HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3355 RESOLUTION NO. 3355
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY AUTIIORIZING
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO OPERATE ITS
HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY AND APPROV-
ING APPLICATION OF TIIE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8 OF TITLE II, HOUSING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, TO THE CITY OF
DOWNEY
WHEREAS, Under the provisions of Section 8 of Title II of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, the United States of
America, acting through the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public
Housing Agencies in providing low -rent housing through Housing Assistance
Payment Contracts in privately -owned structures; and
WHEREAS, Said Section 8 provides that the provisions thereof shall not
apply to any locality unless the governing-body of the locality has by
resolution approved the application of such provisions to such locality; and
WHEREAS, The City of Downey has received requests from the community
relative to authorization for The Housing Authority of the County of Los
Angeles to operate its Housing Assistance Payment Program within that City;
and
WHEREAS, The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles has been
duly authorized to exercise its powers under the Housing Authorities Law
of the State of California and desires to operate within the City of Downey;
and
WHEREAS, A Public Housing Agency has not been authorized to transact
business in the City of Downey; and
. WHEREAS, The Housing Authorities Law of the State of California, parti-
cularly Section 34209 of the California Health and Safety Code, prohibits
The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles from operating within
any city located in the County of Los Angeles for which a local Authority
has not been authorized to transact business, unless the consent of the
governing body of such City shall have been obtained:
NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Downey does hereby
resolve, determine, and adjudge, as follows:
SECTION 1. That, pursuant to the provisions of the Housing Authorities
Law of the State of California, specifically Section 34209 of the California
Health and Safety Code, consent is hereby given to The }lousing Authority of
the County of Los Angeles to operate within the City of Downey; and
. SECTION 2. The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles is hereby
authorized to exercise its powers under the Housing Authorities Law of the
State of California and apply the provisions of Section 8 of Title II of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, . as amended, and operate
within the City of Downey; and
SECTION 3. The application of the provisions of Section 8 of Title II
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to the
City of Downey is hereby approved; and
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to furnish the Housing
Authority of the County of Los Angeles and appropriate officers and agencies
of the United States Government with such certified copies of this Resolution
as may be necessary or required for their purposes.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS loth day of December , 1976.
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tptze N. Scotto, Mayor
ATTEST:
Robert L. Shand, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey thereof held
on thel4th day of December , 1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 3 Councilmen: Jennings, Jackman, Scotto
NOES: 2 Councilmen: Greene, Miller
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: .None •
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