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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-12-122) 3) FINAL DECEMBER 12, 1995 5:30 P.M., BASEMENT, CITY HALL Call 5o Order Joint Meeting with Charlottesville City Council a) Discussion: Town Reversion. b) Other Matters not Listed on the Agenda. Adj ou~. MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Robert W. Tucker, Jr., County Executive Ella W. Carey, Clerk Decenkber 13, 1995 Board Actions of December 12, 1995 The following is s ~ist of actions taken by the Board of Supervisors at ius meeslng on December 12: Agenda Item No. 1. Call 5o Order. The meesmng ~as called to order at 5 35 p.m. by t~e Board Chairman, Nr. Perkins, and City Ch/irman; Mr, Toscano. Agenda Item No. 2a. Discussion: ToaalReversion.~ The Board of Supervisors and the City Council of Charlottesville ADOPTED the resolution on city/county cooperative educational efforts. ADOPTED a motion to include the four guiding principles on joint solutions to affordable housing issues. ~ Also, a plan was devised to have staff member~ establish benchmarks and indicators with community participation, using the ad, ted guiding princ.iples to guide them, and bring their recommendations back to ~heir respective boards. Agenda Item No. 3. ADJOURNED this meeszng until the first week of Fehruary. LEN/mms Attachments (3) cc: Richard E. Huff RoxanneWhite Jo Higgins Bruce Woodzell Richard Wood Amelia McCulley Jan SPrinkle Larry Davis Wa~rne Cilimberg File COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Office of Board of Supe~isors 401 Mclntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804~ 296-5843 FAX (804) 296-5800 December 15, 1995 Charles S. Martin Walter F. Perkins Sally H Thomas Ms. Jeanne Cox Charlottesville PO Box 911 Charlottesville, City Council Va 22902 Dear Jeanne: Enclosed are two copies of of Supervisors and City Council cooperative educational efforts. return one original to me. EWC:mms Enclosure a resolution adopted by the Board on December 12, 1995 regarding Please sign the resolutions and Thanks. Si~ncerely, Printed on recycled paper RESOLUTION City/County Cooperative Educational Efforts WHEREAS, the Albemarle Board of County Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council believe that a high priority of their joint efforts is to provide students in both jurisdictions with more educational opportunities within the two public school systems; and WHEREAS, an important by-produc~ of cooperative efforts will be in the voluntary opportunities for students ~o cross school district lines which should lessen the separation along racial and economic lines; NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the governing bodies of Albemarle and Charlottesville encourage and support their respective school boards in considering the following educational prograr~ling opportunities in order to provide a more efficient end cooperative educational system for the Albemarle/ Charlottesville area: A magnet program concept, Cooperative summer schools and alternative schools, Cooperative staff development, Cooperative adult education, · Joint summer school enrichment programs, Networking of computers between both school systems, and Cooperative recruitment of teaching personnel. Clerk, Charlottesville City Council Date Date R w. SOL UT I ON City/County Cooperative Educational Efforts W~EREAS, the Albemarle Board of County Supervmsors and the Charlottesville City contncil believe that a high priority of their 3omnt efforss is to provide students in both jurisdictions with more educational opportunities within the two public school systems; and W~EREAS, an lmportant by-product of cooperative efforts will be in the voluntary opportllnities for students to cross school district lines which should lessen the separation along racial and economic lines; NOW, T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED T~AT the governing bodies of Albemarle and Charlottesville encourage and support their respective school boards mn considering the following educational pro~rammin~ oppor~u/%ities in order to provide a more efficient and cooperative'educational system for the Albemarle Charlottesville area: · A magne5 program concept, · Cooperaslve summer schools and alternative schools, · Cooperative staff development, · Cooperative adult education, · Joint summer school enrichment programs, · Networking of computers between both school systems, and · Cooperative recruitment of teaching personnel. ~le City Council Date Supervisors COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: RE: David I. Toscano, Thomas Vandever David P. Bowerman, Charlotte Y. Humphris, Forrest R. Marshall, Jr. December 7, 1995 Revised Housing Proposal Attached is the revised housing proposal we discussed at our joint sub-committee meeting on Monday, December 4th. We have made the corrections that were agreed to and have developed this proposal in an easier, more'resalable format. We have also developed a draft resolution that outlines the proposal for implementing the principles and strategies discussed earlier. Please feel free to share this proposal with other Council members for discussion at our next joint meeting on Tuesday, Decem/~r 12~ Should you have any questions concerning the proposal, please do not hesitate to contact either of us. DPB\C~Jr\dbm 95.032 Attachment pc: ~bemarle County Board of Supervisors Mr. Robert W. Tucker, Jr. Mr. GaryB. O'Connell HOUSING PROPOSAL BACKGROUND The City's greater