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securing funding for various types of housing that can address our homelessness crisis, <br />with a focus on developing more supportive housing units; and <br />Whereas, this legislation (AB 448) allowed for the creation of the Orange County <br />Housing Finance Trust (Trust), a Trust established to secure both public and private <br />dollars and to ensure that Orange County as a region attains its share of State <br />resources approved by California residents and the California Legislature to address <br />housing and homelessness via the provision of more housing units, especially <br />supportive housing; and <br />Whereas, to join the Trust, cities in Orange County and the County of Orange <br />may execute a Joint Powers Agreement that makes them a member of the Trust and <br />describes the roles and responsibilities of the Trust, as well as its Governance structure; <br />and <br />Whereas, the City of Santa Ana desires to join the Orange County Housing Trust <br />by authorizing the Mayor of Santa Ana to execute the Joint Powers Agreement that is <br />attached hereto as an exhibit; now, therefore be it <br />RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that it hereby authorizes <br />the City's membership in the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, as described by <br />the attached Joint Powers Agreement (Exhibit 1); and be it also <br />RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that it hereby <br />encourages the Trust Governing Board to use every effort to minimize and offset the <br />Trust's administrative costs, including by using contracted staff, partnerships with other <br />like-minded entities for an office site or other administration functions, and by actively <br />seeking bond or other non -General Fund sources to offset these administrative costs; <br />and be it also <br />RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa that our city's contribution <br />towards staffing for the Trust must be less than or equal to $25,000 annually (adjusted <br />by CPI); and be it also <br />RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that it hereby directs <br />City staff to report back to the Council within one year with a determination of whether <br />the Trust has appropriately minimized its administrative costs in the manner suggested <br />by this Resolution; and be it also <br />RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana that it authorizes the <br />Mayor of Santa Ana to execute the Joint Powers Agreement on the City's behalf. <br />ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 2019. <br />Resolution No. 2019-035 <br />Page 2 of 16 <br />