HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 121-1992RESOLUTION NO. 121-92
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION
IN THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS
WITH AIDS PROGRAM (HOPWA) AND DESIGNATING
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS
APPLICANT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ELIGIBLE
METROPOLITAN AREA
WHEREAS, existing housing and supportive service programs are
insufficient to meet the needs of people living with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and
WHEREAS, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
established a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area,
consisting of the County of Marin, the City and County of San
Francisco, and the County of San Mateo, is eligible for a formula
grant from the HOPWA program; and
WHEREAS, in order for the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan
Area to qualify for a HOPWA formula grant, at least one-half of the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement communities in
the Eligible Metropolitan Area, representing a majority of the
total population of the CDBG entitlement communities within the
Eligible Metropolitan Area, must designate a local government as an
eligible applicant to administer HOPWA on behalf of the Eligible
Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
desires ~o encourage inter-jurisdictional cooperation for the
planning and provision of HIV-related services; and
WHEREAS, the City and County of San Francisco, through its
Department of Public Health and its Mayor's HIV Health Services
Planning Council, has exhibited a spirit of regional cooperation by
voluntarily sharing its Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency (CARE) Act funding allocation with Marin and San Mateo
Counties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco that it hereby designates the City and
County of San Francisco to serve as the eligible designated
applicant for the Fiscal Year 1992 appropriation for the Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA) on behalf of
the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area and authorizes the
City and County of San Francisco to administer all aspects of the
Fiscal Year 1992 HOPWA grant on behalf of the San Francisco
Eligible Metropolitan Area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of South San Francisco
hereby designates the San Mateo County AIDS Program to advise the
City and County of San Francisco about the use of HOPWA funds
within San Mateo County
I kereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly
introduced and adopted by the City Council of the city of South San
Francisco at a reQu]ar meeting held on the 9th day of
September , 1992 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Jack Draqo, Joseph A. Fernekes, Roberta Cerri
Teglia, Robert Yee, and Mayor John R. Penna
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:~ ~~city