proportioh of subsidized rental units compared to the region is cited as one of the reasons for the increasing number of families in poverty concentrated in the City, and therefore,, for the increasing burden of providing human cervices to the poor. Although the actual numbers of families, children and the elderly are Similar in the City and County, family poverty in Charlottesville represents 10% of the population, while Albemarle's family poverty is 4.8%. The City states that the increasing number of services delivered to the poor, such as transportation, social services, and health and mental health, are seriously impacting the City's resources. In reverse, the number of County residents under poverty has fallen over the past twe.ntY years, although the rapid growth from a rural county to a more urban/suburban enVii'0n~nent has also exacerbated the need for affordable h0using for county residents, as well as many new and expanded school facilities for a growing school age pop~!ation. The County's housing initiatives over the past ten years have concentrated on ~mproving substandard housing through AHIP's rehabilitation program, increasing home ownership, providing for more mobile hOmes and in the past five years, increasing the number of Section 8 rental subsidies. Historically, housing issues have been addressed separately by each locality through a myriad number of housing organizations, programs, and funding streams with very little recognition of the impact of a housing strategy on the surrounding localities. It is only recently that the County~ has appointed its own housing :committee, hired' a housing coordinator, expanded its housing office and approved a housing strategy to be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. Regional efforts through the Planning District Commission have attempted to solicit and coordinate fUnding, but the variety of housing programs 'and organizations still bewilders even those involved in housing and reinforces the concept that more housing services could be delivered if the system wasr~'t so complicated and redundant. Attempts to coordinate a? streamline this plethora of houSing organizations and programs exSting in Planmng District 10 are underway through various organizations and the potential to develop a strong and effective regional housing approach could be possible in the next year. EXTERNAL REALITIES Previous funding streams from both the federal and state, government are changing dramatically and can no longer be counted on to increase the pool of subsidized rental housing. Future funding is being directed toward home ownership and family self suffmiency programs that attempt to move families from rental assistance to home ownership. Federal and state funds, such as CDBG and Housing Partnership, are being cnanneled to localities through regional partnerships like -FJPDC, which through its agreements and jurisdictional representatives attempts to equitably distribute the funds to localities. Albemarle's access to federal and state funds has been, and will continue PlanninglHqusing Subcommittee 1 December 4, 1995 to be, limited due to allocation formulas that rank Albemarle Iow on need and high on revenue capacity measured by adjusted gross income but neglect the impact, of land use taxation and property taxes on long time county residents. CDBG funds that the City is able to access as an entitlement community have not been available to Albemarle to address housing issues, To initiate and implement joint solutions to the affordable housing issues cited above, the County and the City agree upon the following guiding principles: GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. A shared understanding that affordable housing builds a stronger community, which means both a strong core city and a strong county. 2. An acknoWledgment that more affo, rdable housing is needed in the County and that the C0ur~ty has beeh and ~Vlll continue to address this need through 'a variety Of h0usi~g oPtions, not 0nly rental aSSistance. 3.A recognition that a regional'and a more. coordinated 'approach to affordable housing ~sbeneficial to both the City. and the County. 4. A willingness to pursue other collaborative approaches to the community's human service needs that may be as effective, or more effective, than a housing strategy. GOAL In accordance with. the guiding, principles, develop a coordinated and more regionally focused approach to the provision of affordable housing in the City and the County. OBJECTIVE: Charge County~and City staff, in collaboration with other community housing interests, tQdesign and recommend a new organizational structure that would develop affordable housing policles~ plan jointly supported short and long term housing initiatives, and implement affordable housing projects in both the City and County. The organization would be charged,, but would not be limited to, the following strategies: STRATEGIES · Support contributing to a revolving loan fund that can be used by City and County residents for affordable housing with the following stipulations: ,/' Bring in the prNate sector for management assistance. ,/ Ensure that the pooled funds are flexible, so they can be combined with or be used to leverage other regional and/or private funds for creative financing packages tailored to specific housing and client needs. ,/ Require local government representation in the management of the loan pool ,/ Require applicants to participate in housing counseling