RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A COUNTYWIDE SUB-REGION, AN ENTITY THAT WOULD LOCALLY ADMINISTER ABAG’S REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION (RHNA) PROCESS

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

WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is required by State law to administer the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) program in the Bay Area; and

WHEREAS, ABAG has begun preliminary work on developing the program with the objective of completing the program in August of 2008; and

WHEREAS, changes to the Housing Element law in 2004 allow ABAG to delegate administration of the program to local jurisdictions who create sub-regions for the purposes of distributing housing need allocations among the members of the sub-region; and

WHEREAS, a sub-region is defined as two or more cities in a County or any combination of geographically contiguous local governments; and

WHEREAS, seven cities in San Mateo County had adopted resolutions authorizing inclusion in the sub-region by July 20, 2006, and additional cities have adopted similar resolutions since that date; and

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo desires to become part of a sub-region in San Mateo County that would be staffed and facilitated by the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG); and

WHEREAS, each member of a sub-region must adopt a resolution authorizing its inclusion in the sub-region; and

WHEREAS, adopted resolutions must be sent to ABAG by August 31, 2006; and

WHEREAS, ABAG must adopt a resolution approving the sub-region.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of San Mateo agrees to participate in a subregional entity formed under Government Code section 65584.03 with cities in San Mateo County to distribute the total housing allocation assigned by ABAG to the sub-region among the cities and County comprising the sub-region for use in the next housing element that is due in 2009. Adoption of this resolution indicates the Board’s intention to participate in the sub-region process for San Mateo County and to designate the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) as the official representative of the San Mateo County sub-region. The County Manager or his designee is directed to submit this resolution to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for inclusion in the Resolution designating the sub-region.