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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
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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
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Wanda Sang, City Cle
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