and home ownership programs. Planning/Housing Subcommittee 2 December 4, 1995 · Encourage the City to develop home ownership programs for subsidized rental units through limited equity co-ops, etc. · Strengthen home ownership programs in both the city and the county through strong housing counseling and homebuyers clubs. · Collaborate on strengthening and expanding Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) programs to enable both City and County families to be more self-sufficient. · Increase the County's marketing efforts for Section 8 landlords in order to increase the availability of affordable rental units. · Continue to increase all types of affordable housing in the County, i.e., rental assistance, mobile homes, rehabilitated owner occupied, home ownership and transitional housing to achieve the annual target of 250 affordable housing units. · Encourage regional agencies with Section 8 subsidies, such as MACAA, Region 10, Salvation Army, to cOnsider County locations. · Maintain efforts to strengthen rental assistance programs in the County and the City through landlord compliance and the Tenant Integrity Program. Planning/Housing Subcommittee 3 December 4, 1995 COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE DRAFT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the County and the City share an understanding that affordable housing builds a stronger community, which means both a strong core city and a strong county. WHERAS, the County and the City acknowledge that more affordable housing is needed -in the County and that the County has been and will continue to address this need through a variety of housing options, not only rental assistance. WHERAS, the County and the City recognize that a regional and a more coordinated approach to affordable housing is beneficial to both the City and the County. WHEREAS, the County and the-City have expressed a willingness to pursue other collaborative approaches to the community's human service needs that may be as effective, or more effective, than a housing strategy, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That City and County staff be directed to design, in collaboration with other community housing interests, an organizational structure that would act in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors and City Council to plan, coordinate, and implement policies and programs to address affordable housing in the County and City. Staff is directed to consider the following in the proposed structure: 1. Area of inclusion, i.e. county/city, county/city/planning district 2. Compostion of the appointed group, i.e. number, regional/functional representation, consumer, UVA, profession, etc. 3. Charge for the group to include, but not be limited to the followiing strategies: · Support contributing to a revolving loan fund that can be used by City and County residents for affordable housing with the following stipulations: ,/Bring in the private sector for management assistance ,/Ensure that the pooled funds are flexible, so they can be combined with or be used to leverage other regional and/or private funds for creative financing packages tailored to specific housing and client needs. Planning/Housing Subcommittee 4 December 4, 1995 ,/Require local government representation in the management of the loan pool · Require applicants to participate in housing counseling and home ownership programs. · Encourage the City to develop home ownership programs for subsidized rental units through limited equity co-ops, etc. · Strengthen home ownership programs in both the city and the county through strong housing counseling and homebuyers clubs. · Collaborate on strengthening and expanding Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) programs to enable both City and County families to be more self-sufficient. · Increase the County's marketing efforts for Section 8 landlords in order to increase the availability of affordable rental units. · Continue to increase all types of affordable housing in the County, i.e., rental assistance, mobile homes, rehabilitated owner occupied, home ownership and transitional housing to achieve the annual target of 250 affordable housing units. · Encourage regional agencies with Section 8 subsidies, such as MACAA, Region 10, Salvation Army, to consider County locations. · Maintain efforts to strengthen rental assistance programs in the County and the City through landlord compliance and the Tenant Integrity Program. The foregoing resolution reflects the guiding principles, goal and objective and the strategies outlined in the proposal submitted by the Planning and Housing Sub-Committee of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and Charlottesville City Council. Planning/Housing Subcommittee 5 December 4, 1995 Total Employment Thousands Millions of Dollars 0 Millions of Dollars 0 · · ;,'-, ICI) ~'0::3" :::3' Om(0 · o o 0 ~ 0 ~ o Sales Tax Receipts Millions Percent of Growth I 0 0 Percent of Total Enrollment 0 0 0 0 Number of Cases 0 0 0 Number of Cases 0 0 0 C) 0 0 0 Cases Per Capita Number of Cases 0 0 0 I Cases Per Capita ~0 ~0 ~0 ~ ~0 ~3 ~0 -~ --~ --~ --~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO ~ CO ~0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~0 CC) ~0 ~0 0 Ct~ .-~ O~ ro ~0 4~ o '~ C00~ o ~D o o o o o oo o oo o o o o o o o o o o0 o o o o o o o o o o0 ° o o o o o o o o o0 o o o o o o o o o o o. o o CD o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Z ,,~ 'ri 0 f