Housing, Human Services Agency, for the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant Funds and Emergency Services Grant Funds; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors has previously created the HOME (Home Investments Partnership Program) Program Review Committee (HPRC), whose purpose is to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors through the Office of Housing, Human Services Agency for the expenditure of HOME funds; and

 

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors has determined it will be most efficient and effective to combine the CDC and the HPRC into one committee, called the Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC), whose purpose is to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors through the Director of the Office of Housing, Human Services Agency, related to the expenditure of all housing and community development funds; and

 

WHEREAS, this board wishes to establish the HCDC and to set forth the standing rules for its governance:

 

    NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows:

 

1. That it is hereby created the Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC), whose purposes are to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, through the Director of the Office of Housing, Human Services Agency, related to the expenditure of all housing and community development funds; to review and provide a forum for public comment on affordable housing and community development needs and priorities related to the development of the Consolidated Plan and related Annual Action Plans, and to formulate recommendations thereon; and to review and provide a forum for public comment on accomplishments and performance as related to said Consolidated Plan and Action Plans;

2. Subject to the categorical membership requirements set forth herein, the members of the HCDC shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The categorical members shall be nominated by their respective agencies, however, the Board of Supervisors retains the discretion to confirm or reject such nominations.

3. Members shall serve terms of four years, which begin on July 1 and end on June 30. Upon the conclusion of a term, a member may be reappointed subject to a maximum of twelve years of full terms. The twelve year limit does not include (a) partial terms to which members may be appointed at the beginning of their service, (b) holdover service caused by delay in appointing a replacement at the end of a member's service, or (c) a member's service on the CDC or the HPRC.

4. "Categorical members" are those who serve by virtue of their specifically designated qualifications.

5. Initially, lots shall be drawn so that terms will be staggered into two, three and four year terms.

6. The membership shall be include a total of fifteen (15) members representing a cross-section of individuals and groups that will ensure a representation of very-low- and low-income residents and members of special-needs groups, and a continuity of involvement of County residents or organizations. The membership shall be composed as follows:

    Members Appointed by the Board of Supervisors

    A. One (1) person residing in the unincorporated area of North Fair Oaks;

    B. One (1) person residing in the unincorporated Coastside;

    C. One (1) person residing in a low-income community, with low-income as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD);

    D. Six (6) Members-at-Large, one of whom shall have experience or expertise in real estate, real estate finance, real estate development or real property operations (to the extent possible, these members should reside in different cities and should reside in cities not represented by the Council of Cities appointees);

 

    Categorical members

    A. Two (2) persons appointed by the Council of Cities to represent the interests of the Urban County cities (to the extent possible, these appointees shall represent cities in which no Members-at-Large reside);

    B. One (1) person appointed by the Commission on Aging;

    C. One (1) person appointed by the Commission on Disabilities;

    D. One (1) person appointed by the Executive Committee of the Homeless Continuum of Care Planning Board;

    E. One (1) person appointed by each Entitlement City in the County HOME Consortium. This member's participation will be directed specifically toward housing development. At the time this resolution is prepared, South San Francisco is the only entitlement city in the Consortium. However, if the number of Entitlement cities participating in the Consortium changes, the overall size of the HCDC may be modified by a later resolution to reflect the actual number of Entitlement Cities participating in the HOME Consortium.

 

7. The HCDC will comply with all standing rules for county boards, commissions and advisory committees that are established by the Board of Supervisors.

8. The HCDC shall be staffed by the Office of the Housing, Human Services Agency.

9. Contemporaneous with the creation of the HCDC, the HPRC and the CDC are dissolved.

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