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78 Consideration re: Appropriation - $3,5.00 - COnsultants Presentation re: Housing Opportunity Plan On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Buck the following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottes- ville, that the sum of $3,500 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund, to expenditure ancount 01-92400 for the employment of Hardwicke Associates, Inc. as special consultants to examine and advise upon the problem of ~oof defects at the Smith and Crow recreation centers. Mrs. Jane Saunier representing the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission addressed the Council to request Council's participation in an Area Wide Housing Opportunity Plan. She stated that the purpose ~of the plan is essentially to increase the opportunity for housing for iow and moderate income individuals and encourage greater geographical choice by those families in the region who by virtue of their income don't have avery wide choice. She stated that the plan itself is very much .like a housing assistance plan in that they are the same kinds of needs assessment, the same analysis of the.number of families who are in need of housing assistance by virtue of the fact that their income is 80% of the median income or less and they are presently living in such substandard housing or are paying more than 25% of their income in rent. Ail the localities in the region have heen analyzed and there is a need for about 11,000 families who need housing assistance in all the localities of the region. The second major component of the housing assistance plan is an allocation formula, each localities present of need was compared to the localities population, the expected population growth, the anticiapted employment in each locality, the physical ability of the locality to accommodate assisted housing and other factors spelled oun by the guidelines from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She stated they developed what the commission considers a fair share formula for the distribution of housing assistance funds which will be guaranteed to the region if we have an Area Wide Housing Opportunity Plan that is adopted by HUD. She stated that the goals for assisted housing are percentage goals by household type and housing type which have been set for each jurisdiction for a three year period. Goals include estimates of housing assistance funds from all potentially available sources including HUD, Farmer's Home Administration, the Virginia Housing Development Corporation and local or public sources. She stated that goals are generally consistant with similar goals in each locality's housing assistance plan. She stated that the commission needs a letter from the Council agreeing to participate. She stated that the Council does not have to adopted this plan~ but simply agree to let the City Manager indicate that the Council approves of the goals and objectives of the Housing Opportunity Plan and that they will in the future bring the City's Housing Assistance Plan to be generally in conformance with the regional plan.