RESOLUTION NO. 2025-024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHINO, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2025-004 AND APPROVING A REVISED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND ADOPTING THE PLHA PLAN FOR THE PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $296 million under the SB 2 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Formula Component from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for assistance to Cities and Counties (as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq. (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (SB2)).
WHEREAS, the State of California (the “State”), Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) dated 10/15/2024 under the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program; WHEREAS, the City of Chino is an eligible local government who has applied for program funds to administer one or more eligible activities, or a Local or Regional Housing Trust Fund to whom an eligible Local government delegated its PLHA formula allocation; WHEREAS, the Department may approve funding allocations for PLHA Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Guidelines, NOFA, Program requirements, the Standard Agreement, and other contracts between the Department and PLHA grant recipients.
WHEREAS, by adoption of this Resolution, the City Council will adopt a revised resolution to include the 5-year estimate recited in Section 2.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
If the City of Chino as the PLHA Applicant receives a grant of PLHA funds from the Department pursuant to the above referenced PLHA NOFA, it represents and certifies that it will use all such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, including without limitation all rules and laws regarding the PLHA Program, as well as any and all contracts Applicant may have with the Department.
Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to receive a PLHA grant, in an amount not to exceed the five-year estimate of $1,496,190 of the PLHA formula allocations, as stated in Appendix B of the current NOFA, 2024 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program (PLHA) Local Government Formula of Funding Availability in accordance with all applicable rules and laws.
Applicant hereby agrees to use the PLHA funds for eligible activities as approved by the Department and in accordance with all Program requirements, Guidelines, other rules and laws, as well as in a manner consistent and in compliance with the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Applicant and the Department.
Pursuant to Section 302(c)(4) of the Guidelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan for the 2019-2023 Allocations is attached to this resolution, and Applicant hereby adopts this PLHA Plan and certifies compliance with all public notice, public comment, and public hearing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
Pursuant to Applicant’s certification in this resolution, the PLHA funds will be expended only for eligible Activities and consistent with all program requirements.
Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of for-sale housing projects or units within for-sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the requirements stated in Guidelines Section 302(c)(6)(A), (B) and (C).
Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the development of an Affordable Rental Housing Development, the Local government shall make PLHA assistance in the form of a low-interest, deferred loan to the Sponsor of the Project, and such loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust and a Regulatory Agreement shall restrict occupancy and rents in accordance with a Local government-approved underwriting of the Project for a term of at least 55 years.
Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the PLHA Program Guidelines and any other applicable SB 2 Guidelines published by the Department.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the PLHA Program Application, the PLHA Standard Agreement and any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents which are related to the Program or the PLHA grant awarded to Applicant, as the Department may deem appropriate.
Resolution No. 2025-004, adopted by the City Council at a Public Hearing held on February 18, 2025, is hereby rescinded in its entirety and replaced by this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED REVISION THIS 3RD DAY OF JUNE 2025.
EUNICE M. ULLOA, MAYOR
CERTIFICATE OF THE ATTESTING OFFICER
The undersigned, Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk, does hereby attest and certify that the forgoing Resolution, Resolution No. 2025024, is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the City of Chino City Council, which was duly convened and held on the date stated thereon, and that said document has not been amended, modified, repealed, or rescinded since its date of adoption and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
ATTEST:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
CITY OF CHINO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) §.
CITY OF CHINO )
I, Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk of the City of Chino, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Chino at a regular meeting held on the 3rd day of June 2025, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NATALIE GONZAGA, CITY CLERK
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-024