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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />APRIL 2, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Mz <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1 s\ Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CALHOME PROGRAM APPLICATION <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving submission of an application to the <br />California Department of Housing and Community Development for <br />$600,000 under the CalHome Program. <br /> <br />2. Authorize the Deputy City Manager for Development Services to <br />execute the application and all documents relating thereto. <br /> <br />COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />At its Regular Meeting of March 20, 2007, by a vote of 5: 0 (Pedroza <br />absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission recommended <br />that the City Council: <br /> <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving submission of an application to the <br />California Department of Housing and Community Development for <br />$600,000 under the CalHome Program. <br /> <br />2. Authorize the Deputy City Manager for Development Services to <br />execute the application and all documents relating thereto. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The California Department of Housing and Community Development recently <br />announced the availability of $50 million through the CalHome Program. <br />The CalHome Program is a multi-faceted homeownership and rehabilitation <br />program created by the State of California that utilizes monies made <br />available by the passage of Proposition 1C, the Housing and Emergency <br />Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006. These funds are available to local <br />public agencies or nonprofit corporations for a variety of programs that <br />benefit low- and very low-income households. <br /> <br />558-1 <br /> <br />