HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2001 1835 2001 0418RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -1835
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MOBILEHOME
TENANTS
WHEREAS, the Moorpark Municipal Code provides that the City
Council may establish by resolution a Hardship Assistance
Program for providing hardship financial assistance to tenants
of mobilehome parks located with the city; and
WHEREAS, such Resolution is to establish procedures for
receipt and review of applications for such program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish such
assistance program.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
- SECTION 1. A Hardship Assistance Program is hereby
established for tenants of mobilehome parks located within the
City of Moorpark, where such parks do not have an established
hardship assistance program as part of an agreement with the
City of Moorpark or the Moorpark Redevelopment Agency.
SECTION 2. Tenants shall make applications for the
assistance program on forms provided by the City. Said
application shall include information regarding current income
and housing expenses as shall be necessary for the City to
determine that the Tenants meet Section 8 Housing income
requirements. The application shall require copies of income
tax forms, utility bills, rent and mortgage payments, and such
other information deemed necessary by City staff to determine
eligibility.
SECTION 3. All applications shall be submitted to the City
no later than forty -five (45) calendar days prior to the
effective date of the rent increase.
SECTION 4. City staff shall review all materials
presented, and may require additional information to be
provided, to make a determination of eligibility using Section 8
standards.
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SECTION 5. No later than twenty -five (25) days prior to
the effective date of the rent increase, the City Manager may
grant hardship assistance to tenants who, based on information
provided under Sections 2 and 4 herein, will expend thirty
percent (30 %) or more of their gross income on housing costs.
The City Manager shall at the same time establish the amount of
the assistance to be provided.
SECTION 6. No later than twenty (20) days prior to the
effective date of the rent increase, the City Council's Budget
and Finance Committee shall meet with each other applicant not
subject to Section 5 who will expend less than thirty percent
(30 %) on housing costs. At said meeting the Committee shall
make a determination as to whether hardship assistance shall be
granted and the amount of such assistance.
SECTION 7. The City shall notify the mobilehome park owner
of the tenants that will receive the hardship assistance and the
amount of assistance for each tenant within five (5) days of the
decision.
SECTION 8. The Finance Department shall be responsible for
making the required assistance payments to the mobilehome owner
on a monthly basis.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be
filed in the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenste t, City Clerk
day of ApriX 2001.
rick HunVer, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) Ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of
Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing Resolution No. 2001 -1835 was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the
18th day of April, 2001, and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Mikos, Wozniak and
Mayor Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Millhouse
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 8th
day of May, 2001.
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
(seal)