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RESOLUTION NO. 78-122 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUESTING THAT HUD REALLOCATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FORMERLY ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF ORANGE WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that Community Development Block Grant recipients develop programs to promote fair housing and to assist in providing housing for low and moderate citizens; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange chose to reject their fourth year entitlement of $825,000 of C.D. Block Grant funds rather than take affirmative steps to meet their housing needs; and WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of Governments' Regional Housing Allocation Model indicates that the City of Orange is presently housing 867 less low and moderate income families than they should while the City of Santa Ana is housing 1,363 more such families than is its fair share; and WHEREAS, the 1970 U.S. Census indicated that the City of Santa Ana contained 10% of the population of the County of Orange while having 18% of the welfare caseloads; and WHEREAS, other sources of data such as the 1976 Special Census continue to indicate that the City of Santa Ana bears the greatest burden resulting from the fact that other Orange County cities are not housing their fair share of low and moderate income familes; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has during the past three years developed and implemented one of the most balanced, innovative, and well-run Community Development Block Grant Programs administered through the Los Angeles Area Office of HUD; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of HUD is, in Section 570.107 of the C.D. regulations, granted the authority to reallocate disapproved funds "to States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, or other units of general local government." NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA: That staff be directed to request that the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development reallocate the $825,000 previously reserved for the City of Orange and give such funds as a discretionary grant to the City of Santa Ana with the understanding that: ae $25,000 shall be subcontracted to the Orange County Fair Housing Council to reimburse them for services rendered to residents of the City of Orange and to assist in the development of anti-discrimination education programs; and be $800,000 shall be spent to encourage or develop new construction or rehabilitation programs in or near the City of Orange which will provide housing opportunities for relocating Santa Aha and Stanton low and moderate income persons; that is, the elderly and others who desire to live in that area and families who work within the Orange area.