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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-2001-0001 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO 01-2001 Series of 2001 TITLE. A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NEED FOR AND ESTABLISHING A HOUSING AUTHORITY TO FUNCTION IN THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO WHEREAS, a petition of more than twenty-five (25) residents has been filed with the City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge, setting forth that there is a need for a housing authority and no similar petition has been denied by the City Council within three months of the date of the filing of the aforesaid petition, and WHEREAS, a public hearing was conducted on January 22, 2001, upon due notice given pursuant to The Housing Authorities Law of the State of Colorado (C R.S ~ 29-4-201 et seq.), as amended, and WHEREAS, following said public hearing, the City Council determined that unsanitary and unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado and there is a lack of safe, sanitary and affordable dwelling accommodations in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, available for all the inhabitants thereof, including low income persons and first time home buyers, and WHEREAS, the aforesaid conditions in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, compel persons of low income and first time home buyers to occupy unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations or over-crowded and congested dwelling accommodations, that such conditions create barriers for first time home buyers, that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in the spread of disease and crime, that the clearance and reconstruction of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations at rents and prices which persons of low income and first time home buyers can afford are public uses and purposes NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council, that: Section 1 There is hereby created a housing authority ("Housing Authority") to function in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado in accordance with The Housing Authorities Law Section 2 The Housing Authority shall have and exercise those powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of The Housing Authorities Law as more specifically set forth in C R.S ~ 29-4-209, provided that any contract or agreement with the Jefferson County Housing Authority concerning the management or operations of the Housing Authority shall be subject to the approval by majority vote of the entire City Council Provided further that The Housing Authority lCM\53027\364744.01 shall not exercise the power of eminent domain without prior approval by majority vote of the entire City Council Section 3 In accordance with Section 29-4-205(3) of The Housing Authorities Law, the Housing Authority shall consist of five (5) commissioners, four of such commissioners being from each of the existing, or hereafter altered, city council districts, and one commissioner being a member of City Council Section 4 The Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint such commissioners and to designate the first chairperson, subject to the approval by majority vote of the entire City Council Section 5 The Mayor is hereby directed to file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, the necessary certificate evidencing the appointment of the Commissioners and designation of the first Chairperson of the Housing Authority, pursuant to Section 29-4-205(3) of The Housing Authorities Law of the State of Colorado DONE AND RESOLVED this 24th day of January ,2001 ATTEST . j) ~/ ni/iz...tL,-v.- Wanda Sang, City Cle lCM\53027\364744.01 -2-